First large-scale trial of genetically personalised treatment for breast cancer to start soon
...o study the role of molecular tumour signatures in breast cancer will get underway in the coming year, scien...ol' will be validated through the MINDACT trial in breast cancer patients who do not have cancerous cells in the lymph nodes ('node-negative')." "MINDACT w...AIDS drug helps to keep HBV at bay during chemotherapy for breast cancer
... women who are being treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer. Dr Winnie Yeo told the 4th European Breast...eveloping countries, as many as twelve per cent of breast cancer patients carry the hepatitis B virus. These patients are at risk of developing HBV reactivat...Scientists discover why not enough choline results in fewer brain cells, poorer memory
...oline from their mothers during pregnancy and from breast milk after they are born, he said. Other foods rich in choline include eggs, meat, peanuts and dietary supplements. Breast milk contains much more of this nutrient than many infant formulas. Pregnancy and nursing make female rats -- and presumably wo...Diet a major factor in breast cancer time for government action
..., Germany: The rapid increase in the knowledge of breast cancer determinants and the continuing increase in incidence of breast cancer means that it is time to move from knowledge to action, a scientist said today (Friday 19 Mar...Scientists discover that metastases share a similar genetic profile to their primary tumour
...n The Netherlands has contradicted the notion that breast cancer metastases behave differently to their prim...y to what had been thought previously, any primary breast cancer cell was capable of producing secondary cancer cells, which then spread to other parts of the...New diagnostic tool brings effective treatment closer to patients
... 2004. One of the biggest obstacles to effective breast cancer treatment and management is the amount of g... this new tool should lead to better management of breast cancer, improve the quality of patient life, as well as reduce the costs of treatment to health serv...New study confirms conservation surgery is safe for BRCA breast cancers
Hamburg, Germany: Women who carry the BRCA breast cancer genes[1] can safely be offered breast conservation surgery with radiotherapy provided they are followed up for the rest of their lives. Th...Preoperative treatment with Arimidex(TM) allows patients to undergo less extensive surgery
...uvant treatment of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer 3,4 . Furthermore, the ITA (Italian Tamoxi... benefits over tamoxifen in patients with advanced breast cancer where it is now an established first-choice treatment. 6 The new data presented today highli...Other highlights of the March 17 issue of JNCI
...gression in Mouse Model In a mouse model of human breast cancer, the drug letrozole more effectively extend...data from patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer suggest that aromatase inhibitors, such as letrozole, are more effective and better tolerated...Obesity drug inhibits prostate tumor growth
... as fatty acid synthase. Additional screening of breast cancer and colon cancer cells revealed that fatty acid synthase activity is upregulated in these tumors, as well, presenting the possibility of designing new treatments for these cancers based on inhibiting the enzyme's activity with orlistat or a ne...Astrazeneca announces EU marketing approval for Faslodex(TM)
...s received European marketing approval for its new breast cancer drug FASLODEXTM (fulvestrant). The novel d...h receptor-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, for disease relapse or progression on or after therapy with an anti-oestrogen such as tamoxi......ti-tumor drugs such as antibodies directed against breast cancer. Among other processes, the movies capture the uptake and subsequent redistribution of the receptor-growth factor complexes into the interior of the cell. "The in vivo measurements reported in our study revealed new insights into cellular pro...Johns Hopkins gene hunters pinpoint new cancer gene target
...ercent (3/12) of gastric cancers, 8 percent (1/12) breast cancers and 4 percent (1/24) of lung cancers. By studying 76 additional premalignant colon tumors, the scientists found that PIK3CA mutations may occur at or near the time a tumor is about to invade other tissues. The investigators demonstrated that...Breast self examination increases women's concerns but has no effect on mortality
... still advocate it as an effective way of reducing breast cancer mortality are doing women a disservice, a s...oted as something that can decrease mortality from breast cancer. Professor Holmberg will comment on a study to be presented at the conference by Professor Vl...Researchers find a protein that controls cell growth
... poor prognosis among patients with colorectal and breast cancers, regardless of tumor size. Since then, numerous reports have extended these original findings to many other types of tumors. In more recent studies, researchers have discovered that p27 and Skp2 were inversely correlated in certain tumors, so...Key gene identified for development of inner-ear structure required for balance
...passed away February 6 after a lengthy battle with breast cancer....Should publicly funded research be free and available to the public?
... with the world. But if your mother learns she has breast cancer and desperately wants to find what researchers have discovered about her disease, or when your daughter in high school reads a story in the New York Times about the latest research on climate change and wants to see it with her own eyes, they ...Other highlights in the March 3 issue of JNCI
...folate may be associated with an increased risk of breast and colorectal cancer, especially among alcohol drinkers. Susanna Larsson and Alicja Wolk of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Edward Giovannucci of the Harvard School of Public Health examined data from 61,084 women in the Swedish Mammograph...New imaging technique developed to identify breast cancer
...ctroscopic imaging (MRSI) to successfully diagnose breast cancer. The diagnostic technique produces pictures of choline within breast tumors. In the study, researchers from the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiologi...Breast cancer follow-ups 'no longer guess-work' thanks to new physics research
As the number of breast cancer patients rises, and hospitals struggle to m...gland and Wales and one in nine women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. Research published today (Monday 1st March 2004) in the Institu...