News tagged with breast cancer patients
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Study provides new drug target for Her-2 related breast cancer
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, details exactly how the Her2 cancer gene ...
Cancer
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Discovering a new role for a breast cancer gene
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the School of Biosciences have identified an unexpected role for a tumour-associated gene in breast cancer.
Cancer
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Computer model helps researchers hunt out cancer-causing mutational signatures in the genome
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute's cancer genome project have developed a computer model to identify the fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes that drive cancer development. ...
Genetics
Jan 11, 2013 |
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Cancer screening unlikely to benefit patients with a short life expectancy
Breast and colorectal cancer screening should be targeted towards patients with a life expectancy greater than 10 years: for any shorter life expectancy the harms are likely to outweigh the benefits, concludes a study published ...
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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PET/CT shows clear advantages over conventional staging for breast cancer patients
New research published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that 18F-fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging offers significant prognostic strati ...
Cancer
Jan 02, 2013 |
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Spotting ovarian cancer, before it's too late
(Medical Xpress)—At just 28 percent, the five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is much lower than in other cancer cases. And, the disease can easily go unnoticed, making it difficult ...
Cancer
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Diverse genetic alterations found in triple-negative breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Many different genetic alterations were detected in tumor cells left behind after patients with triple-negative breast cancer were treated with chemotherapy prior to surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy), according to data presented ...
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Dec 07, 2012 |
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Existing drugs may help more breast cancer patients
More patients can benefit from highly effective breast cancer drugs that are already available, according to DNA sequencing studies by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...
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Dec 07, 2012 |
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Chemo may extend survival after breast cancer's return
(HealthDay)—In women with breast cancer that has recurred but remains confined to in or near the breast, post-surgical chemotherapy appears to boost survival, new research shows.
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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TGen-US Oncology data guides treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer patients
Genomic sequencing has revealed therapeutic drug targets for difficult-to-treat, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), according to an unprecedented study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen) ...
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Tamoxifen trial should prompt breast cancer patients to reconsider treatment options
A groundbreaking clinical trial involving the breast cancer drug tamoxifen should prompt certain breast cancer patients to reconsider their treatment options, according to Loyola University Medical Center breast cancer specialist ...
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Study finds link between statins and improved survival in inflammatory breast cancer
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found statins, the commonly used drug to lower cholesterol, improved progression-free survival in patients with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC).
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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New drug regimens may slow advanced breast cancer
(HealthDay)—An experimental cancer drug may delay the progression of some advanced breast cancers, while a double dose of an existing cancer drug could help women live longer, according to separate studies ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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African American women with breast cancer less likely to have newer, recommended surgical procedure
African American women with early stage, invasive breast cancer were 12 percent less likely than Caucasian women with the same diagnosis to receive a minimally invasive technique, axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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Less invasive surgery detects residual breast cancer in lymph nodes after chemotherapy
Most patients whose breast cancer has spread to their lymph nodes have most of the lymph nodes in their armpit area removed after chemotherapy to see if any cancer remains. A study conducted through the American College of ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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