Breast cancer Archives

$10.5 million pledge for breast cancer research

Boston University School of Medicine receives $10.5 million pledge to create a Breast Cancer Research Center. – Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has received a pledge of $10.5 million to create a Breast Cancer Research Center, including an assistant professorship and an international scholars training program, from a Boston University School of Medicine graduate who wishes to remain anonymous. This pledge represents the largest individual gift received by the School of Medicine.

Women with BRCA mutation most likely to undergo mastectomy

Women with BRCA mutation, or worry, most likely to undergo prophylactic mastectomy. Patients’ fear should be strongly considered when counseling women at high risk for breast cancer. – Women at increased risk for breast cancer because of the genetic BRCA mutations are more likely to think a prophylactic mastectomy is the best way to reduce their risk for the disease, compared to other women who are at high risk, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Helium and exercise help COPD patients breathe easier

Helium helps lung patients breathe easier. New U of C research creates innovative intervention to help people with lung disease exercise longer and harder. – New research published in the international journal Chest, by Neil Eves, PhD, finds that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who breathed a mix of 60% helium and 40% oxygen during a rehabilitation program were able to exercise longer and harder than those who breathed normal air.

Wine -red or white- increases breast cancer risk

Red wine vs. white? It makes no difference when it comes to breast-cancer risk – The largest study of its kind to evaluate the effect of red versus white wine on breast-cancer risk concludes that both are equal offenders when it comes to increasing breast-cancer risk.

Cancer is preventable through diet, physical activity and weight maintenance

Landmark Policy Report: Many Cancers Could Be Prevented In the US and Across the Globe – A new global policy report estimates that approximately 45 percent of colon cancer cases and 38 percent of breast cancer cases in the US are preventable through diet, physical activity and weight maintenance.

Naomi Campbell opens Breakthrough Breast Cancer research unit, UK

Naomi Campbell opens Breakthrough Breast Cancer research unit which aims to find treatments for aggressive type of breast cancer – Supermodel Naomi Campbell opened Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s new London research unit dedicated to finding treatments for an aggressive type of breast cancer.

New genomic test to personalize breast cancer treatment

One in eight women in the United States will receive a diagnosis of breast cancer in their lifetime, and it is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Now a new test will help physicians determine the best possible treatment for each patient. – A set of 50 genes can be used to reliably identify the four known types of breast cancer, according to research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and collaborating institutions.

Pregnancy has no impact on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

Study finds pregnancy has no impact on breast cancer survival, delays treatment, diagnosis. Researchers encourage close evaluation of breast changes during pregnancy without delay. – Young women who develop breast cancer during their pregnancy, or who are diagnosed within one year of their pregnancy, have no difference in rates of local recurrence, distant metastases and overall survival compared to other young women with the disease, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

New test to predict chemotherapy response in breast cancer patients

Stroma genomic signature predicts resistance to anthracyclin-based chemotherapy in breast cancer – Researchers at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research in Molecular Oncology in Lausanne have developed a new test to predict how breast cancer patients respond to chemotherapy, which could help change how treatment is delivered in the future.

Preventive mastectomy decision for breast cancer patient

New research helps predict which breast cancer patients may benefit from preventive mastectomy of opposite breast – A preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in breast cancer patients with disease in one breast may only be necessary in patients who have high-risk features as assessed by examining the patient’s medical history and pathology of the breast cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Abraxis BioScience to Create Abraxis Health – Pioneering Personalized Medicine

Abraxis BioScience Announces Plan to Create Abraxis Health, a New Enterprise Focused on Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine – Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated, global biotechnology company, announced that the Board of Directors has approved a strategic plan to create Abraxis Health, Inc., an independent, stand-alone company to be spun-off from Abraxis BioScience that will be dedicated to becoming a fully integrated, next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company.

Olivia Newton John appeals to support breast cancer research

Olivia Newton-John visits UK’s Addenbrooke?s Hospital to support breast cancer appeal – Grease star and cancer campaigner Olivia Newton-John is returning to her Cambridge roots on Wednesday 14 January when she visits Addenbrooke’s Hospital to find out about the latest research into breast cancer.