Decoding the DNA of patients with advanced breast cancer has allowed scientists to identify distinct cancer "signatures" that could help predict which women are most likely to benefit from estrogen-lowering therapy, while ...
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Research led by Queen Mary University of London's Wolfson Institute of Population Health has found that hormone levels, measured through blood tests, are an important indicator of whether women will benefit from recently ...
Dec 6, 2023
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A new breast cancer test could detect women who are less likely to respond to a standard breast cancer treatment—and could help improve treatment for these women by giving them other treatment options earlier.
Nov 1, 2022
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After examining 398 proteins, a University of Houston College of Pharmacy researcher has found one that is an important biomarker predicting therapy outcome and a potential drug target in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Hormone therapy commonly is given as a targeted treatment for women whose cancer cells carry receptors for estrogen. But the therapy only works for about half of all patients. Until now, there hasn't been a good way to reliably ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Testing women's response to hormone therapy for breast cancer given around the time of surgery could be a fast and cheap way of predicting how likely the disease is to come back, a major clinical trial has found.
Nov 3, 2020
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Bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis and fractures is a major problem for cancer patients who receive chemotherapy and radiation. Since the hormone estrogen plays an important role in maintaining bone health, bone loss ...
Jan 13, 2020
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A new approach to treat advanced breast cancer shuts down the growth of cells that become resistant to standard hormone therapy, according to Duke Cancer Institute animal studies.
Oct 23, 2019
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The early-stage research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, identified a genetic 'switch' in breast cancer cells that boosts the production of a type of internal ...
May 30, 2019
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Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report.
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