Breast cancer News

High risk of breast cancer associated with genetic variation in ...
Feb 20, 2006 ... ... that lead to high serum levels of the cytokine leptin and to overexpression of leptin in fatty tissue, are more at risk of developing breast cancer than others ...

Designs against breast cancer
Financial Express, India -
Feb 18, 2006Fashion Joins Hands against Breast Cancer.' The theme of the just concluded event in the Capital said it all. Last week the fashion ...

'Men die needlessly from cancer'
News24, South Africa -
Feb 18, 2006London - British men are dying needlessly from breast cancer because they are unaware of the symptoms or too embarrassed to seek advice, one of the country's ...

Event benefits cure for breast cancer
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH -
Feb 19, 2006... people snipped, clipped and taped photographs onto pages while scrapbooking to help save lives at the fourth annual Crop for a Cure - a breast cancer benefit. ...

Outaouais centre to speed breast cancer diagnosis
Ottawa Citizen, Canada -
Feb 18, 2006The Outaouais regional hospital will open a breast cancer centre in Gatineau next week to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of women suspected of having ...

Never alone: Young breast cancer survivors make a difference
Feb 20, 2006 ... , at age 32, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. ... But when it didn't go away, we learned the worst: I had breast cancer. ...

Scots get breast cancer 'wonder drug'
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
Feb 16, 2006More than 30 women with early-stage breast cancer have been given Herceptin in Scotland, even though the drug has not been given formal approval by the ...

Men in denial over breast cancer
Times Online, UK -
Feb 17, 2006MEN are dying needlessly of breast cancer because they do not believe that it can affect them and seek help too late, a leading expert believes. ...

Breast cancer 'kills men needlessly'
Manchester Evening News, UK -
Feb 17, 2006MEN are dying unnecessarily of breast cancer because they are unaware of the symptoms or too embarrassed to seek help, a leading expert said. ...

Roche seeks wider EU approval of breast cancer drug
Reuters -
Feb 17, 2006... Holding AG (ROG.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it was seeking approval from European authorities for the use of its breast cancer drug Herceptin ...

British court denies request for breast cancer drug
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 16, 2006London — A court has rejected a British woman's plea for the country's health service to provide her with the breast cancer drug Herceptin. ...

Roche seeks EU early-stage OK for breast-cancer drug
ABC News -
Feb 17, 2006... ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche AG said on Friday it was seeking approval from European authorities for the use of its breast cancer drug Herceptin in ...

Men dying of breast cancer too
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Feb 16, 2006Breast cancer is killing 70 men a year in Britain, often because men are too shy or too ignorant about the symptoms to get medical help. ...

Roche Asks EU Regulators to Expand Use of Breast Cancer Drug
Bloomberg -
Feb 16, 2006Roche asked the European Medicines Agency to approve Herceptin as secondary treatment for a type of early-stage breast cancer, the Basel, Switzerland-based ...

In the United States Breast Cancer is the Second Most Common Form ...
Genetic Engineering News, NY -
Feb 16, 2006Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33020) has announced the addition of Breast Cancer Therapeutics: How Innovation Is Shaping ...

Adjuvant hormonal therapy reduces contralateral breast cancer risk
News-Medical.net, Australia -
Feb 17, 2006... risk for a new cancer in the unaffected breast substantially increases in women diagnosed with unilateral, hereditary (non-BRCA) breast cancer, according to a ...

Heart Disease No. 1 Killer of Women, But Breast Cancer Getting ...
New York Sun, NY -
Feb 17, 2006For the past few years, breast cancer advocates such as singer Melissa Etheridge, who performed at the 2005 Grammy's after undergoing chemotherapy, have been ...