News tagged with breast tumors

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Virus-like particles provide vital clues about brain tumors

Exosomes are small, virus-like particles that can transport genetic material and signal substances between cells. Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have made new findings about exosomes released from aggressive brain ...

Medical research created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene-expression signature may signify risk for recurrence, metastasis in prostate cancer

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a genetic signature that appears to reflect the risk of tumor recurrence or spread in men surgically treated for prostate cancer. If confirmed ...

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds new drug target for metastatic breast cancer

Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the first to report that two specific tumor suppressor genes work in concert to inhibit the ...

Cancer created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pfizer breast cancer drug gets breakthrough label

Pfizer Inc. says its experimental pill for advanced, often deadly breast cancer has been designated as a breakthrough therapy by the Food and Drug Administration.

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Signature of circulating breast tumor cells that spread to the brain found

Some breast tumor circulating cells in the bloodstream are marked by a constellation of biomarkers that identify them as those destined to seed the brain with a deadly spread of cancer, said researchers led by those at Baylor ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excess estrogen in pregnancy can silence BRCA1 in daughters, increasing breast cancer risk

Excess estrogen levels during pregnancy can disable, in their daughters, a powerful breast cancer tumor suppressor gene, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. They found the DNA repair gene BRCA1 ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify critical metabolic alterations in triple-negative breast cancer cells

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer—one of the least understood groups of breast cancer. These molecules, called ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Six2 homeoprotein allows breast cancer cells to detach and metastasize

In results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center show that the Six2 homeoprotein, while not involved in primary tumor growth, allows cells to detach from substrate ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with BRCA1 mutations, but not BRCA2 mutations, had poorer prognosis compared with noncarriers

Patients with breast cancer who had a BRCA1 mutation had significantly worse overall and recurrence-free survival rates compared with patients without BRCA mutations, but no evidence for a difference in survival was found ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Certain breast cancer patients may benefit from combined HER2 targeted therapy without chemotherapy

Is the era of targeted therapy for breast cancer at hand? It could be, said experts at the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine – at least for a certain population of women.

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein's well-known cousin sheds light on its gout-linked relative

Johns Hopkins scientists have found out how a gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to the disease: by causing a breakdown in a cellular pump that clears an acidic waste product from the bloodstream. By comparing this ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autophagy-addicted breast cancers killed by anti-malaria drug, chloroquine

The process of autophagy cleans cells – they wrap up the bad stuff and then dispose of it. And so it stands to reason that inhibiting autophagy would make cancer cells less able to cleanse themselves of chemotherapy and ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For older women, missed mammograms tied to worse breast cancer outcomes

(HealthDay)—Older women diagnosed with breast cancer years after their last mammogram, and those who never had a mammogram, have an increased risk of dying from their cancer, a new study suggests.

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers say one specific microrna promotes tumor growth and cancer spread

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When breast cancer spreads to lungs, surgery may increase survival

(HealthDay)—Patients with breast cancer that has spread to the lungs may live longer if they have surgery to remove the lung tumors, a new study from Germany suggests.

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0