http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Purdue University researchers have created a new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue, representing a potential tool to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer and to study ways of preventing the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-spectroscopic-imaging-reveals-early-breast.html Cancer Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:30:51 EST news250273820 Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have studied organ development in mice to unravel how breast cancers, and perhaps other cancers, develop in people. Their findings provide new ways to predict and personalize the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-scientists-theory-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:32:41 EST news247854742 New research into the potential link between parabens and breast cancer has found traces of the chemicals in breast tissue samples from all of the women in the study. Parabens are commonly used as preservatives in cosmetics, food products and pharmaceuticals. As the research shows that parabens are measurable in the tissue of women who do not use underarm cosmetics the parabens must enter the breast from other sources. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-parabens-breast-tissue-limited-women.html Cancer Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:05:32 EST news245559914 Accelerated partial breast irradiation using brachytherapy (APBIb) for the treatment of breast cancer has been rapidly increasing over the last several years in the U.S. as an alternative to standard whole-breast irradiation (WBI), according to a study published December 16th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-advantages-uncertain-brachytherapy-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:42:02 EST news243279712 Breast reconstruction surgery will become both safer and more realistic thanks to research led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-advances-breast-reconstruction.html Other Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:38:46 EST news242386716 A new study suggests some women needing a lumpectomy or mastectomy to treat their breast cancer have another potential option that is safe and effective, say researchers at Georgetown. They say the procedure known as a nipple sparing mastectomy is also a viable surgical option for women who choose to have their breasts removed because of their increased risk of developing the disease. For both groups of women, the surgery offers a chance for a more natural looking and normal feeling reconstructed breast as compared to other forms of mastectomy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-1050esearchers-year-series-nipple-mastectomy.html Cancer Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:44:52 EST news238905884 Delivering anticancer drugs into breast ducts via the nipple is highly effective in animal models of early breast cancer, and has no major side effects in human patients, according to a report by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in Science Translational Medicine on October 26. The results of the study are expected to lead to more advanced clinical trials of so-called intraductal treatment for early breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-through-the-nipple-breast-cancer-therapy-early.html Cancer Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:00:01 EST news238855423 A protein that regulates cell differentiation in normal tissue may play a different role in colon and breast cancer, activating proliferation of damaged cells, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-knockout-protein-colon-tumor-formation.html Cancer Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:53:58 EST news236534025 Identifying the cellular origins of breast cancer might lead to earlier diagnosis and more efficient management of the disease. New research led by Charlotte Kuperwasser of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) has determined that common forms of breast cancer originate from breast cells known as luminal epithelial cells while rarer forms of breast cancer, such as metaplastic carcinomas, originate from basal epithelial cell types. The study was published online ahead of print this week in PNAS Early Edition as part of its breast cancer special feature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-cellular-rare-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:27:14 EST news235909588 (AP) -- It took seven years of annual mammograms and a cancer diagnosis for Amy Colton to learn something her doctors had realized from the beginning: Her breast tissue is so dense that it could have masked tumors on earlier exams. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-calif-bill-aimed-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:46:50 EST news235327596 Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a protein discovered by his laboratory can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells. The research will be published September 14, 2011 online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-protein-suppress-breast-cancer-growth.html Cancer Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:30:53 EST news235236613 A technology usually reserved for designing buildings, bridges and aircraft has now been used to aid breast tissue reconstruction in cancer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-computer-aided-breast-tissue-reconstruction.html Medical research Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:16:28 EST news234677766 Could some women who naturally produce excess aromatase in their breasts have an increased risk of developing breast cancer? Results of a new animal study suggests that may be the case, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-higher-estrogen-production-breast-confer.html Cancer Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:34:07 EST news232371231 A recently discovered enzyme drives the production of a potent form of estrogen in human breast cancer tissue, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-enzyme-breast-cancer-growth.html Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 16:14:24 EST news224954046 The use of breast shields is the technique of choice to protect the breasts of women from radiation exposure while undergoing chest CT examinations, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-breast-shields-dose-posteriorly-centered.html Cancer Wed, 04 May 2011 04:58:54 EST news223703922 (PhysOrg.com) -- In an analysis of more than 1,300 human breast tissue samples, a team of Stony Brook University School of Medicine researchers discovered a possible role of the squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA) in the progression of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-uncover-potential-biomarker-therapeutic-aggressive.html Cancer Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:20:01 EST news223282305 Whitehead Institute researchers have discovered that a differentiated cell type found in breast tissue can spontaneously convert to a stem-cell-like state, the first time such behavior has been observed in mammalian cells. These results refute scientific dogma, which states that differentiation is a one-way path; once cells specialize, they cannot return to the flexible stem-cell state on their own. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-scientists-source-cancer-stem-cells.html Cancer Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:28:15 EST news221758077