11.30.07

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Releases Findings That Reveal Evidence Of Asbestos In Everyday Products

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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an organization dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims, unveiled research showing evidence of asbestos in some everyday household products, including Planet Toys "CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit", DAP "33" window glazing, DAP "Crack Shot" spackling paste, Gardner Leak Stopper roof patch, and Scotch High Performance Duct Tape. [click link for full article]

Enzyme Linked To Breast Cancer Malignancy

Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

McGill University researchers have uncovered the crucial role played by the enzyme focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in the onset of breast cancer. The research, led by Dr. William Muller - along with colleagues from McGill and the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Scotland - was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study's first author is Dr. Hicham Lahlou, a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Muller's lab. [click link for full article]

Racial And Ethnic Differences In The Biology Of Breast Cancer Tumors

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

Scientists from the National Cancer Institute are looking into the racial and ethnic differences in the biology of breast cancer tumors and are presenting their findings this week at the American Association for Cancer Research conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, being held November 27-30 in Atlanta. [click link for full article]

Homeless Cells Find Temporary Lodging And Their Demise

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

Sometimes healthy cells commit suicide. In the 1970s, scientists showed that a type of programmed cell death called apoptosis plays a key role in development, and the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized their work. As apoptotic cells degrade, they display standard characteristics, including irregular bulges in the membrane and nuclear fragmentation. Now, Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered a new type of death devoid of these features. [click link for full article]

11.29.07

Scientists Will Update NCI Breast Cancer Risk Calculator To Better Reflect Black Women’s Risk

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

The formula used for the National Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, commonly known as the Gail model, often underestimates the risk of cancer in older black women, according to research published Tuesday on the Web site of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the [click link for full article]

Observing Breast Cancer Gene Activity For The First Time From Outside The Body

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Researchers at Jefferson Medical College and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have used PET imaging to see hyperactive cancer genes inside breast tumors in laboratory animals, marking the first time such gene activity has been observed from outside the body. This technology might someday help physicians to detect and classify cancer, enabling them to find cancerous breast tumors as early as possible, and determine the appropriate treatment. [click link for full article]

‘Stereo’ Mammography Takes Breast Imaging To A New Dimension

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Stereoscopic digital mammography, a new diagnostic technique capable of producing three-dimensional, in-depth views of breast tissue, could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening mammography. Results of a clinical trial being conducted at Emory University Breast Clinic in Atlanta were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). [click link for full article]

New Perspectives On Health Disparities In Breast Cancer Research

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Breast cancer is a disease with a number of known genetic and behavioral risk factors, but scientists have seen that these risks are often compounded by social and racial inequalities. [click link for full article]

11.28.07

PET/CT Brings New Hope To Patients With Deadly Form Of Breast Cancer

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Researchers are improving the chances of women faced with an aggressive and difficult to diagnose form of breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer spreads quickly and can be lethal in six to nine months. [click link for full article]

Minority Women More Likely Than White Women To Have Pain Related To Certain Type Of Breast Cancer, Study Finds

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

Minority women are more likely than white women to have severe pain related to metastatic breast cancer, according to a recent study, HealthDay/Washington Post reports. For the study, [click link for full article]

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