Anti-platelet drug blocks bone metastases in mice
... 75 percent of all patients who develop metastatic breast and prostate cancer," says Katherine Weilbaecher, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and of pathology and immunology. "These metastatic tumors can be very painful and weaken the bone to the point of fracture." Weilbaecher, the principal investigat...Breast cancer can be reversed in laboratory mice, scientists report
... on and off -- thus preventing and even reversing breast cancer in the animals. The findings, reported Sund...ets for drugs to prevent and potentially eradicate breast cancer in humans. "It's enormously gratifying," said conference director Robert Cardiff, professor o...Researchers grow breast cancer tissue from transplanted mammary stem cells
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- In the battle against breast cancer, medicine may be shooting at the wrong enem...ecurrences. Mammary stem cells that grow in human breast tissue may play a pivotal role in breast cancer, according to research to be presented at the Intern...Premature babies benefit from breast milk, study says
Premature infants fed breast milk made developmental gains equal to or greater ... study finds. "Definitely, appropriately fortified breast milk is the feeding of choice for these premature, low-birth-weight babies," says University of Toro...Research finds tumor preventive qualities, damage reversal, in green tea
...ays significantly more potent growth inhibition of breast cancer cell lines when compared to EGCG. SR 13193...actor VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) in breast cancer cells, similar to EGCG. "These analogs are not only valuable tools to clarify how green tea ...PTEN and prostate cancer--the devil is in the doses
... involving PTEN, including endometrial, brain, and breast cancer....Lifestyle changes clinically effective
...sociated with an increased risk of post-menopausal breast cancer, according to researchers from Manchester, ...al's body weight, may lower the risk of developing breast cancer.In the trial, 79 women with a family history of breast cancer who had gained significant amou...Elusive cancer killer's deep-sea hideout discovered after a nearly 20-year hunt
...ore potent than Taxol, a widely used treatment for breast and other forms of cancer. As important, preliminary experiments have also shown the compound to be fairly non-toxic to normal cells. But the limited amount of the sponge initially collected was not enough to carry the team through the long process ...Young cancer researchers honored
...tations in the BRCA2 gene can increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. By showing that the structure of the BRCA2 protein is similar to other proteins that bind broken DNA strands, Dr. Pavletich and his colleagues demonstrated that BRCA2 interacts directly with DNA to help repair genetic damage. An ...JAK2 enzyme helps protect brain cells, wreaks havoc on blood vessels
... example, tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen that prompts breast cancer cell suicide, won't work in cells containing insulin because insulin apparently activates JAK2, which intervenes. When the researchers add a known JAK inhibitor, AG4-90, tamoxifen works in those cells. "We are trying to figure out how various...Poor prognosis linked to BRCA1 mutations
...the mutated gene is mitigated by chemotherapy. The breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, were... best way of treating women who develop hereditary breast cancer associated with mutations in these genes is still not clear. A team of researchers from McGi...Exercise and healthy weight delay cancer even among women with highest genetic risk
...n the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a lifetime risk of breast cancer of more than 80 percent, as well as a high ...ions come from families with few if any reports of breast or ovarian cancer. The good news from the study is that even among women at very high risk, exercise...Landmark study offers new information about breast cancer genes
...cantly to the scientific knowledge in the field of breast cancer management. The study was the first to inco...mation to date of the lifetime risks of developing breast and ovarian cancer caused by mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. Important scientific findings i...Scientists, physicians discuss latest discoveries for stopping cancer before it starts
...te tumors. Eating fruits and vegetables reduces breast cancer risk but may not impede colorectal cancer; ...esearch presentations include geographic trends in breast cancer mortality rates showing an increasing incidence recently in the South, and Nurses' Health Stu...UK science research to beat breast cancer
...ding to develop new ways of detecting and treating breast cancer. Here are brief details on the projects, y...ble, this technique could aid earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, as well as many other diseases. The project has successfully provided the platform for furth...White House awards National Medal of Science to Rockefeller University's James Darnell
...uman cancer types, including lymphomas, leukemias, breast cancer and a high percentage of head and neck cancers, but Darnell and his colleagues showed for the first time that persistent Stat3 activation could contribute directly to the transformation of cells into tumor cells. During the last 20 years, Darn...Case Western Reserve University scientists test protein as early cancer detection agent
...y implanted the bound gene cassette into cancerous breast cells and then implanted the cancerous cells or tissue into mice, which they irradiated. They then observed the behavior of the genetic material to learn more about clusterin expression. Boothman's team is also working to develop a simple blood tes...Shedding Light on Disease: A Briefing for Journalists
...t has produced the most detailed images yet of the breast and other soft tissues. 11:50 a.m. - Open Q & A for all speakers...Childhood brain tumors associated with rarely inherited BRCA2 gene mutations
...ost frequency associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer in those of Ashkenazi Jewish an... these findings regarding cancers of the brain and breast into better prevention and treatment strategies for these malignancies," said Dr. Offit....NIH funds 'Breast Cancer and the Environmental Research Center' at Fox Chase Cancer Center
...vironmental exposures that may predispose women to breast cancer. Fox Chase is one of four sites chosen fo...vironmental agents affect early development of the breast and its subsequent cancer risk. The studies will be carried out through the analyzing the effects o...