Breast cancer News

Artemisinin shows potential in preventing breast cancer
Dec 26, 2005 ... ... plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a ...

Sea sponge helps fight breast cancer
Dec 26, 2005 ... ... But aesthetics are undoubtedly of little concern to the estimated 200,000 Americans diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and for whom the Halichondria ...

Chicken: Prevents cancer?
myDNA.com, TX -
Dec 24, 2005... Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of non-skin cancer in men (after prostate cancer and lung cancer) and in women (after breast cancer and lung ...

Guidelines call for breast cancer radiotherapy
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
Dec 22, 2005WOMEN with breast cancer should be given radiotherapy as part of their treatment, health watchdogs have recommended. On evidence ...

India to get mobile breast cancer detection unit
Times of India, India -
Dec 22, 2005NEW DELHI: India will soon have its first most advanced mobile breast cancer detection unit, thanks to London-based NRI Paul Chawla and his friends British ...

MISTLETOE'S CURED MY BREAST CANCER
Mirror.co.uk, UK -
Dec 23, 2005... Nicola, of Windermere, Cumbria, said: "I discovered cancer patients in Germany have mistletoe treatment and wanted to give it a chance. ...

Higher Risk of Death for Breast Cancer in Lower Inner Quadrant
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Dec 22, 2005Researchers from Switzerland recently reported that women with early breast cancer in the lower inner quadrant (the lower part of the breast, closer to the ...

Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer
Ivanhoe, FL -
Dec 22, 2005... of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Joel Brind, Ph.D., of Baruch College in New York, discusses the link between abortion and breast cancer. ...

Breast cancer in the era of personalised medicine
Laboratory Talk, UK -
Dec 23, 2005As the Breast Cancer therapeutics market moves into an era of personalised medicine, high growth is anticipated within the biologics sector with more products ...

Abortion-breast cancer link completely unproven
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME -
Dec 24, 2005... 17) claims that abortions cause breast cancer; this has been proven incorrect, according to reliable scientific powers such as the National Cancer Institute. ...

Breast cancer survivors rebound quickly
United Press International -
Dec 23, 2005ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Missouri study finds that most breast cancer survivors recover emotionally with surprising speed. ...

Study Looks At Breast Cancer Survivorship
All Headline News -
Dec 22, 2005Louis, MO (AHN) - A Washington University study debunks psychologists' expectations that breast cancer survivors don't experience an extended emotional crisis ...

Solving breast cancer mysteries
Dec 26, 2005 ... Tribune, United States -
Dec 23, 2005A British medical journal reported last week that postoperative radiation for breast cancer is more important than doctors had known: It not only prevents ...

Breast cancer: polymorphisms in Tamoxifen metabolizing genes ...
Xagena.it, Italy -
Dec 23, 2005The genetic variation affects the level of a crucial enzyme that activates Tamoxifen to fight breast cancer. The study, co-led by ...

Koss selected to WOW Relay for breast cancer research
Williams Lake Tribune, Canada -
Dec 22, 2005... the Cariboo as one of three BC women who will be taking part in the Polaris 2006 International Cross Country Way Out Women Relay for Breast Cancer Research. ...

PHR-Israel, WHO Release Publication on Breast Cancer in Gaza Strip
WAFA - Palestine News Agency, Palestine -
Dec 22, 2005... 22, 2005 (WAFA) - Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and World Health Organization (WHO) West Bank and Gaza released the publication Breast cancer in the Gaza ...

Breast Cancer Detours Family's Hopes
The Ledger, FL -
Dec 23, 2005... The news was upsetting, but not the end of the world -- her sibling had just completed radiation and chemotherapy for breast cancer. ...

Gene Variation Affects Tamoxifen's Benefit For Breast Cancer
Science Daily (press release) -
Dec 19, 2005One of the most commonly prescribed drugs for breast cancer, tamoxifen, may not be as effective for women who inherit a common genetic variation, according to ...

Artificial Light At Night Stimulates Breast Cancer Growth In ...
Science Daily (press release) -
Dec 20, 2005A Role For Prolactin In Breast Cancer (September 23, 1998) -- Under normal circumstances, the hormone prolactin is responsible for stimulating breast tissue ...

Lothian NHS close to breast cancer waiting times target
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
Dec 19, 2005LOTHIAN hospitals are close to meeting national targets for cutting breast cancer waiting times, while women in some parts of Scotland are waiting up to nine ...

Healthy Diet Does Not Improve Breast Cancer Survival
CNN -
Dec 20, 2005... 19 - A healthy diet has failed to improve survival in invasive breast cancer, and researchers are scratching their heads over the unexpected finding. ...

Woman wins right to fight for new breast cancer drug
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Dec 21, 2005A woman with breast cancer has won the right to challenge her local health authority in the courts over its decision to refuse to fund an expensive drug that ...