Breast cancer News

PETA Pans Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Treatment
Dec 31, 2005 ... ... edition of the New England Journal of Medicine indicate Herceptin, a drug already shown to prolong survival in patients with advanced breast cancer, can also ...

Breast Cancer Survivors Bounce Back Quickly
Forbes -
Dec 29, 200529 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the psychological and physical trauma of having breast cancer, most survivors recover their emotional stability quickly once ...

2005 A Good Year For Breast Cancer Treatments
All Headline News -
Dec 29, 2005(AHN) - Significant advances have been made in women's health in 2005, particularly in breast cancer treatment and detection, according to the December issue ...

Insulin Resistance and Breast Cancer Risk
Kansas City infoZine, MO -
Dec 29, 2005The ability of several hormones to influence breast cancer risk and recurrence is becoming clearer. Washington, DC - American Institute ...

Study Shows Letrozole Most Effective In Halting Breast Cancer ...
All Headline News -
Dec 29, 2005... York, NY (AHN) – New research suggests Letrozole appears to be more effective than tamoxifen in reducing the likelihood of the recurrence of breast cancer. ...

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 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 ...

Elderly with Breast Cancer at Less Risk for Spread to Sentinel ...
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Dec 28, 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

FDA approves cancer drugs
Dec 31, 2005 ... Two new drugs approved this year by the Food and Drug Administration are helping local oncologists in their fight against early stage breast cancer. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

Studies Show Femara May Be More Effective Than Tamoxifen for ...
Dec 31, 2005 ... Post menopausal women with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer found success with tamoxifen, a drug used to prevent the cancer from recurring. ...

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 ...

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 ...