Hormone Receptor Status Defines Breast Cancer Recurrence
10/02/2012
Human epidermal growth factor (HER2) positive breast cancers are often treated with the same therapy regardless of hormone receptor status...
New Insights On Control Of Pituitary Hormone Outside Of Brain Has Implications For Breast Cancer
10/02/2012
The hormone prolactin is produced by the pituitary gland in the brain and then travels via the bloodstream to cells throughout the body, where it exerts multiple reproductive and metabolic effects, most notably on the breast where it is the master regulator of lactation...
Resistance In Melanoma Patients Delayed By Combination Of Targeted Treatment Drugs
10/02/2012
Combined treatment with two drugs targeting different points in the same growth-factor pathway delayed the development of treatment resistance in patients with BRAF-positive metastatic malignant melanoma...
Landmark Survey Reveals Governments Failing To Address Pandemic Of 'Global Untreated Cancer Pain'
10/02/2012
Governments around the world are leaving hundreds of millions of cancer patients to suffer needlessly because of their failure to ensure adequate access to pain-relieving drugs, an unprecedented new international survey reveals...
The Challenges Of Cancer Prevention: Myths And Misunderstandings Hamper Prevention Efforts
10/02/2012
New insights on the global fight to prevent cancers were presented during the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna. The studies highlight the challenges of overcoming misunderstandings about how important lifestyle factors are in reducing cancer risk...
Examination Of Sinus Cavity Tumor Provides Potential Roadmap For Rare Cancer Treatments
10/02/2012
Knowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to a study published by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare...
Multiple Similarities Discovered Between Cancer Cells And Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
10/02/2012
UC Davis investigators have found new evidence that a promising type of stem cell now being considered for a variety of disease therapies is very similar to the type of cells that give rise to cancer...
Breast-Conserving Treatments Are Available But Are They Being Offered To Enough Women?
10/02/2012
Two new studies presented at the ESMO 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria show how improvements in breast cancer treatments are making it possible for more women to conserve their breasts following therapy, but raise concerns about whether enough women are being offered these approaches...
Everyday Chemicals Raise Breast Cancer Rates
10/01/2012
Ever since we have routinely added synthetic chemicals to everyday household and personal care products, the breast cancer rate among women in the UK has risen dramatically, says Breast Cancer UK, a British charity...
Experts Fight To Eliminate Invasive Cervical Cancer
10/01/2012
A critical overview that highlights ways to prevent invasive cervical cancer was recently published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D...