News tagged with uterine cancer

Estrogen blocker cuts breast cancer risk 65%: study

An anti-estrogen drug has shown a "promising" 65-percent reduction of breast cancer risk among post-menopausal women, according to the findings of a study released Saturday.

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created Jun 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pathology study tracks uterine changes with mifepristone

Research continues to show that the controversial abortion drug mifepristone might have another use, as a therapeutic option besides hysterectomy for women who suffer from severe symptoms associated with uterine fibroids.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New drug aims to 'seek and destroy' many types of cancer

A new drug designed to "seek and destroy" common cancers such as breast, prostate, endometrial, pancreatic, ovarian, skin and testicular cancers is being tested at TGen Clinical Research Services (TCRS) at ...

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young early stage ovarian cancer patients can preserve fertility

A new study finds that young women with early-stage ovarian cancer can preserve future fertility by keeping at least one ovary or the uterus without increasing the risk of dying from the disease. The study is published in ...

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies how tamoxifen stimulates uterine cell growth and cancer

UCSF researchers have identified a new "feed-forward" pathway linking estrogen receptors in the membrane of the uterus to a process that increases local estrogen levels and promotes cell growth.

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black women with uterine cancers more likely to die than white patients

Black women with cancers of the uterus are less likely to survive the disease than white women, and relatively little progress has been made over the past two decades to narrow this racial difference. That is the conclusion ...

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research findings may enable earlier diagnosis of uterine cancer

Cancer of the uterus (womb) is the commonest gynaecological malignancy in the West. Research carried out at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now identified a gene that may simplify future diagnosis.

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