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Oct

21

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports 61% Objective Response Rate In 46-Patient Bavituximab Phase II Trial In Advanced Breast Cancer

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported positive results from its Phase II trial evaluating bavituximab in combination with docetaxel in patients with advanced breast cancer.

Oct

21

Bioidentical Hormones, A True Prevention For Breast Cancer

Being informed on prevention is key to good health; unfortunately today, by some, prevention is being diluted into what it is not. A few years ago, the term 'prevention' was rarely part of the vocabulary in orthodox medicine; lately it is often perplexed and exchangeable with the likes of 'avoid', and used all too commonly with implications meant to blur. You can now find to avoid Breast Cancer with 'Chemoprevention', a good program, but an irony in expression that has no shame.

Oct

20

Yale University: Hormone Mix Could Cut Breast Cancer Risk And Treat Symptoms Of Menopause

The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) scientific meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21.

Oct

20

Gene Protects Against Breast Cancer

U.S. scientists say drugs being tested for treatment of a variety of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases might lead to the development of breast cancer.

Oct

20

Bionovo Announces Publication Of Data On Potential Increase In Breast Cancer Risk Due To The Inhibitory Effect Of Tamoxifen Treatment On Estrogen Receptor Beta

Bionovo Inc. announced today the publication of results from its study on the inhibitory effect of tamoxifen on estrogen receptor beta (ERb) gene regulation. The results of the study, which will be published in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, demonstrate that tamoxifen inhibits the beneficial effects of ERb in the prevention of breast cancer cell proliferation.

Oct

20

Getting The Facts: Inflammatory Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while it is critically important to raise awareness of breast cancer prevention in general; it is also a particularly important time for us ALL -- whether we are physicians, research scientists, women, or men -- to become acutely aware of a relatively rare, but all too often, poorly understood cancer known as Inflammatory Breast Cancer, or IBC.

Oct

17

Fertility Is An Issue When Fighting Cancer

When Geri Bell lost her breasts to cancer, she joked that at least she wouldn't need a bra. When she lost her hair to chemotherapy, she'd say how her wig made it so easy to get ready in the morning.

Oct

17

Double Mastectomy No Guarantee Against Breast Cancer Recurrence

At 15, she watched an aunt struggle with breast cancer. Then a cousin. Soon after, Mattie McCalister was stricken with the same disease that would afflict so many of the women in her family.

Oct

17

Breast Cancer Treatments Have Dramatically Increased Survival Rates

Though breast cancer is still deadly, it's not as fearsome a diagnosis as it may have been a few decades ago. In 1975, the five-year survival rate was 75 percent. Today, it's 89 percent.

Oct

16

Integrative Medicine: Eight Ways To Cope With Cancer Diagnosis

I have just been diagnosed with breast cancer, and I want to pursue a holistic approach. What can I do to increase my chances of a successful cure? Here are our eight mind-body tips for a vital and healing journey when diagnosed with cancer.

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