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According to recent research from the United States, Mammographic density is one of the strongest predictors of breast cancer risk. Recently, it has been suggested that reactive oxygen species may influence breast cancer risk through its influence on mammographic density.
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered a gene activity signature that predicts a high risk of cancer recurrence in certain breast tumors that have been treated with commonly used chemotherapy drugs.
Medifocus, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has filed on January 22, 2010, its response to two (2) remaining questions with the FDA in the United States of America (USA) to obtain clearance to initiate a pivotal phase III clinical trial using the Company's Microfocus APA 1000 System for the treatment of breast cancer in the USA and worldwide.
Women taking tamoxifen for the treatment or prevention of recurrence of breast cancer are likely to take antidepressants either for a psychiatric disorder or for hot flashes. Recent evidence suggested that some antidepressants inhibit the metabolism of tamoxifen to its more active metabolites by the cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) enzyme, thereby decreasing the anticancer effect, scientists in Montreal, Canada report.
Compared to conventional chemotherapy, autologous stem cell transplantation can extend event-free survival for breast cancer patients. Clinical trials provide proof of this for breast cancer with and without distant metastases. However, there are indications that this type of stem cell transplantation can more frequently give rise to severe complications affecting almost all organ systems.
A Yale University-led team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that variants in a gene responsible for regulating the body's circadian rhythm may lead to breast cancer. The study appears as an OnlineFirst publication of the journal Cancer Research.
Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to a commentary and four articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
IsoRay, Inc. announced that it has successfully shipped the first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to a Canadian customer for the purpose of furthering research and development of Cesium-131 in Canada. Cesium-131 is currently approved by Health Canada for the treatment of low-risk prostate cancers and has been cleared by the US FDA for treatment of a wide variety of malignant disease (e.g. prostate, head and neck, brain, breast, lung, eye, etc.).
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Almost nothing tastes better on a cold, gray day than a piping bowl of soup. And almost nothing more easily feeds a crowd. So we asked readers to send us their favorite soup and stew recipes - - the ones they simmer on the stove when there's a chill in the air, or when they find themselves with a house full of guests.
About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
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