Sharing clinical trial results with participants may be beneficial
...d results to 135 participants in a cancer trial of breast excision alone for women with ductal carcinoma in ...if they were more anxious about the possibility of breast cancer in the future after being offered results, seven (7%) were much more concerned, ten (11%) som...Researchers close in on breast cancer vaccine
Progress toward development of a breast cancer vaccine has been reported by researchers at...rotein called mammaglobin-A found in 80 percent of breast tumors," says Thalachallour Mohanakumar, Ph.D., the Jacqueline G. and William E. Maritz Professor of...Simple question from your doctor can help identify your risk for breast cancer
...2005 Having your doctor ask you about your family breast health history can greatly increase the chances of identifying your risk for breast cancer. In a recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , researchers foun...Non-invasive and invasive breast cancers share the same genetic mutations
Women diagnosed with early stage, noninvasive breast cancer who carry the same mutations in two inherit...rian cancer genes as women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, may benefit from high risk treatment, Yale researchers report in the February 23 issue of Jo...Breast implant Website launched by leading plastic surgery societies
...ormation regarding the safety and effectiveness of breast implants, silicone or saline-filled, has been conf...mplants have been available for reconstructive and breast revision surgery since 1992. The site also extensively covers the history of implants, medical resea...Curious female rats survive tumors longer
...to step out and explore their environment, survive breast and pituitary tumors longer than their more cautio.... The rats used in the study spontaneously develop breast or pituitary tumors near the end of their lives. In the study, 93 percent of the rats developed thes...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...y's Jefferson Lab scientists is capable of imaging breast cancer tumors. In the pilot study, conducted by Du...women, regular mammograms allow physicians to spot breast cancer tumors as dense lumps in the breast. But mammography often fails in women who have dense brea...CAD detects breast cancers that are most challenging to detect
...ided detection system (CAD) can effectively detect breast cancers a radiologist is more apt to initially mis...st to detect, said Rachel F. Brem, MD, director of breast imaging at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and lead author of the study. The study o...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
... a mammogram or sonogram suggests that a woman has breast cancer, an MRI should be done to help determine wh...life community setting - the setting in which most breast cancer patients are diagnosed and treated," said Jonathan I. Wiener, MD, lead author of the study. T...MRI better than current standard in assessing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
More breast cancer patients with large palpable tumors are now... it is standard practice for the physician to do a breast examination to non-invasively assess whether the chemotherapy was effective, said Eren Yeh, MD, an i...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
...enings and compared it to mammograms to screen for breast cancer and Pap smears to check for cervical cancer. That research found only half of women who got regular mammograms and Pap smears also had a colonoscopy or other colon cancer screening. Carlos is currently leading a clinical trial that randomizes...Increasing physician volume requirement could improve mammogram accuracy, study concludes
... Certain patient characteristics, such as age and breast density, are known to contribute to mammographic a...easily modified, e.g., a woman's age, mammographic breast density, and a physician's years of experience. Physician volume and screening focus can be altered,...Other highlights in the March 2 JNCI
... 813 patients who had endometrial cancer following breast cancer diagnosis and 1,067 control subjects who had breast cancer but not subsequent endometrial cancer. Overall, tamoxifen treatment was associated with 2.4 t...Older women can benefit from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer
...e use of chemotherapy regimens in older women with breast cancer who are otherwise in good general health, a... in the March 2 issue of JAMA. "The incidence of breast cancer increases with increasing age, and almost half of all new breast cancers in the United States...'Smart' immune cells kill more cancer
... other blood, bone marrow and solid tumors such as breast cancer may benefit from this type of immunotherapy...Evidence from other research groups indicates that breast cancer patients have T-cells in their bone marrow that are specific to their tumor. Myeloma strikes ...Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
...r any cancer that might be hidden in women with no breast symptoms. Women who have a history of breast cancer or other symptoms -- or who experience symptoms at the time of their exam -- receive diagnost...US cancer researchers launch first American-Israeli cancer conference
...herapies; targeted treatments; novel approaches to breast cancer and solid tumors; and stem cell transplantation in the treatment of leukemia. A mini-symposium will address environmental causes of cancer. Israeli scientists made some of the first discoveries implicating the p53 gene in cancer, now considere...Chemicals in apples could reduce the risk of breast cancer, Cornell study in rats suggests
ITHACA, N.Y. -- An apple a day can help keep breast cancer away, according to a study in rats by food ...od compounds. Dr. Liu's current work on apples and breast tumors in rats is a perfect example of this principle."...LA BioMed medical/research briefs March 2005
...ational group of researchers studying the use of a breast imaging camera, which appears to detect breast cancers missed by standard mammography. Approximately 25 to 40 percent of women have dense breast ti...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...pies against aggressive diseases such as melanoma, breast cancer, small-cell lung cancer, prostate cancer, HIV-1 and malaria. An extract from the bark of theSouth American tree Quillaja saponaria Molina, QS-21A is available only in small quantities. "Now that we have synthesized this remarkable molecule and...