Breast cancer News

At Large : Why women (still) die from cancer
Jan 25, 2006 ... ... The two most common cancers that afflict Filipino women are breast cancer and cervical cancer. The Philippines reports the highest ...

Phosphagenics starts trials on cancer drug
Jan 25, 2006 ... It comes after positive findings from laboratory studies on the compound, conducted in prostate and breast cancer cells on behalf of the group by cancer ...

UltraClinics(TM), Inc. Develops a Same Day Breast Cancer Diagnosis ...
Jan 25, 2006 ... ... can have a breast biopsy performed, receive a written laboratory report, and meet with a specialist by video-conferencing for breast cancer treatment planning ...

Endogenous Sex Hormones May Not Predict Breast Cancer Risk
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Jan 23, 2006NEW YORK JAN 30, 2006 (Reuters Health) - The endogenous sex hormone levels of some women at high risk for breast cancer may paint a false picture of that risk ...

Breast cancer survivors teach doctors to empathize
Newark Star Ledger, NJ -
Jan 23, 2006BY MEG NUGENT. PHYSICIAN Richard Martinez walked into the hospital room and warmly greeted Lisa Lockett, a breast cancer survivor. ...

Increased Breast Cancer Screening Drives Global Breast Biopsy ...
Jan 25, 2006 ... According to a new report by Millennium Research Group (MRG), the involvement of local governments in promoting breast cancer screening, combined with ...

A new twist in finding hard to detect breast cancer
7Online.com, NY -
Jan 23, 2006By Dr. Jay Adlersberg. (New York-WABC, January 23, 2006) - There's a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. It's called 'Breast Specific Gamma Imaging." ...

Study briefs, 01/24: heart attacks, breast cancer, vision loss
Lincoln Journal Star, NE -
Jan 24, 2006By The Washington Post. THE QUESTION Blood vessels often become less pliable as people age, but the amino acid arginine — generally ...

Predictive Role of Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy (SRS) in ...
RxPG NEWS, CA -
Jan 22, 2006... nuclear medicine imaging technique looking at how the body functions at the molecular level, may provide near immediate selection of breast cancer patients for ...

Close to 20,000 race for breast cancer awareness in West Palm ...
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL -
Jan 21, 2006... 124 friends, family and co-workers joined her in the race, which officials said raised more than $900,000 for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. ...

Killer Breast Cancer Breakthrough
FemaleFirst.co.uk, UK -
Jan 21, 2006... If scientists can now show that inhibiting CDK4 function actually does disrupt breast cancer growth, and then find a safe, reliable way of doing so in cancer ...

LPGA Tour Notebook: Kerr raises $100,000 for breast cancer ...
PGA.com -
Jan 22, 2006Cristie Kerr's third annual charity golf event, the UpLink Birdies for Breast Cancer Charity Golf Classic, raised a record-breaking $100,000, event organizers ...

BCA2 associated with positive outcome in invasive breast cancer
Xagena.it, Italy -
Jan 21, 2006Researchers at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre have found a new protein marker linked to positive outcome in patients with breast cancer. ...

IH636 Grape Seed Extract in Preventing Breast Cancer in ...
Community Dispatch (press release) -
Jan 21, 2006... forming, growing, or coming back. The use of IH636 grape seed extract may prevent breast cancer. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is ...

Researchers Explore Avoiding Axillary Surgery in Older Breast ...
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Jan 23, 2006... clinical trial suggest that avoiding surgical removal of axillary lymph nodes in older women with clinically node-negative breast cancer may improve short-term ...

"Room for improvement" in care after breast cancer
Reuters -
Jan 20, 2006NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survivors of early-stage breast cancer generally receive good health care in the first year after they finish treatment, but not ...