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Established Cancer Vaccine Works Better In Tandem With FDA-Approved Kidney Transplant Drug
1 day ago, 18 May 12, 3:00am
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking a cancer vaccine by 30…More Genes Discovered In The Fight Against Breast Cancer
1 day ago, 18 May 12, 3:00am
In a study published in Nature, researchers describe nine new genes that drive the development of breast cancer. This takes the tally of all genes associated with breast cancer development to 40. The team examined all the genes in the genomes of 100…Potential Breast Cancer Vaccine Combination Therapy
2 days ago, 17 May 12, 3:00am
A vaccine that targets cancer cells in combination with the drug letrozole, a standard hormonal therapy against breast cancer, significantly increased survival when tested in mice, a team of UC Davis investigators has found. The findings were publish…Marker To Identify, Attack Breast Cancer Stem Cells
3 days ago, 16 May 12, 12:00pm
Breast cancer stem cells wear a cell surface protein that is part nametag and part bull's eye, identifying them as potent tumor-generating cells and flagging their vulnerability to a drug, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cen…Apigenin Slowed Progression Of Breast Cancer Accelerated By Hormone Replacement Therapy
3 days ago, 16 May 12, 12:00pm
Apigenin, a natural substance found in grocery store produce aisles, shows promise as a non-toxic treatment for an aggressive form of human breast cancer, following a new study at the University of Missouri. MU researchers found apigenin shrank a typ…News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: May 15, 2012
3 days ago, 16 May 12, 4:00am
DEVELOPMENT Hope for new treatment options for the rare disease Beare-Stevenson syndrome Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes serious physical problems affecting the skin and skull...Breast Imaging And Reporting Data Systems, And MRI In Predicting Breast Cancer: Study
3 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:00am
A large, multicenter study found that the Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems (BI-RADS) terminology used by radiologists to classify breast imaging results is useful in predicting malignancy in breast lesions detected with MRI. Results of the s…Proper Radiotherapy Targeting While The Patient Is Breathing
4 days ago, 15 May 12, 6:00pm
Radiotherapists are constantly battling in order to administer the correct dose of radiotherapy, as respiratory movement during radiotherapy poses a certain risk that a tumor receives either a dose that is insufficient, or the surrounding healthy tis…Staggered Cancer Drug Delivery Better Than All In One Go
4 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:00pm
The fact that treating cancer patients with multiple drugs often results in better outcomes than a single drug treatment is long been known amongst the medical profession. However, a MIT study published in the May 11 issue of Cell has just demonstrat…Cancer In The Elderly: Research Fails To Keep Up With Demographic Change
4 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:00am
New research showing that almost half of 13,000 patients with head and neck cancers had other health-related problems at the same time was one of the presentations in a special session at the 31st conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy a…
The Warriors Even the Score Against Breast Cancer
22 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 3:16pm
It may not be "Pinktober" yet, but this is the season when some big efforts against breast cancer get underway. What are being overlooked are the smaller, more local efforts that support the effort to raise awareness and find a cure.Healing Our Lives After Breast Cancer
36 days ago, 13 Apr 12, 4:43pm
How do we become whole again after battling breast cancer? It really isn't enough just to have the scars fade and our hair grow back. Healing physically and psychologically after breast cancer takes time.Health Care Is Just an American Dream
50 days ago, 30 Mar 12, 3:22pm
Health care reform through the Affordable Care Act didn’t come easy. Now in an ironic twist, American health care access is being decided on by the Supreme Court — a small panel of judges that not one American had the privilege of voting for.Wash Your Hands to Stay Healthy During Chemotherapy
65 days ago, 15 Mar 12, 1:27pm
I was talking to someone recently who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. She was alarmed at her increased risk for infection and illness because of the effect of the chemo drugs on her blood cells. One of the more serious complications of…Is Your Healthcare Story Worth $2,000?
81 days ago, 28 Feb 12, 2:07pm
One of my passions is to be an advocate for health care for every American. Even those who can afford the insurance are often crippled by co-pays. If there are ways to help alleviate those costs, I'm more than happy to share them with readers.Pregnant Warriors Battle Breast Cancer
96 days ago, 13 Feb 12, 4:23pm
Recently I saw an exciting ABC News report concerning a woman who was pregnant with twins when she received a diagnosis of breast cancer. Because it was stage 3 cancer, the doctor advised her to being chemotherapy immediately.Thoughts on Stress and Breast Cancer
, 30 Jan 12, 11:59am
A thoughtful friend recently gave me a notepad that says "Stressed is desserts spelled backwards." If only eating cheesecake could eliminate stress, I would be a happy girl.Do We Really Need a Bald Barbie Doll?
, 13 Jan 12, 9:47am
A bald Barbie is a wonderful idea as long as you provide wigs. Bald may be beautiful, but many of us like the option of hair.What Do You Fear Most From a Cancer Diagnosis?
, 10 Jan 12, 1:58pm
There is a lot to fear from a cancer diagnosis. My biggest fear was how breast cancer would change me physically. I was afraid that I wouldn't be pretty anymore.Celebrating the Holidays With Cancer
, 22 Dec 11, 12:46pm
Christmas, or Hanukkah if that is what you celebrate, can be miserable when you are dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis, or it can be a welcome distraction. It really is up to you.
Many Breast Cancer Patients in Their 40s Aren’t ‘High-Risk’: Study
16 days ago, 3 May 12, 1:18pm
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) — More than half of women in their 40s diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram had no family history of the disease, finds a new study that may add to the debate o…
Can Blood Test Predict Breast Cancer Risk?
