3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...ther development, NSECT could potentially diagnose breast cancer early by looking for differences in the con...ry calculations indicate that an accurate test for breast cancer could be performed at a dose similar to that of a current mammography examination. As an int...Lifesaving potential of mammograms lost due to underuse
...omic spectrums underutilize the recommended annual breast cancer screening, effectively reducing the life-sa...hy and how missing annual screening impacts actual breast cancer survival has not been as well studied. Dr. James Michaelson of the Massachusetts General Hos...Study says widely reported side effect of chemotherapy may be overestimated
...rted side effect in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, may be overestimated. Researchers found si...ificant deficits in neuropsychological function in breast cancer patients before undergoing chemotherapy. The study, published June 21, 2004 in the online edi...Partial breast radiation procedure may benefit cancer patients
CHICAGO -- Some women with breast cancer who prefer breast conserving surgery consisting of lumpectomy and radiation may choose a procedure that delivers radia...Researchers develop better understanding of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer patients
... Center may have implications for the thousands of breast cancer patients who develop resistance to antiestr... the gene IRF 1 (Interferon Regulatory Factor) and breast tumor resistance to tamoxifen or other antiestrogen treatment. IRF 1 is a tumor suppressor gene not...Two landmark studies show Taxotere (R) significantly improves survival in men with prostate cancer
...treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of prior chemotherapy, and patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in combination with cisplatin, who had not received prior chemotherapy. It also is approved for patients wit...Global study shows new breast cancer drug extends patients' overall survival
...should be a standard frontline regimen in treating breast cancer that has spread," said principal investigat... the FDA's very recent approval of gemcitabine for breast cancer. In previous years, the FDA has approved gemcitabine for other cancers. The drug disrupts ...Hormone therapy may still offer important health benefits to postmenopausal women
...le, tamoxifen, an estrogen-like drug used to treat breast cancer, blocks the effects of estrogen in the breast. However, it has the opposite effect in bones and the uterus, where it actually mimics estrogens. "Subtle differences in hormone structure and subtle differences in cells can make a tremendous diff...Long Island Breast Cancer Study data: Aspirin helps protect some women against breast cancer
...L -- Aspirin might help protect many women against breast cancer, a new study by Columbia and University of ...reports by others that aspirin reduces the risk of breast cancer by about 20 percent in some women," said Dr. Marilie D. Gammon, professor of epidemiology at ...Aspirin use associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
...ar use of aspirin appear to have a reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a study in the May 26 issue o...decrease in the risk of several cancers, including breast cancer. Given the importance of estrogen in the pathogenesis of breast cancer, the ability of aspiri...When it comes to cancer prognosis, it's not just the tumor that matters
...re treatable types of tumors, like in prostate and breast cancer, and less helpful in sites that have very poor chances of survival, like lung cancer. "The bottom line is that comorbidity data provides critical additional information for determining a patient's prognosis," Piccirillo says. He believes reco...Breast cancer in men increasing
The largest study to date of male breast cancer finds, contrary to previous reports, breast cancer rates in men are increasing though the disease remains rare. A new study published May 24, 20...Largest study of its kind finds male breast cancer on the rise
HOUSTON - The rate of male breast cancer is on the rise and the disease in men is us...concludes the largest study ever conducted of male breast cancer. The findings, published today in the online edition CANCER and will appear in the July 1 pr...Obesity may affect accuracy of mammography
...ese postmenopausal women have an increased risk of breast cancer compared with postmenopausal women of norma...ight, and are often diagnosed with later stages of breast cancer. It has been hypothesized that women with larger breasts may be less able to feel breast lum...Jefferson researchers find combining two types of radiation therapy is better for brain cancer
...as many as one-third of all patients with lung and breast cancers, the disease spreads, or metastasizes, to the brain, leaving few good options. The disease causes neurological problems, and many patients live only about four months. Chemotherapy has been relatively ineffective in shrinking tumors and impro...Tumor suppressor gene family may be key to new colon cancer drugs
... as well as several other common cancers including breast and lung. Their research, published in the May 21...ercent) gastric cancers, and one of 11 (9 percent) breast cancers. Colon cancer strikes 147,500 Americans every year and 57,100 will die from the disease....Body fat and its role in breast cancer
Among factors that influence breast cancer risk, body fat has been shown to play a rol...y, not abdominal fat, is associated with increased breast cancer risk. The full study is available online via Wiley InterScience at http://www.interscience.wi...Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for May 2004
...n the early detection, prevention and treatment of breast cancer. To this end, he will collaborate with oth... discoveries directly to women with or at risk for breast cancer. CEDARS-SINAI NURSING INSTITUTE INTEGRATES EDUCATION INTO NEW, NOVEL APPROACHES TO NURSING ...Even health-conscious women going without colonoscopy
...HICAGO -- Many women who regularly get checked for breast cancer and cervical cancer still don't go for a te... all, women who get the recommended screenings for breast and cervical cancer are still far more likely than other women to have their colons examined through...Heart disease kills more women annually than all cancers combined
... York City. "What has terrified women for years is breast and other cancers, so women have adequate awareness and acceptance of screening for cancer." Dr. Keller explained, "Although cancer is important, it is hard to get them thinking about screening beyond that. It is not just the lay public we need to re...