MSK studies highlight potential of liquid biopsy at San Antonio Breast Cancer Meeting
12/14/2015
Simple blood test could help tailor treatments for advanced breast cancer patients.
DCIS patients receiving anastrozole reported symptoms different from those receiving tamoxifen
12/14/2015
Both groups reported similar quality of life. Analysis of patient-reported outcomes (PRO), a secondary endpoint of the phase III, NSABP B-35 clinical trial, in which anastrazole and tamoxifen were...
T-DM1 improved overall survival for heavily pretreated patients with HER2-positive breast cancer
12/14/2015
Among patients with HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer that had progressed despite treatment with two or more forms of HER2-targeted therapy (trastuzumab [Herceptin] and lapatinib [Tykerb])...
Fallopian tube organoids promise better understanding of ovarian cancer and infertility
12/11/2015
A new way of growing Fallopian tube cells in culture is expected to give a boost to our understanding and prevention of female gynecological diseases, such as infertility, inflammatory disease, and...
Scientists in Barcelona discover a potential treatment for cirrhosis
12/11/2015
Scientists headed by Raúl Méndez, ICREA research professor at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and Mercedes Fernández, at IDIBAPS in Barcelona, reveal that the inhibition...
Fallopian tube organoids promise better understanding of ovarian cancer and infertility
12/11/2015
A new way of growing Fallopian tube cells in culture is expected to give a boost to our understanding and prevention of female gynecological diseases, such as infertility, inflammatory disease, and...
A team of UCLA researchers found that there are several parts of California where, in a high percentage of people with thyroid cancer, the disease is already at an advanced stage by the time it is...
Study could help doctors and patients determine most appropriate treatment options, and foster more personalized care for women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
Scientists produce breast cancer from normal human breast cells using a single cancer gene
12/11/2015
A team of scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia have made an important advance towards understanding the cellular changes that can lead to human breast cancer.
Drug provides another treatment option for an early form of breast cancer
12/11/2015
The drug anastrozole is effective in treating an early form of breast cancer, according to a clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).