Breast cancer News

Detect breast cancer
Dec 28, 2005 ... If breast cancer is found early, doctors say it can be a ``life sentence'' -- you can live with it. Have a doctor give you a mammogram ...

Breast Cancer Treatment - Eisai Announces Phase II Data On E7389 ...
Dec 28, 2005 ... Researchers today presented preliminary safety and efficacy data for E7389 in the treatment of advanced, refractory breast cancer during the San Antonio Breast ...

Breast cancer discovery is year's 'biggest news'
USA Today -
Dec 26, 2005One of the most exciting developments in cancer this year, experts say, was the news that certain patients with early-stage breast cancer can cut their risk of ...

NEWARK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PROMOTES BREAST CANCER AWARENESS: Gayle ...
Eurweb.com, CA -
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 ...

Construction on breast cancer center could start sooner than ...
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL -
Dec 26, 2005URBANA – Construction will start sooner than planned on the Carle Foundation's new breast cancer research and treatment center, provided a state board ...

Eating soy-based food may prevent breast cancer
Channel News Asia, Singapore -
Dec 26, 2005SINGAPORE : 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 ...

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. ...

STEADY PROGRESS IN CARE FOR CANCER
Dec 28, 2005 ... Grace Dutton, Wilson's grandmother, was 58 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1980. Like Wilson, she found her own lump. ...

Resolve to Make a Difference in the New Year: Participate in ...
Dec 28, 2005 ... ... The ExCel Study -- The ExCel Study for Women seeks to determine whether a certain medication can reduce the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women who ...

Cancer patients often feel alone
Dec 28, 2005 ... Although a quarter of a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the United States, patients often find themselves alone. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...