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Small molecule inhibitor shows promise in trastuzumab-resistant metastatic breast cancer

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that a combination of trastuzumab and neratinib (HKI-272) a novel small molecule inhibitor of the HER2 receptor (ErbB2) appears active in women with HER2-positive metastatic breast ...

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

African-American women with advanced breast cancer often forego vital treatment

A new study finds that nearly one in four African American women with late stage breast cancer refused chemotherapy and radiation therapy, potentially life saving therapies. Published in the July 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer ...

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created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New radiation-free targeted therapy detects and eliminates breast cancer tumors in mice

Combining a compound known as a gallium corrole with a protein carrier results in a targeted cancer therapy that is able to detect and eliminate tumors in mice with seemingly fewer side effects than other breast-cancer treatments, ...

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Risk of aggressive breast cancer subtype three times higher for black women

Lifestyle, age and weight have all been considered as risk factors for breast cancer. Now a study published in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research has found that even taking these factors into consideration, black ...

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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