Breast cancer News

Breast cancer risk cut by drug tamoxifen
Dec 29, 2005 ... A seven-year follow-up of the first large-scale breast cancer prevention trial has confirmed that the drug tamoxifen reduces breast cancer risk in women at high ...

Elderly with Breast Cancer at Less Risk for Spread to Sentinel ...
Dec 29, 2005 ... ... article published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology, age is an independent predictor of cancer spread to the lymph nodes under the arm in early breast cancer. ...

High cholesterol may boost chances for breast cancer recurrence
Dec 29, 2005 ... Canadian scientists report in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment that elevated total cholesterol levels may increase the risk of breast cancer ...

Radiation Reduces Mortality at 15 Years in Early Breast Cancer
Dec 29, 2005 ... According to a recent article published in the Lancet, radiation to the breast following surgery in early breast cancer not only reduces local recurrences, but ...

Vitamin D, panacea for breast cancer cure – Research
Dec 29, 2005 ... ... types of cancer in those who are deficient, suggest that vitamin D deficiency may account for several thousand premature deaths from colon, breast, ovarian and ...

Passive and Active Smoking May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Dec 29, 2005 ... A review of published studies suggests that both active and passive smoking may increase the risk of breast cancer—particularly premenopausal breast cancer. ...

Novartis says FDA expands use of breast cancer drug
Dec 29, 2005 ... ... on Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of the company‘s breast cancer drug Femara. ...

Milestones in treating breast cancer
Dec 29, 2005 ... 1957-1969: Clinical trials begin showing the effectiveness of chemotherapy after breast cancer surgery -- adjuvant therapy -- in preventing cancer from ...

Adjuvant Systemic Therapy May Improve Male Breast Cancer Outcomes
Dec 29, 2005 ... ... Reuters Health) - Treatment with adjuvant systemic therapies, particularly hormonal therapy, seems to improve survival in men with breast cancer, according to ...

Solving breast cancer mysteries
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN -
Dec 27, 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 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 ...

Chinese Remedy for Breast Cancer Prevention
Ivanhoe, FL -
Dec 26, 2005... times. Now, new research reveals a chemical from the plant may be a powerful breast cancer prevention treatment. Bioengineers from ...

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 ...

Artificial light thought to spur breast cancer
World Peace Herald, DC -
Dec 25, 2005... 1 issue of the journal Cancer Research, say the findings might explain why female night-shift workers have a higher rate of breast cancer and why incidence of ...

Artificial light at night stimulates breast cancer growth in ...
Xagena.it, Italy -
Dec 25, 2005The study results might explain why female night shift workers have a higher rate of breast cancer. It also offers a promising new ...

Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market shows Sustained Growth and ...
ZDNetIndia, India -
Dec 26, 2005As the breast cancer therapeutics market moves into an era of personalised medicine, high growth is anticipated within the biologics sector with more products ...

Light linked to breast cancer
United Press International -
Dec 25, 2005... The study, published in the journal Cancer Research, says the findings might explain why female night-shift workers have a higher rate of breast cancer and why ...

Letrozole Better Than Tamoxifen in Reducing Risk of Recurrence for ...
Dec 29, 2005 ... 28 /PRNewswire/ -- According to newly published data, postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive early breast cancer receiving letrozole following surgery ...

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 ...

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 ...