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Compound In Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells 'Mortal'
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260826.php
New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death. By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer cells into normal cells that die as scheduled...
Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Reducing Your Risk Of Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260902.php
Recently Angelina Jolie announced that she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in order to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer, she said she "hopes other women can benefit from my experience". When she found out what her odds of developing cancer were, Jolie became proactive and decided to reduce her risk to a minimum...
Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Unnecessary Breast Biopsy Surgery Performed On More Than One Third Of Texas Women Diagnosed With A Breast Mass
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260721.php
Many women in Texas who are found to have an abnormality on routine mammogram or discover a lump in one of their breasts end up having an old-fashioned surgical biopsy to find out whether the breast abnormality is malignant. Since 2001, national expert panels have recommended that the first course of action for women with breast lumps or masses should be minimally invasive biopsy...
Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Women In 40s Continue To Get Routine Mammograms At Same Rate, Despite New Recommendations
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260617.php
Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research. In 2009, the U.S...
Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Significant Variations In Digital Mammography Cancer Detection Rates
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260502.php
Digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology...
Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment Improved By Cognitive Training
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260514.php
Women whose breast cancer had been treated with chemotherapy demonstrated improved executive function, such as cognitive flexibility, verbal fluency and processing speed after using exercises developed by Lumosity, the leading online cognitive training program...
Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Angelina Jolie Has Double Mastectomy Because Of 87% Breast Cancer Risk
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260516.php
Actress Angelina Jolie, who carries a mutation in her BRCA1 gene, announced that she has had a double mastectomy. Women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a significantly higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. According to Angelina Jolie, her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer before having her breasts surgically removed was 87%...
Tue, 14 May 2013 08:00:00 PDT
Despite Earlier Claims, Metformin Not Found To Improve Survival Rates After Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260400.php
Despite previous scientific studies that suggest diabetes drug metformin has anti-cancer properties, a new, first-of-its-kind study from Women's College Hospital has found the drug may not actually improve survival rates after breast cancer in certain patients...
Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Gene Expression Profiling In Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260350.php
Predicting outcomes for cancer patients based on tumor-immune system interactions is an emerging clinical approach, and new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is advancing the field when it comes to the most deadly types of breast cancer...
Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Social Interaction Can Help Relieve Breast Cancer Symptoms
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260410.php
Breast cancer patients who have lots of friends and social relationships tend to cope with the pain and other symptoms associated with the disease better than those who are more isolated, according to new research published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Lead author of the study Candyce H...
Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Quality Of Life Better For Breast Cancer Patients Who Have Fun And Friends
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260300.php
Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment...
Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Fun And Friends Help Ease The Pain Of Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260317.php
Kaiser Permanente study among the first to examine how social relationships influence quality of life in breast cancer patients Breast cancer patients who say they have people to have a good time, or "positive social interactions," with are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published this week in Breast Can...
Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Initiation Of Breast Cancer Treatment Varies By Race; Patient-Doctor Communication Is Key
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260263.php
Black women with breast cancer were found to be three times more likely than their white counterparts to delay treatment for more than 90 days - a time delay associated with increased deaths from the disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center...
Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Breast Cancer Oncogenes Muted By MicroRNA Cooperation
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260264.php
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Death & Disease shows that turning up a few microRNAs a little may offer as much anti-breast-cancer activity as turning up one microRNA a lot - and without the unwanted side effects...
Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
How Breast Cancer Cells Acquire Drug Resistance
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260266.php
A seven-year quest to understand how breast cancer cells resist treatment with the targeted therapy lapatinib has revealed a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death. The discovery provides new avenues to overcome drug resistance, according to researchers at Duke Cancer Institute...
Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Breast Cancer Risk May Be Reduced By Exercise-Related Changes In Estrogen Metabolism
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260201.php
Changes in estrogen breakdown, or metabolism, may be one of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise lowers a woman's breast cancer risk, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Physical Activity Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260291.php
Breast cancer risk can be reduced through physical activity, according to new data published in a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, called Cancer Epidemiology. Aerobic exercise may prove to be a very effective means of lowering one's risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide...
Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT
Gene Test Estimates 5yr Risk Of Recurrence For Breast Cancer Patients, Says Studies
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260208.php
Positive Results from Two Studies of the PAM50-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Assay will be Presented at the Annual IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference NanoString Technologies, Inc...
Wed, 08 May 2013 02:00:00 PDT
Exercise-Related Changes In Estrogen Metabolism May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260220.php
Physical activity may reduce breast cancer risk by altering estrogen metabolism. Women who did aerobic exercises had an increased ratio of "good" to "bad" metabolites of estrogen...
Wed, 08 May 2013 02:00:00 PDT
Wip1 Could Be New Target For Treatment Of Colorectal, Breast And Ovarian Cancers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260166.php
Researchers have uncovered mutations in the phosphatase Wip1 that enable cancer cells to foil the tumor suppressor p53, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology. The results could provide a new target for the treatment of certain cancers. Like a battlefield surgeon who has to decide which casualties can be saved, p53 performs triage on cells with injured DNA...
Wed, 08 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers Discover How Breast Cancer Spreads
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260126.php
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered why breast cancer patients with dense breasts are more likely than others to develop aggressive tumors that spread. The finding opens the door to drug treatments that prevent metastasis. It has long been known that women with denser breasts are at higher risk for breast cancer...
Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers Discover New Target For Personalized Cancer Therapy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260068.php
A common cancer pathway causing tumor growth is now being targeted by a number of new cancer drugs and shows promising results. A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a novel method to disrupt this growth signaling pathway, with findings that suggest a new treatment for breast, colon, melanoma and other cancers...
Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
Everolimus Can Overcome Trastuzumab Resistance In HER-2 Positive Early Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260033.php
A study that aimed to understand how the cancer drug everolimus helps overcome the resistance breast cancers can develop to trastuzumab has left researchers contemplating a puzzle. The study showed a statistically non-significant benefit in clinical response rates for some patients with early breast cancer when everolimus was added to treatment with trastuzumab...
Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Blocking A Single Gene Renders Tumors Less Aggressive
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260038.php
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a gene that, when repressed in tumor cells, puts a halt to cell growth and a range of processes needed for tumors to enlarge and spread to distant sites. The researchers hope that this so-called "master regulator" gene may be the key to developing a new treatment for tumors resistant to current drugs...
Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
Using DCIS Score To Quantify Risk Of IBE For Breast Cancer Patients
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260054.php
The ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) Score quantifies the risk of ipsilateral breast event (IBE) and invasive IBE risk, complements both traditional clinical and pathologic factors, and helps provide a new clinical tool to improve the process of selecting individualized treatment for women with DCIS who meet the criteria, according to a study published in the Journal of the Nati...
Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
