Oncology & Cancer
Drug helps fight breast tumors tied to 'cancer genes'
A twice-daily pill could help some advanced breast cancer patients avoid or delay follow-up sessions of chemotherapy, a new clinical trial reports.
Jun 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study estimates number of US women living with metastatic breast cancer
A new study shows that the number of women in the United States living with distant metastatic breast cancer (MBC), the most severe form of the disease, is growing. This is likely due to the aging of the U.S. population and ...
May 18, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Characterising the profile of breast cancer metastases for improved treatment
Researchers at the Jules Bordet Institute - Université libre de Bruxelles, VIB and KU Leuven published this 21 of April an important study offering a better understanding of the progression of breast cancer. The conclusions ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New bone-in technique tests therapies for breast cancer metastasis
A new laboratory technique developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions can rapidly test the effectiveness of treatments for life-threatening breast cancer metastases in bone. The study appears ...
Apr 21, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer patients who responded to immunotherapy had long-term survival benefit
Among patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who were treated with the anti-PD-L1 cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab (Tecentriq), those who responded to the medicine lived significantly longer (overall ...
Apr 3, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Looking beyond cancer cells to understand what makes breast cancer spread
To understand what makes breast cancer spread, researchers are looking at where it lives - not just its original home in the breast but its new home where it settles in other organs. What's happening in that metastatic niche ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Huntsman scientists identify bone degradation process within metastatic breast cancer
Once breast cancer spreads through the body, it can degrade a patient's healthy bones, causing numerous problems. Scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have identified a new way that bones ...
Jan 25, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Protein may protect tumor-initiating breast cancer cells
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating cells (TICs)—treatment-resistant cells responsible for cancer recurrence ...
Jan 16, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Could regular exercise help women battling advanced breast cancer?
QUT researchers are looking for Brisbane women who have been diagnosed with stage 2 (or above) breast cancer to take part in a study into the safety, feasibility and benefits of a regular exercise program.
Jan 11, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Zoledronic acid every 12 weeks noninferior in bone metastases
(HealthDay)—Use of zoledronic acid every 12 weeks does not result in increased risk of skeletal events compared with use every four weeks among patients with bone metastases due to breast cancer, prostate cancer, or multiple ...
Jan 4, 2017
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