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Loyola Medicine offers scalp cooling treatment to reduce risk of chemotherapy hair loss

Loyola Medicine is offering cancer patients a treatment that reduces the risk of hair loss by cooling the scalp.

18 Aug 2018

Study compares survival outcomes in rural and urban cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials

When enrolled in a cancer clinical trial, the differences in survival rates between rural and urban patients are significantly reduced, SWOG study results show.

17 Aug 2018

Lowering pH inside tumor cells can slow down spread of cancer

A new study focusing on the environment inside cancer cells may lead to new targeted treatment strategies.

17 Aug 2018

Improved visual communication could help patients to make informed health-care decisions

A woman goes to the doctor for a mammogram. The result comes back positive. This doesn't necessarily mean you have cancer, false positives are common, her doctor might say. Maybe the patient is also given a pamphlet with some statistics about mortality and survival rates.

16 Aug 2018

Trial shows PARP inhibitor as novel treatment option for patients with advanced breast cancers

In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the PARP inhibitor talazoparib extended progression-free survival (PFS) and improved quality-of-life measures over available chemotherapies for patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer and mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes.

16 Aug 2018

Brown University researchers reveal key physical properties of 'giant' cancer cells

Polyploidal cancer cells--cells that have more than two copies of each chromosome--are much larger than most other cancer cells, are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation treatments and are associated with disease relapse.

14 Aug 2018

New genome analysis could identify people at higher risk of common deadly diseases

A research team at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Harvard Medical School reports a new kind of genome analysis that could identify large fractions of the population who have a much higher risk of developing serious common diseases, including coronary artery disease, breast cancer, or type 2 diabetes.

13 Aug 2018

New test predicts the risk of serious disease months before symptoms appear

Researchers have developed a new genetic test that can identify people who are at an increased risk of serious disease, long before they develop any symptoms.

13 Aug 2018

Researchers discover secret communication hotline between breast cancers and normal cells

Australian researchers have uncovered a secret communication hotline between breast cancers and the normal cells surrounding them. Importantly, the messages sent back and forth between the normal and tumour cells encourage the cancer to survive and to become more aggressive.

13 Aug 2018

Lumpectomy plus radiation associated with reduced risk of breast cancer death, study finds

Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone in women with ductal carcinoma in situ, a noninvasive early form of breast cancer.

13 Aug 2018

Removing the cancer label - overhaul in cancer classification proposed

Australian researchers have asked for changes in the way doctors tend to label low risk cancerous conditions as “cancer” leading to over treatment. Certain diagnoses such as localised prostate cancer or “stage 0” breast cancers need to be looked at say the researchers at the University of Sydney and Bond University to prevent aggressive treatment where it is not needed.

12 Aug 2018

FDA approves first vaginal ring contraceptive that can be used for one year

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Annovera (segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol vaginal system), which is a combined hormonal contraceptive for women of reproductive age used to prevent pregnancy and is the first vaginal ring contraceptive that can be used for an entire year.

10 Aug 2018

Scientists define key binding characteristics of protein associated with heart disease and breast cancer

Galectins attach to other proteins via the carbohydrates on their surfaces (sugar-binding proteins). As such they impact on a range of processes in the cell associated with a number of diseases, including heart disease and breast cancer – the most common cancer in women worldwide, with 1.7 million new cases diagnosed in 2012 alone.

10 Aug 2018

New combination therapy for cancer cells could soon be a reality

A new cancer therapy using nanoparticles to deliver a combination therapy direct to cancer cells could be on the horizon, thanks to research from the University of East Anglia.

From Precision NanoSystems Inc. 10 Aug 2018

Cianna Medical receives FDA 510(k) clearance to extend indication of SCOUT reflector for use in soft tissue localization

Cianna Medical, Inc., the world leader in wire-free breast localization, announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to extend the indication of its SCOUT reflector for use in localization of soft tissue.

10 Aug 2018

Breast Cancer News and Research

Latest Breast Cancer News and Research

Loyola Medicine offers scalp cooling treatment to reduce risk of chemotherapy hair loss

Study compares survival outcomes in rural and urban cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials

Lowering pH inside tumor cells can slow down spread of cancer

Improved visual communication could help patients to make informed health-care decisions

Trial shows PARP inhibitor as novel treatment option for patients with advanced breast cancers

Brown University researchers reveal key physical properties of 'giant' cancer cells

New genome analysis could identify people at higher risk of common deadly diseases

New test predicts the risk of serious disease months before symptoms appear

Researchers discover secret communication hotline between breast cancers and normal cells

Lumpectomy plus radiation associated with reduced risk of breast cancer death, study finds

Removing the cancer label - overhaul in cancer classification proposed

FDA approves first vaginal ring contraceptive that can be used for one year

Scientists define key binding characteristics of protein associated with heart disease and breast cancer

New combination therapy for cancer cells could soon be a reality

Cianna Medical receives FDA 510(k) clearance to extend indication of SCOUT reflector for use in soft tissue localization

Combination of arsenic and existing leukemia drug may combat cancer

Study identifies key role of TLK1 and TLK2 enzymes in DNA replication

Scientists uncover reason for similarity between cells in malignant cancers and embryonic cells

Gene considered as tumor promoter may also halt development of cancer, shows study

New study identifies genes linked to higher risk for triple-negative breast cancer

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