Scientists create nanoscale vehicle to battle cancer without harming healthy cells
(Phys.org)—A tiny capsule invented at a UCLA lab could go a long way toward improving cancer treatment.
Feb 06, 2013
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Study finds protein critical to breast cancer cell proliferation, migration
Researchers have found that a protein linked to cell division and migration and tied to increased cell proliferation in ovarian tumors is also present at high levels in breast cancer specimens and cell lines. The protein, ...
Sep 15, 2011
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Hormone-blocking drug reduces breast cancer risk
(AP) -- Millions of women at higher-than-usual risk of breast cancer have a new option for preventing the disease. Pfizer Inc.'s Aromasin cut the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half, without the side effects ...
Jun 04, 2011
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Study finds breast cancer incidence rates no longer declining in US women
A sharp decline in breast cancer incidence rates among non-Hispanic white women in the U.S. after a dramatic drop in the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy did not continue through 2007, according to a new study from the ...
Feb 28, 2011
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Limited lymph node removal for certain breast cancer does not appear to result in poorer survival
Among patients with early-stage breast cancer that had spread to a nearby lymph node and who received treatment that included lumpectomy and radiation therapy, women who just had the sentinel lymph node removed (the first ...
Feb 08, 2011
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Annual breast cancer screening beginning at age 40 reduces mastectomy risk
Having a yearly mammogram greatly reduces the risk of mastectomy following breast cancer in women between the ages of 40 and 50, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Dec 01, 2010
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Reduced hormone therapy linked with drop in breast cancer rates
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new UCSF study of more than 2 million mammogram screenings performed on nearly 700,000 women in the United States, scientists for the first time show a direct link between reduced hormone therapy and ...
Nov 30, 2010
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Debate continues on breast ductal carcinoma in situ
Six years ago, Mary Sullivan of Lido Beach, N.Y., underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with a breast abnormality known as DCIS -- ductal carcinoma in situ -- the most aggressive treatment for a lump neither ...
Oct 29, 2010
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Inflammatory breast cancer focus of new report
A rare and deadly form of breast cancer that often goes unrecognized by clinicians and patients alike is the focus of a new report from leading researchers. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) has made headlines as an unrecognized ...
Oct 19, 2010
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Removing 2mm around breast cancer tumors prevents residual disease in 98 percent of patients
Removing an extra two millimetres around an area of invasive breast cancer is sufficient to minimise any residual disease in 98 per cent of patients, according to research published in the November issue of IJCP, the International Jo ...
Oct 18, 2010
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Preventive drugs for higher-risk women rarely used to treat breast cancer
The millions of Americans who take a pill each day to drive down their cholesterol or blood pressure do not generally think of themselves as "sick." They believe that they are treating one thing -- high cholesterol or ...
Oct 07, 2010
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Decreased survival for Puerto Rican women with 'triple-negative' breast cancer subtype
Puerto Rican women who had breast cancer that lacked estrogen and progesterone receptors and did not overexpress the HER2neu protein (triple-negative) had worse survival than those with other types of invasive breast cancer, ...
Oct 02, 2010
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Researchers discover genetic variants modifying breast cancer risk
Individuals with disrupting mutations in the BRCA1 gene are known to be at substantially increased risk of breast cancer throughout their lives. Now, discoveries from an international research team led by Mayo Clinic researchers ...
Sep 19, 2010
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Breakthrough method predicts risk of invasive breast cancer
For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to predict whether women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer - are at risk of developing more invasive tumors in later ...
Apr 28, 2010
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Adolescent drinking adds to risk of breast disease, breast cancer
Girls and young women who drink alcohol increase their risk of benign (noncancerous) breast disease, says a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University. Benign breast ...
Apr 12, 2010
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