Breast cancer News

NEWARK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PROMOTES BREAST CANCER AWARENESS: Gayle ...
Dec 27, 2005 ... (Newark, NJ) -- Newark, NJ City Council member Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins appears in the January issue of Black Enterprise promoting breast cancer awareness in ...

Eating soy-based food may prevent breast cancer
Dec 27, 2005 ... SINGAPORE : Eating lots of soy-based food may protect older women against breast cancer, based on the findings of a study of 144 healthy post-menopausal ...

Construction on breast cancer center could start sooner than ...
Dec 27, 2005 ... URBANA – Construction will start sooner than planned on the Carle Foundation's new breast cancer research and treatment center, provided a state board ...

Breast-cancer numbers soar
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -
Dec 25, 2005By JOANNA DAVIS. The number of women in the upper South Island diagnosed with breast cancer is soaring as access to screening services improves. ...

Artemisinin shows potential in preventing breast cancer
Xagena.it, Italy -
Dec 25, 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 ...

Study Sees Benefit in High-Dose Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
ACS News Center, GA -
Dec 26, 2005The new findings suggest researchers should take another look at the possibility of using this technique against breast cancer, said lead study author Ulrike ...

Sea sponge helps fight breast cancer
Monterey County Herald, CA -
Dec 25, 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 ...

Breast cancer therapeutics benefits from cytotoxic alternatives
In-PharmaTechnologist.com, France -
Dec 23, 200522/12/2005 - The breast cancer therapeutics market is expected to show sustained growth and opportunity for new market participants as greater efficacy and ...

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. ...

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. ...

Pitt sees new role for cancer drug
Dec 27, 2005 ... By Joe Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The drug Herceptin may help battle an aggressive form of breast cancer by righting a cell pathway gone wrong. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Woman wins ruling over breast cancer drug
Independent, UK -
Dec 21, 2005A mother-of-three has won the right to mount a legal challenge to her local NHS trust's refusal to give her the breast cancer drug Herceptin. ...

First nationwide study since 1980s into breast cancer
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -
Dec 20, 2005Volunteers are being sought for the first nationwide study since the 1980s on the causes of breast cancer. Run by public health ...

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 ...

Breast cancer tests plea to MSPs
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
Dec 20, 2005A woman is to urge MSPs to consider screening females from breast cancer from just 30 years old. Katie Moffat, 36, from Midlothian ...

Rapid emotional recovery of breast-cancer survivors surprises ...
EurekAlert (press release), DC -
Dec 21, 2005Contrary to psychologists' expectations, breast cancer survivors don't experience an extended emotional crisis after their treatment regimens end, according to ...

E7389 Potential New Therapy for Refractory Breast Cancer
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Dec 21, 2005According to results recently presented at the 2005 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), a novel agent referred to as E7389 provides anticancer ...

Chinese remedy could prevent breast cancer
DeHavilland, UK -
Dec 20, 2005A Chinese plant known to fight malaria could be used to stop breast cancer before it takes hold, a US study has claimed. Washington ...