04.25.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
There is a biological distinction between breast cancers that depend on hormones and those that do not, according to research published in PLoS Genetics* today (Friday). Scientists previously thought that hormone dependent breast cancers, which usually require treatment with surgery and anti-hormone drugs, originated from the same biological pathway as hormone independent breast cancers, which are treated with surgery and chemotherapy.
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04.24.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:00 pm by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Some breast cancers depend on hormones and some do not. That thereexists a biological distinction between the types of breast cancer isreported in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.It has been generally accepted in the medical community that hormonedependent breast cancers (ER positive) came from the same biologicalpathway as breast cancer that are hormone independent (ER negative).
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Lumpectomy or breast conservation surgery is the most common type of breast cancer surgery currently performed. A benefit of the surgery is that only part of the breast is removed, but a drawback can be the resulting physical appearance of the breast, which may be disfigured, dented or uneven.
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Premerus, the nation's only company dedicated to advancing clinical accuracy through diagnostic excellence, summons healthcare consumers and industry stakeholders to raise their levels of concern about the high rate of breast cancer misdiagnoses. Medical misdiagnosis not only impacts outcomes and generates patient anxiety, but it also significantly raises costs for the entire American healthcare system.
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04.23.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has issued further advice on its website for women exposed to diethylstilboestrol.Diethylstilboestrol, or DES (also known as stilboestrol), is a synthetic oestrogen which was used between 1940 and the early 1970s to prevent miscarriage in women with a previous poor pregnancy outcome.
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In the first study to assess mammography in women 80 and older, researchers found that having regular mammograms significantly decreases the risk of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, but only about one-fifth of women in this age group receive them regularly.
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure?, the world's largest breast cancer organization, today announced the awarding of more than $100 million in research grants, representing the largest single-year investment in research in the organization's 26-year history and a 30 percent increase over last year's award total of $77 million.
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St John's Hospital in Livingston, part of NHS Lothian's University Hospitals Division, has installed the first Siemens new generation full-field digital mammography system in the UK. Part of the 9 system order via the Scottish Procurement Framework, the MAMMOMAT Inspiration was recently designed with the input of healthcare professionals to create an easy-to-operate and patient-friendly system.
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04.22.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Researchers, who are in the process of developing a blood test that may diagnose breast cancer up to four years earlier than a mammogram, need the help of thousands of people living in the East Midlands.The University of Nottingham spin-out company Oncimmune pioneers anti-cancer technology, and has reached the final stages of its research which could identify an immune response to breast cancer.
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Researchers have identified a pattern of gene activity in mice that may help to predict individual risk for breast cancer metastasis and survival in humans. A single gene called bromodomain 4 (Brd4) regulates the expression of this pattern, also called a signature. The researchers found that one result of this Brd4 regulation is the suppression of tumor growth and metastasis in a mouse model of cancer.
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