Breast cancer News

Communities Coming Together to Explore Environmental Links to ...
Jan 03, 2006 ... Marin Breast Cancer Watch, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California and the University of California San Francisco invite the community to participate in a ...

Letrozole more effective against early breast cancer than ...
Indian Express, India -
Dec 30, 2005First, it was the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving the efficiency of Letrozole (Femera) as an early breast cancer drug. ...

Breast Cancer Survivors Make Fast Emotional Recovery
Daily News Central, NV -
Dec 30, 2005... interest is 'hardiness,' which he defines as 'existential courage.' Despite the psychological and physical trauma of having breast cancer, most survivors ...

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. ...

Komen Foundation Siouxland Affiliate announces grants totaling ...
Jan 03, 2006 ... The Siouxland Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation recently announced more than $45,000 in community grants to support breast health ...

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 ...

Strong calls for greater vitamin D intake
Jan 03, 2006 ... ... review analyses data from the studies that were reported between January 1966 and December 2004, including 30 colon cancer studies, 13 breast cancer and seven ...

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 03, 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. ...

Femara Helps More Women Live Breast Cancer-Free
PR Newswire (press release), NY -
Dec 28, 2005... in disease-free survival* versus tamoxifen when used after surgery (adjuvant) in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive 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 tops tamoxifen for early breast cancer
ABC News -
Dec 29, 2005Scientists at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, NJ, discuss molecular models of estogen receptors as they research breast cancer treatment. ...

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 ...