CancerCompass is dedicated to provided you with the most up to date cancer information and news. Visit our website to find all our articles on Breast Cancer News http://www.cancercompass.com/breast-cancer-news.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ After losing her mother to cancer, Shelia Weeks, 61, was advised by her doctor to begin receiving mammograms when she was 36. Her mother's cancer was found in her liver, but started in her breast. There was no widespread detection method such as mammograms at that time. She passed away in 1982. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32438.htm CancerCompass Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, has arrived at Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R) (CTCA) in Philadelphia. CTCA will become the first in the country to offer this treatment option using the Novac7 technology from Rome, Italy. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32439.htm CancerCompass Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT HistoRx today announced that the Company's proprietary AQUA technology, an automated image analysis platform based on tissue-based quantitative immunofluorescence, was noted in a recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Task Force Report on hormone receptor testing in breast cancer as one of the promising new strategies being developed for the measurement of ER and PgR in breast cancer tissue. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32440.htm CancerCompass Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT U.S. health experts say about two-thirds of cancers could be prevented via lifestyle changes. The Mayo Clinic researchers explain in their Special Report on Cancer Prevention in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource says maintaining proper weight by eating a healthy, low-fat diet and by stepping up moderate to vigorous physical activity to 45 to 60 minutes almost daily might reduce one- third of cancer deaths. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32421.htm CancerCompass Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT When the pain in her knee from an old running injury continued even after surgery, Sarah McCluan turned to the Internet for help. I don't use it to diagnose ,but I do go to the Internet for basic information," said McCluan, who downloaded some knee strengthening exercises that she is following. McCluan, 37, of Hopewell is among a growing number of wired adults searching the Internet for medical information. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32422.htm CancerCompass Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Accurate assessment of primary tumor size is an essential part of management in breast cancer patients. Tumor size is part of the TNM system used to stage breast cancer and provide prognostic information. Adaptation of the principles of breast conservation surgery requires evaluation of tumor size to judge appropriateness and extent of surgery. Precise measurement of tumor size is also important to monitor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced tumors. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32425.htm CancerCompass Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Scientists have long suspected that the soy foods in Asian diets may help explain why people in places like Japan, China, and Singapore have lower rates of breast cancer, prostate cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease. And thousands of studies over the past two decades- most of them carried out in the West- have tried to figure out whether soybeans are beneficial and, if so, which parts of the soybean are responsible. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32426.htm CancerCompass Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, behind lung cancer, and it is the most common cancer among women. Once it begins to spread through the body, it's considered incurable. But new research into an immune-based therapy by Dr. Leisha Emens at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland may hold the key to treating it. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32398.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The SAVI 6-1Mini breast brachytherapy applicator is the only brachytherapy solution for patients with small breasts, hard-to-reach lumpectomy cavities, or cavities close to the skin surface, according to a new study. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32399.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Think of a protective fence that blocks the neighbor's dog from charging into your backyard. The body, too, has fences -- physical and biochemical barriers that keep cells in their place. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32400.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study To develop a targeted biological drug that when systemically injected can penetrate to metastatic breast cancer tumors, one needs a drug of high potency and reduced immunogenicity. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32401.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32402.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer - the most diagnosed cancer for women and men - have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in an opinion piece published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32403.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32404.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Several components of the Writ signaling cascade have been shown to function either as tumor suppressor proteins or as oncogenes in multiple human cancers, underscoring the relevance of this pathway in oncogenesis and the need for further investigation of Wnt signaling components as potential targets for cancer therapy. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32411.htm CancerCompass Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT According to recent research from the United States, Radiosurgery for brain metastasis fails in some patients, who require further surgical care. In this paper the authors' goal was to evaluate prognostic factors that correlate with the survival of patients who require a resection of a brain metastasis after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32433.htm CancerCompass Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Nearly half of breast cancer survivors suffer from persistent pain, even two to three years after surgery, a study shows. Almost 60% of the 3,253 women surveyed experience other symptoms of nerve damage, such as numbness or tenderness, according to a study of all Danish women treated for breast cancer in 2005 and 2006. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32394.htm CancerCompass Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT This month marks three years since physicians began offering SAVI(TM) radiation treatment as part of breast conservation therapy for early- stage breast cancer -- a major milestone in breast brachytherapy. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32380.htm CancerCompass Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A new U.S. study has shown that green tea may help reduce the risk of oral cancer, although scientists are reluctant to officially endorse green tea as an effective way of cancer prevention. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32387.htm CancerCompass Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders are highly effective at killing cancer cells, opening up potential new lines of treatments. Dr Louise Lurze-Mann of the University of NSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences was talking with psychiatric researchers at the University of Queensland when they mentioned that people with diseases like schizophrenia appear to have low rates of cancer, despite being more inclined to smoke than the general population. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32367.htm CancerCompass Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT