Breast cancer News

Year saw strides against breast cancer
United Press International -
Dec 30, 2005ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- This year was a productive one for therapeutic advances against breast cancer, the Mayo Clinic said Friday. ...

Abortion - Breast Cancer Link Is Real, Recent Studies Flawed
Medical News Today (press release), UK -
Dec 31, 2005Joel Brind, Professor of Biology at Baruch College, disputes the prevailing view that no link exists between induced abortion and breast cancer. ...

Letrozole Improves Breast Cancer Survival
Forbes -
Dec 28, 200528 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal breast cancer patients who take letrozole, one of a new class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, reduce their risk of ...

Drug OK'd to Fight Breast Cancer Relapse
Forbes -
Dec 28, 2005Women now have another drug they can take to prevent breast cancer from returning after surgery to remove the tumor. The federal ...

Newer drug beats tamoxifen for preventing breast cancer recurrence
San Diego Union Tribune, United States -
Dec 28, 2005By Marilynn Marchione. Women now have another drug they can take to prevent breast cancer from returning after surgery to remove the tumor. ...

Newer drug effective against early breast cancer
MSNBC -
Dec 28, 2005A second member of a new class of drugs has proved more effective than the gold standard, tamoxifen, at preventing breast cancer from recurring in women who ...

Breast cancer drug 'is better than tamoxifen'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Dec 28, 2005By Celia Hall, Medical Editor. New results on a drug for breast cancer show that it is most effective in women at the highest risk of the disease returning. ...

Fresh hopes for life-saving breast cancer drug
The Observer, UK -
Dec 28, 2005Hopes that new breast cancer drugs might save thousands more lives were raised again last night with the publication of further promising evidence to suggest ...

UPDATE 1-FDA OKs broader Novartis breast cancer drug use
Reuters -
Dec 28, 2005BOSTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Novartis AG (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that US regulators have approved its breast cancer drug Femara for ...

Novartis says FDA expands use of breast cancer drug
Reuters -
Dec 28, 2005... Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of the company's breast cancer drug Femara. ...

Broader Novartis breast cancer drug use approved
ABC News -
Dec 28, 2005BOSTON (Reuters) - Novartis AG said on Wednesday that US regulators have approved its breast cancer drug Femara for use in certain post-menopausal women with ...

Novartis breast cancer drug use approved
Reuters.uk, UK -
Dec 28, 2005BOSTON (Reuters) - Novartis (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that US regulators have approved its breast cancer drug Femara for use in ...

New drug can block return of breast cancer
Houston Chronicle, United States -
Dec 28, 2005By MARILYNN MARCHIONE. Women now have another drug they can take to prevent breast cancer from returning after surgery to remove a tumor. ...

Another Breast Cancer Drug OKd
Los Angeles Times, CA -
Dec 29, 2005MELVILLE, NY — Post- menopausal women have another option to treat early-stage breast cancer with the approval Wednesday of a drug aimed at stopping ...

FDA approves early breast cancer drug
Jan 01, 2006 ... Tribune, United States -
Dec 29, 2005... DC -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of Femara as initial therapy for women past menopause who have early breast cancer. ...

In 2005, Advances Made in Breast Cancer Treatment and Detection
Newswise (press release) -
Dec 28, 2005Newswise — It was a good year in women’s health, notably breast cancer treatment and detection. The December issue of Mayo Clinic ...

Letrozole Improves Breast Cancer Survival
HealthCentral.com -
Dec 28, 2005... 28 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal breast cancer patients who take letrozole, one of a new class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, reduce their risk of ...

Letrozole tops tamoxifen for early breast cancer
Reuters.uk, UK -
Dec 28, 2005NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As add-on therapy for breast cancer, letrozole appears to be more effective than tamoxifen in reducing the risk of the disease ...

New hope for breast cancer patients
Yorkshire Post Today, UK -
Dec 29, 2005BREAST cancer patients are today offered new hope for dramatically improved treatment using a drug which cuts the risk of the disease returning by almost a ...

Breast cancer risk cut by drug tamoxifen
Bridgeton News, United States -
Dec 29, 2005A 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 ...

Mission: Cancer awareness
Newsday, NY -
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. ...

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 ...

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. ...