You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Breast Cancer news Breast Cancer news Breast cancer screening in over-70s ‘may lead to overdiagnosis’ • Breast Cancer news • Sep 16 14 Involving much older women in breast cancer screening programs may “lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment” claim experts, following a study on a Netherlands-based national program that screened women… Benefit of endocrine therapy in elderly women with low risk hormone receptor positive breast cancer? • Breast Cancer news • Sep 16 14 Default Text Formatting for This Field African American Women Receive Less Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy • Breast Cancer news • Sep 12 14 Dartmouth researchers have found that African American women are 55 percent less likely to receive breast reconstruction after mastectomy regardless of where they received their care. They report… Novel Immunotherapy Vaccine Decreases Recurrence in HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Patients • Breast Cancer news • Sep 05 14 A new breast cancer vaccine candidate, (GP2), provides further evidence of the potential of immunotherapy in preventing disease recurrence. This is especially the case for high-risk… Breast conserving therapy shows survival benefit compared to mastectomy in early-stage patients • Breast Cancer news • Sep 04 14 When factoring in what is now known about breast cancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving therapy (BCT) may offer a greater survival benefit over mastectomy… Women with severe, chronic health issues are screened for breast cancer less often • Breast Cancer news • Aug 23 14 Women with severe disabilities and multiple chronic conditions are screened for breast cancer less often than women with no disabilities or no chronic conditions,… NSAIDs benefit overweight breast cancer patients, study finds • Breast Cancer news • Aug 14 14 Researchers have determined that postmenopausal overweight or obese breast cancer patients receiving hormone therapy as part of their treatment and who use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as… Study shines new light on genetic alterations of aggressive breast cancer subtype • Breast Cancer news • Aug 07 14 Researchers from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered new information about the genetic alterations that may contribute… Exposure to dim light at night may make breast cancers resistant to tamoxifen • Breast Cancer news • Jul 26 14 For rats bearing human breast tumors, exposure to dim light at night made the tumors resistant to the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, according to… Yale researchers identify targets for immunotherapy in early-stage breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jul 18 14 Yale Cancer Center researchers used a new molecular analysis tool to accurately detect the level of an important target for immunotherapy in early-stage breast cancers. The diagnostic… Association found between high cholesterol and breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jul 07 14 An association between high blood cholesterol and breast cancer has been found in a study of more than 1 million patients over a 14 year time period in… 3D mammography detects more invasive cancers and reduces call-back rates • Breast Cancer news • Jun 25 14 Reporting in the June 25 issue of JAMA, researchers from Penn Medicine and other institutions found that 3D mammography - known as digital breast tomosynthesis - found… False Negative Results Found in Prognostic Testing for Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jun 19 14 A recent study evaluating HER2 testing in a large cohort of women with breast cancer found important limitations in the conventional way HER2 testing is performed in… Tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer reversed when drug paired with anti-malaria agent • Breast Cancer news • Jun 13 14 The inexpensive anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) reverses resistance to tamoxifen, a widely used breast cancer drug, in mice. In the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research,… Limiting Carbohydrates Could Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence in Women with Positive IGF1 Receptor • Breast Cancer news • Jun 11 14 Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for… Needle biopsy underused in breast cancer diagnosis, negatively impacting diagnosis and care • Breast Cancer news • Jun 10 14 Needle biopsy, the standard of care radiological procedure for diagnosing breast cancer, is underused with too many patients undergoing the more invasive, excisional biopsy to… Most breast cancer patients may not be getting enough exercise • Breast Cancer news • Jun 09 14 Physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis has been linked with prolonged survival and improved quality of life, but most participants in a large breast cancer study did… New Clues to Why Older Women are More Vulnerable to Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jun 05 14 Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have gained more insights into why older women are more susceptible to breast… New test predicts if breast cancer will spread • Breast Cancer news • Jun 04 14 The study was led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) - designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore… Two new possible drug targets for triple negative breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • May 27 14 The suppression of two genes reduce breast cancer tumor formation and metastasis by interfering with blood vessel formation and recruitment, report scientists from Houston Methodist and five… More access to health care may lead to unnecessary mammograms • Breast Cancer news • May 27 14 Researchers have concluded that providing better access to health care may lead to the overuse of mammograms for women who regularly see a primary care physician and… Team validates potentially powerful new way to treat HER2-positive breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • May 26 14 Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today report a discovery that they hope will lead to the development of a powerful new way of… Yale Cancer Center studies find lifestyle changes improve biomarkers for breast cancer recurrence and mortality • Breast Cancer news • May 22 14 A pair of Yale Cancer Center interventional studies involving breast cancer survivors found that lifestyle changes in the form of healthy eating… Most women who have double mastectomy don’t need it, U-M study finds • Breast Cancer news • May 22 14 About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis do so despite a very low risk of facing cancer… New way to predict response to chemo in triple-negative breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • May 15 14 Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center’s Seidman Cancer Center will present findings from a study that found the presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, a type… Page 5 of 69 pages « First < 3 4 5 6 7 > Last » << Back to main