Breast cancer News

Bowlers take to the lanes to fight breast cancer
Jan 08, 2006 ... ... of Elmira approached his parked car Friday night, he noticed that someone had attached a pink magnetic ribbon - the symbol of breast cancer awareness - to the ...

Breast cancer awareness walk organizers donate money to hospital
Jan 08, 2006 ... When the 66-year-old lifelong resident heard Charleroi's breast cancer awareness charity walk had been canceled, he took the reins in honor of his late mother ...

New Castle woman author’s book explaining breast cancer to ...
Jan 08, 2006 ... Exeter — In 2000, when a good friend and mother of two was diagnosed with breast cancer, Eileen Sutherland said she looked around for a book which might help ...

Your money or your life for cancer sufferers
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand -
Jan 6, 2006... She wants Herceptin treatment for breast cancer and her oncologist has told her she is an ideal candidate but that it would cost $100,000. ...

Breast cancer fund seeking grant proposals
Marin Independent-Journal, CA -
Jan 6, 2006The Andrea Fox Fund is accepting proposals for $45,000 in grant funds to support services for breast health, breast cancer prevention and treatment. ...

Breakthrough in cause of breast cancer
The Age, Australia -
Jan 4, 2006Australian scientists have made a world first stem cell breakthrough that may explain why some women develop breast cancer and suffer recurrences despite ...

Stem cell discovery could help fight breast cancer
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Jan 4, 2006The ability to recreate breast cancer in the laboratory, understand why the cancer can recur in treated women and even grow replacement breast tissue could ...

Obesity and its role in breast cancer
Hindustan Times, India -
Jan 5, 2006Past studies have generally suggested a link between obesity and breast cancer, but now several studies have surfaced to contend this view. ...

Black tea may cure breast cancer
Times of India, India -
Jan 5, 2006... just green tea, but black tea is also beneficial, according to Indian scientists who have shown that a compound in black tea kills breast cancer cells, opening ...

Breast cancer gene predicts survival
Science Daily (press release) -
Jan 5, 2006... Gene array predicts breast cancer outcome (October 4, 2005) -- Researchers in Sweden have identified 64 genes that can predict who will respond to breast ...

Breast cancer gene predicts survival
Monsters and Critics.com, UK -
Jan 5, 2006EVANSTON, IL, United States (UPI) -- Researchers say a gene expressed during breast cancer may help predict the outcome of the disease. ...

`Treatment of future' for breast cancer
Toronto Star, Canada -
Jan 5, 2006A simple one-hour radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer is well on its way to becoming the standard of treatment in future, says its leading Toronto ...

(PZ) Delta SkyWish Program Names The Breast Cancer Research ...
Houston Chronicle, United States -
Jan 4, 20064, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Delta Air Lines has named The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) as its first SkyWish(tm) Charity of the Quarter for 2006. ...

Coffee may fight breast cancer for some women
MSNBC -
Jan 4, 2006NEW YORK - Women with BRCA1 gene mutations, which confer a high risk of developing breast cancer, might decrease their risk by drinking a lot of coffee ...

Right Amount of Radiation Improves Odds Against Breast Cancer
Forbes -
Jan 4, 2006... may help resolve the controversy over whether radiation therapy improves survival rates and lowers the risk of recurrence in women with operable breast cancer. ...

Immune Substances May Help Antibody-based Drugs Fight Cancer
Science Daily (press release) -
Jan 5, 2006... Trastuzumab is used to treat advanced breast cancer cases that over-produce the HER2 protein. The drug coats the tumor cells with ...

Research adds to concerns about surgeons performing occasional ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) -
Jan 4, 2006A leading cancer expert has expressed concern about the link between hospitals carrying out low numbers of breast cancer operations and disproportionately high ...