Breast cancer News

Late Diagnosis, Treatment Bias Reduce Survival in Elderly Breast ...
Jan 18, 2006 ... NEW YORK JAN 16, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Differences in diagnosis and treatment appear to reduce survival in breast cancer patients over age 70 compared with ...

Basketball tournament raises breast cancer awareness
Jan 18, 2006 ... But it did not stop 100 women of all ages from playing basketball for this fundraiser, in the memory of my aunt, who succumbed to breast cancer in 1997 at the ...

Corinne Wood in treatment: Breast cancer has returned
Jan 18, 2006 ... Gov. Corinne Wood is undergoing treatment for a recurrence of breast cancer that a former aide called "a little more aggressive than last time.". ...

Trigger found for virulent breast cancer
Jan 18, 2006 ... BOSTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have linked a molecular interaction to the most virulent form of breast cancer. ...

BREAST CANCER -- A quick study
Jan 18, 2006 ... By LINDA SEARING. * THE QUESTION A class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors has been shown to help women whose breast cancer does not respond to tamoxifen ...

LI chefs launch food-based breast cancer research fundraiser
Jan 18, 2006 ... ... Kings Food Service Professionals, Neary helped launch a fundraising campaign among 100 Long Island restaurants to benefit breast cancer research and education. ...

One Tree Hill Soundtrack To Benefit Breast Cancer
Jan 18, 2006 ... ... from the small screen hopes to directly benefit its core demographic – young women – by promoting greater awareness of early detection of breast cancer. ...

Older Women At Higher Breast-Cancer Risk
Jan 18, 2006 ... A study conducted by medical researchers in Sweden showed that age could be a major factor in surviving breast cancer. The researchers ...

Breast cancer support
Jan 18, 2006 ... A PROGRAM designed for woman who have had breast cancer at any time in their lives comes to Armidale next month. Encore is a gentle ...

Targeted drugs needed for breast cancer
Jan 18, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Researchers said Tuesday a molecular flaw linked to aggressive forms of breast cancer calls for targeted drugs. ...

Daily stress may stop breast cancer: study
Jan 18, 2006 ... ISLAMABAD: Women with high levels of stress in their everyday lives are at less risk than others of developing breast cancer for the first time, according to ...

Study help for breast cancer side-effect
The Age, Australia -
Jan 16, 2006A new study aims to discover if exercise helps women who suffer the pain and embarrassment of swollen upper arms following breast cancer treatment. ...

Researchers discover breast cancer predictor protein
Pharmaceutical Business Review -
Jan 16, 2006... The presence of the fragment, called p95HER-2, in breast cancer tissue correlates closely with lymph node metastasis and earlier recurrence of the disease ...

Maternal Breast Cancer and Birth Outcomes
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Jan 16, 2006According to a recent article published in the British Journal of Cancer, birth outcomes among women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer prior to ...

NU study might improve breast cancer treatment
Daily Northwestern, IL -
Jan 16, 2006by Joanna Allerhand. A recent study by Northwestern researchers might help doctors predict which breast cancer patients are least likely to survive. ...

Martin Ross Group Contributes $90,575 to Canadian Breast Cancer ...
Gifts and Tablewares, Canada -
Jan 16, 2006Shown here at the Martin Ross Group's cheque presentation to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation are (lr) Gary Davis (MRG), All... ...

Breast Cancer Wristbands Contribute To A Growing Trend
Open PR (press release), Germany -
Jan 17, 2006(openPR) - As the trend of breast cancer wristbands grows, a plethora of other wristband charities compete for a piece of the pie. ...

Poconos gay activists show film for breast cancer, HIV/AIDS ...
Pocono Record, PA -
Jan 16, 2006... Pocono Cinema on Saturday. The gay/lesbian group raised about $500 for breast cancer and HIV/AIDS research thanks to the event. ...

New therapies speed breast cancer fight
Indianapolis Star, United States -
Jan 15, 2006WASHINGTON -- Radiation may get a little easier for thousands of breast cancer patients: Doctors now can direct cancer-killing beams at the tumor site instead ...