Breast cancer News

Health Watch: Breast Cancer, Gene Testing Can Save Lives
Mar 27, 2006 ... Statistics show that one of them will get breast cancer. But for those who have one of two breast cancer genes, the risk goes up significantly. ...

Preschool Diet May Affect Adult Risk of Breast Cancer
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... registered nurses, found that regular consumption of French fries during preschool age was associated with a significantly increased risk of breast cancer. ...

Breast-cancer test could miss mark
Mar 27, 2006 ... Sun-Times, United States -
Mar 26, 2006A widely used test to measure a woman's predisposed genetic risk for breast cancer misses 10 percent to 12 percent of women who are at high risk, the Journal ...

Younger breast cancer patients more at risk: study
Reuters.uk, UK -
Mar 23, 2006LONDON (Reuters) - Young women under 45 years old diagnosed with early breast cancer have a higher risk of dying from the disease than older patients ...

Novartis reports positive study results for Femara breast cancer ...
Forbes -
Mar 23, 2006BASEL (AFX) - Novartis AG announced positive study results for breast cancer treatment Femara in post-menopausal women with hormone-related early stage breast ...

Achieving the gold standard in breast cancer care is possible
News-Medical.net, Australia -
Mar 23, 2006A study in the Netherlands has proved that achieving the gold standard in breast cancer care is possible. Teams across the Netherlands ...

Avastin Helps Breast Cancer Patients: Study
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Mar 23, 2006LONDON MAR 22, 2006 (Reuters) - Combining the drug Avastin with standard chemotherapy can keep breast cancer under control for longer in patients with advanced ...

Wyeth: breast cancer prospects receive a blow
Pharmaceutical Business Review -
Mar 23, 2006By Staff Writer. Wyeth has terminated a phase III trial of temsirolimus in metastatic post-menopausal breast cancer. Wyeth has discontinued ...

Drug hope for breast cancer sufferers
Glasgow Evening Times, UK -
Mar 23, 2006CANCER charities today welcomed a treatment which can double life expectancy of advanced breast cancer sufferers. A study found ...

Research studies HRT, breast cancer risks
United Press International -
Mar 23, 2006... France, March 23 (UPI) -- A British study of data on 1 million women says hormone replacement therapy raises the risks of some types of breast cancer but not ...

Age a factor in breast cancer death risk
Irish Examiner, Ireland -
Mar 23, 2006WOMEN under 45 years old diagnosed with early breast cancer have a higher risk of dying from the disease than older patients, scientists said yesterday. ...

New breast cancer dictionary for doctors
Innovations-Report, Germany -
Mar 24, 2006A new ‘breast cancer dictionary’ is being created to help bridge the gap between patient terminology and complicated medical language, announced The French ...

Beating breast cancer
WHDH-TV, MA -
Mar 23, 2006A bit of frustrating news for women facing a battle with breast cancer. The ... Jody was first diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34. She ...

Testing Misses Some Breast Cancer Mutations
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Mar 23, 2006... "Women who were familial breast cancer patients were being commercially tested for inherited mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, and a very large number had reports ...

Ginseng may fight breast cancer
myDNA.com, TX -
Mar 23, 2006The herb also may improve quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis, according to research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. ...

Drug to help fight breast cancer
United Press International -
Mar 23, 2006NICE, France, March 23 (UPI) -- Cancer researchers say they have come up with a new breast cancer treatment that can starve tumors of blood and slow the disease ...

Study shows Genentech drug helps slow breast cancer
Bizjournals.com, NC -
Mar 24, 2006... by Genentech Inc. and Roche Holding AG, showed it can slow the spread of breast cancer in patients where the disease is advanced. ...

cure' for breast cancer
The Sun, UK -
Mar 23, 2006WOMEN volunteers are being recruited to test a theory that breast cancer risk can be drastically reduced by crash dieting just two days a week. ...