04.30.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
The lesson learned in eradicating dandelions from your yard could apply in treating breast cancer as well, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute."It's not enough to kill the dandelion blossom and stalk that appear above ground," said Dr.
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Selecting Patients Based on Genotype May Increase Efficacy of TamoxifenBreast cancer patients who carry the wild-type gene required for tamoxifen metabolism may have comparable risk of recurrence when taking tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor, according to modeling data.Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) converts tamoxifen into its metabolically active form called endoxifen.
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Kim Regenhard of RiverStone Journals announced she has introduced a unique guide to help women and their loved ones manage their breast cancer experience. A Survivor's Guide for the Breast Cancer Journey: An Organizer and Handbook for the Newly Diagnosed is a unique combination of planner, organizer and journal. A Survivor's Guide provides women with breast cancer a powerful tool to help manage the emotional, physical and logistical aspects of fighting breast cancer.
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Recently published data in The American Journal of Surgery by a group of surgeons from Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, demonstrates the value of using Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) for the clinical management of breast cancer patients.
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Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer and hepatitis C virus infection (HCV), announced that it has completed enrollment in the first stage of its Phase II trial of bavituximab in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer.
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04.29.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Not a day goes by without a new story about the environment. Although we often consider the environment on a global scale, cells in our body also have to contend with environmental factors. New studies from a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the MUHC and McGill University show that the environment surrounding breast cancer cells plays a crucial role in determining whether tumor cells grow and migrate or whether they fade away.
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04.28.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Healthcare, one of the premier medical scientific publishers, published earlier this month a revised and updated Second Edition of its bestseller: Breast Cancer: Prognosis, Treatment, and Prevention. According to the Global Cancer Facts and Figures report, in 2007 cancer killed some 7.6 million people around the world. By 2020 the World Health Organization estimates the cancer death rate will grow to 10 million per year.
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UK-based Association for International Cancer Research this week announced it will fund a Griffith University project led by Dr Joe Tiralongo to further develop a potential anti-cancer treatment that had shown promising results in lab tests.The grant will enable the team to test a range of new 'designer' compounds on tumours in living cells.
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04.26.08
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Depending on which variant of a certain gene a woman has, a coffee consumption rate of at least two-three cups a day can either reduce the total risk of developing breast cancer or delay the onset of cancer. This is shown in new research from Lund University and Malmo University in Sweden.The effect of coffee is related to estrogens, female sex hormones.
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04.25.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:00 pm by American Cancer Society :: News and Features
Progress in curbing the number of cancer deaths attributed to lifestyle-related risk factors appears to be slowing, according to a new ACS report.
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