Whether aspirin may help prevent or reduce the risk of breast cancer remains a hotly debated research question.
Fighting liver fibrosis, the wound that never heals
12/09/2015
Chronic damage to the liver eventually creates a wound that never heals. This condition, called fibrosis, gradually replaces normal liver cells--which detoxify the food and liquid we consume--with...
Counseling with genetic cancer screening may increase knowledge and decrease anxiety
12/09/2015
Many BRCA 1/2-negative patients choose to proceed with comprehensive testing for genetic mutations that increase cancer risk, and when presented with counseling before and after testing, most make...
Top gynecologists oppose FDA ruling on minimally invasive procedures for uterine fibroids
12/09/2015
Two UNC physicians have joined other leading experts in gynecology and related specialties across the country in asking the Food and Drug Administration to rescind or revise a warning it issued...
SABCS15: 'Weeding the garden' with radiation while continuing breast cancer therapy
12/09/2015
An ongoing phase IIR/III clinical trial presented at the 2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium seeks to answer an important question in the treatment of early metastatic breast cancer: Should...
Aspirin use does not improve outcomes for cancer patients, but may lower breast density
12/09/2015
Whether aspirin may help prevent or reduce the risk of breast cancer remains a hotly debated research question.
One-two punch of palbociclib and paclitaxel shows promise against advanced breast cancer
12/09/2015
Combining the new breast cancer drug palbociclib with paclitaxel (Taxol) shrank tumors in nearly half of patient with estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer, according to new research from the...
Five out of six women at higher risk reject drugs to prevent breast cancer
12/09/2015
Cancer Research UK scientists have found that five in six women with increased risk of breast cancer turn down drugs likely to prevent the disease, according to research published in Annals of...
Lymphatic System: Facts, Functions and Diseases
12/09/2015
Learn all about the lymphatic system including what happens when the lymph nodes swell, its role in assisting immunity and how lymphatic system diseases such as lymphoma are caused
Lymphatic System: Organs, Functions and Diseases
12/09/2015
What are swollen glands? What is happening when the lymph nodes swell? How does the lymphatic system assist immunity? What other crucial roles are played by the lymph system?