Breast cancer News

Femara(R) gets US Approval for Treatment of Breast Cancer after ...
Dec 30, 2005 ... who we know face the greatest risk of recurrence. Femara has proven to be a. of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. priority review. ...

Passive and Active Smoking May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Dec 28, 2005A review of published studies suggests that both active and passive smoking may increase the risk of breast cancer—particularly premenopausal breast cancer. ...

Radiation Reduces Mortality at 15 Years in Early Breast Cancer
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Dec 28, 2005According to a recent article published in the Lancet, radiation to the breast following surgery in early breast cancer not only reduces local recurrences, but ...

Adjuvant Systemic Therapy May Improve Male Breast Cancer Outcomes
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Dec 28, 2005... Reuters Health) - Treatment with adjuvant systemic therapies, particularly hormonal therapy, seems to improve survival in men with breast cancer, according to ...

Vitamin D, panacea for breast cancer cure – Research
Nigeria Daily Independent, Nigeria -
Dec 28, 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 ...

Milestones in treating breast cancer
Akron Beacon Journal, OH -
Dec 28, 20051957-1969: Clinical trials begin showing the effectiveness of chemotherapy after breast cancer surgery -- adjuvant therapy -- in preventing cancer from ...

Novartis says FDA expands use of breast cancer drug
Leading The Charge, Australia -
Dec 28, 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. ...

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 ...

Mission: Cancer awareness
Dec 30, 2005 ... ... year break between college and medical school, receive about $20,000 in grants, travel to Nigeria, the place of her birth, and conduct breast cancer research. ...

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 ...

Breast Cancer Treatment - Eisai Announces Phase II Data On E7389 ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK -
Dec 27, 2005Researchers today presented preliminary safety and efficacy data for E7389 in the treatment of advanced, refractory breast cancer during the San Antonio Breast ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Detect breast cancer
Akron Beacon Journal, OH -
Dec 28, 2005If 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 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 ...

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. ...

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 ...