Breast Cancer News and Research

Latest Breast Cancer News and Research

Estrogen-positive tumors drive rising breast cancer rates in young women

According to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, with steeper increases in more recent years.

27 Jan 2024

Neural network provides precise analysis of breast symmetry in surgery

A newly developed neural network is highly accurate in identifying key landmarks important in breast surgery – opening the potential for objective assessment of breast symmetry, suggests a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

27 Jan 2024

Study addresses knowledge gap of clinical features and outcomes of Black patients with melanoma

Researchers identified patient- and tumor-level melanoma features in black individuals.

25 Jan 2024

Missing NHS screenings linked to significantly higher breast cancer risk

Women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) outside the NHS breast screening programme are around four times as likely to develop invasive breast cancer and to die from breast cancer than women in the general population, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

24 Jan 2024

Rice scientists identify promising new immunological pathway to treat breast cancer bone metastases

Rice University researchers in the lab of chemist Han Xiao have identified a promising new immunological pathway to treat stubborn bone tumors, one of most prevalent forms of metastases in breast cancer patients.

24 Jan 2024

Turning senescent tumor cells into targets for better cancer treatment

Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, in addition to killing a large number of tumor cells, also result in the generation of senescent tumor cells (also called "zombi cells").

24 Jan 2024

Unintentional weight loss linked to increased risk of cancer diagnosis

Unintentional weight loss is associated with an increase in the risk of a cancer diagnosis within the coming year, according to a study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

23 Jan 2024

UMass Amherst researcher aims to tackle bone damage in metastatic cancer

For some patients whose cancer has spread to their bones, the ensuing treatment can be more physically damaging than the original disease, leading to increased bone loss and fracture.

22 Jan 2024

The Mediterranean Diet may be able to improve your sleep

Researchers review the associations between following a Mediterranean diet and sleep quality.

22 Jan 2024

RecA protein skips "unwinding" step in DNA repair

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in double-stranded DNA by incorporating a dangling single-strand end into intact double strands, and repairing the break based on the undamaged sequence.

20 Jan 2024

Ludwig scientists deconstruct the blood supply of brain metastases

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has generated a granular portrait of how the cellular and molecular components of the blood vessels that feed brain metastases of melanoma and lung and breast cancers differ from those of healthy brain tissue, illuminating how they help shape the internal environment of tumors to support cancer growth and immune evasion.

19 Jan 2024

Engaging partners in the breastfeeding journey

The most important support person for women to succeed in their ambition to breastfeed is the new mother's partner. The partner also needs to be included through more support from healthcare professionals.

19 Jan 2024

Insilico Medicine leverages AI to identify promising new target for breast and gynecological cancers

Insilico Medicine("Insilico"), a clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, recently published an early research that it has identified MYT1 as a promising new therapeutic target for breast and gynecological cancer, and discovered a series of novel, potent, and highly selective inhibitors specifically targeting MYT1.

19 Jan 2024

Groundbreaking study identifies FAM3C as a key regulator of breast cancer progression

A groundbreaking study conducted by Professor Jiyoung Park and her research team in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST has identified FAM3C, a metabolism-regulating signaling molecule produced by cancer-associated adipocytes (CAAs), as a key regulator of breast cancer progression within the tumor microenvironment (TME).

19 Jan 2024