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Nov

12

Scientists at University Of Minnesota Target Breast Cancer

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.

Nov

12

Study Finds It's Safe To Treat HER2-Positive Breast Cancer With Trastuzumab And Adjuvant Radiation

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy.

Nov

12

Experts Issue Call To Reconsider Screening For Breast Cancer And Prostate Cancer

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.

Nov

12

Experimental Agent Reduces Breast Cancer Metastasis To Bone

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.

Nov

12

Researchers From Harvard University Report Recent Findings In Cancer

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.

Nov

12

Research On Brain Metastasis Detailed By Scientists At University Of Pittsburgh

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).

Nov

11

Breast Cancer Pain Can Last For Years

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.

Nov

09

SAVI Brachytherapy For Breast Cancer Marks Three-Year Anniversary Of First Treatment-Shorter, Easier Radiation Treatment Available To More Women

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.

Nov

09

Study Offers More Evidence To Green Tea's Anti-Cancer Effect

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.

Nov

06

Antipsychotic Drugs Fight Cancer

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.

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