News tagged with breast biopsies
Experts debate merits of breast cancer screening
(AP) -- Are doctors overtreating breast cancer? At a breast cancer conference Friday in Barcelona, experts discussed how to implement mammogram screening programs across Europe, balancing fighting cancer ...
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Breast milk may provide a personalized screen of breast cancer risk
Breast cancer risk can be assessed by examining the epithelial cells found in breast milk, according to preliminary study results presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Largest-ever breast cancer surgery study published
A less invasive surgical procedure for detecting breast cancer spread has for the first time been proven to achieve the same cancer survival and recurrence control as traditional lymph node removal surgery in patients whose ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Noninvasive combination technique may reduce number of breast biopsies
By combining two relatively inexpensive technologies based on sound and light waves, researchers hope to lower the rate at which women undergo breast biopsies for suspicious lesions. Results of the study on ultrasound-guided ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Does a man's estrogen level impact his risk of prostate cancer?
A high level of one type of estrogen in a man's body might increase his risk of developing prostate cancer. That is one surprising conclusion from a new study which also offers another novel finding - that high levels of ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Researchers identify possible imaging method to stratify breast cancer without biopsy
Scientists from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have discovered a possible way for malignant breast tumors to be identified, without the need for a biopsy. The findings were published online ahead of print in the Journal of ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer
The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have to endure the medical costs, stress and potential complications that accompany such invasive biopsies forever. ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Protein predicts development of invasive breast cancer in women with DCIS
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who exhibit an overexpression of the protein HER2/neu have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive breast cancer, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School ...
May 22, 2009 |
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Light Reveals Breast Tumor Oxygen Status
(PhysOrg.com) -- Light directed at a breast tumor through a needle can tell pathologists how much oxygen the tumor is consuming, and help oncologists choose treatment options that would be most effective for an individual ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Research shows biopsy of recurrent breast cancer can alter treatment
For women with recurrent breast cancer, the treatment the doctor chooses is usually based on the properties of their original breast cancer. A group from Toronto has recently completed the world's first study that compared ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Researchers Develop Breast Biopsy Robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- The results of proof-of-feasibility studies lead the researchers to believe that routine medical procedures such as breast biopsies will be performed in the future with minimal human guidance, and at greater ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Elastography helps identify patients who need biopsy
A new ultrasound technique is proving valuable in distinguishing malignant from benign breast lesions in some patients – results that could mean fewer unnecessary breast biopsies, a new study shows.
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Preoperative breast MRI suggests high cancer yield
The use of preoperative Breast MRI detects otherwise occult cancer with a relatively high degree of accuracy when applied to a diverse population of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study in the ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Diagnosis uncertainty increases anxiety in patients
Have you ever felt uneasy sitting in a doctor's waiting room or climbed the walls waiting for your test results? That feeling of anxious uncertainty can be more stressful than knowing you have a serious illness, according ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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