18 days ago, 1 May 12, 10:45am
TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — A blood test that spots changes in a specific gene could reveal a woman’s risk for breast cancer years before the disease has a chance to develop, researchers report.British scientists analyzed blood samples fro…
For Breast Cancer Care, Radiation of Whole Breast May Be Best
18 days ago, 1 May 12, 10:38am
By Carina StorrsHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — Women who receive a type of partial-breast radiation called brachytherapy may go on to have higher rates of breast cancer recurrence and side effects such as breast pain and infec…
Here Are the Women Who Need Mammograms in Their 40s: Study
19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 10:41am
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — A new analysis that may help women in their 40s interpret mammogram guidelines says those with a family history of breast cancer or extremely dense breast tissue should start…
Can Heavy Metal in Foods, Cosmetics Spur Breast Cancer Spread?
26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 11:38am
By Denise MannHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) — Prolonged exposure to low levels of the heavy metal cadmium may fuel the growth of some breast cancer cells and encourage them to spread, preliminary research indicates.Found in…
New research untangles the genes behind the breast cancer
14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:45pm
Led by researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a new study has sequenced the genomes of twenty-one breast cancers.Mammography still best form of early detection
14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:37pm
In a video released by ASBS, Dr. Deanna Attai explains that mammography remains the most cost-effective, practical, and accurate screening tool currently available for the early detection of breast cancer.Millennium Villages Project can reduce child deaths
5 days ago, 14 May 12, 3:10pm
Approximately one in eight children dies before the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa ? but new study out this week suggests that the Millennium Villages Project could reduce childhood deaths.Breast Cancer Answers now available at The Breast Cancer Site
5 days ago, 14 May 12, 1:43pm
The Breast Cancer Site now hosts Breast Cancer Answers,an online, interactive way to ask basic questions and receive answers from medical experts about breast cancer.Remote communities along Amazon still need assistance
11 days ago, 8 May 12, 4:36pm
Four hundred remote jungle communities found themselves underwater when Amazon reached record heights in April.
The Secret About My Hair
9 days ago, 10 May 12, 1:41pm
When I was younger, my grandparents talked about prostate enlargement and pacemaker batteries at the dinner table. I knew exactly which relatives were diagnosed with cancer, which ones had beginning stages of Alzheimer’s, and whose cholesterol leve…
Q&A with Vinnie Myers, 3D Nipple Tattoo Specialist
22 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 1:22pm
I would like to thank all of you who took the time to read and/or comment on my recent blog post. The positive responses were great inspiration to me and I thought it might help to post a few images of the work I’ve been doing lately — and open t…The Absent Editor
38 days ago, 11 Apr 12, 1:45pm
There are times when we say things we wish we hadn’t. My patients have certainly talked about this experience, especially as they go through menopause. I’ve experienced it too, wishing intently that I had kept a thought to myself, or studiously i…What, Me Worry? And Worry, and Worry
51 days ago, 29 Mar 12, 12:29pm
I know a woman who has lived more than 30 years after a diagnosis of estrogen-negative breast cancer. When I asked her recently if she still worried about it returning, she said, “Not really.” I love that the fear eventually goes away, but I…A Breast Cancer Beginning… Nurse Turned Patient
66 days ago, 14 Mar 12, 4:28pm
As a nurse, social worker, and child development specialist, I have worked with a great number of people with cancer. I have also documented my own physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and oftentimes hilarious journey through, with, over, and arou…
The Warriors Even the Score Against Breast Cancer
22 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 3:16pm
It may not be "Pinktober" yet, but this is the season when some big efforts against breast cancer get underway. What are being overlooked are the smaller, more local efforts that support the effort to raise awareness and find a cure.Healing Our Lives After Breast Cancer
36 days ago, 13 Apr 12, 4:43pm
How do we become whole again after battling breast cancer? It really isn't enough just to have the scars fade and our hair grow back. Healing physically and psychologically after breast cancer takes time.Health Care Is Just an American Dream
50 days ago, 30 Mar 12, 3:22pm
Health care reform through the Affordable Care Act didn’t come easy. Now in an ironic twist, American health care access is being decided on by the Supreme Court — a small panel of judges that not one American had the privilege of voting for.Wash Your Hands to Stay Healthy During Chemotherapy
65 days ago, 15 Mar 12, 1:27pm
I was talking to someone recently who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. She was alarmed at her increased risk for infection and illness because of the effect of the chemo drugs on her blood cells. One of the more serious complications of…Is Your Healthcare Story Worth $2,000?
81 days ago, 28 Feb 12, 2:07pm
One of my passions is to be an advocate for health care for every American. Even those who can afford the insurance are often crippled by co-pays. If there are ways to help alleviate those costs, I'm more than happy to share them with readers.
Cancer vaccine shows promise
13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 6:00pm
A new breast cancer vaccine has been shown to cut the risk of recurrence by nearly half.Breast cancer vaccine that elicits powerful immune response also improves recurrence rates
22 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:37am
A breast cancer vaccine already shown to elicit a powerful immune response in women with varying levels of HER2 expression has the ability to improve recurrence rates and is well tolerated in an adjuvant setting, according to new research from a clin…Breast cancer vaccine shows promise
1 day ago, 17 May 12, 7:59pm
A new breast cancer vaccine has been shown to cut the risk of recurrence by nearly half. The clinical trial involving about 200 breast cancer patients started back in 2007.Breast cancer vaccine shows promise in study
1 day ago, 17 May 12, 7:46pm
Breast cancer vaccine shows promise in study Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:16 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Houston rese…Untangling the development of breast cancer
2 days ago, 17 May 12, 12:18pm
( Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ) The team created a catalog of all the mutations in the genomes of the 21 breast cancer genomes. They identified entirely new mutational processes that drive breast cancer development, including one remarkable proce…
Will 3-D Thermal Imaging Revolutionize Breast Cancer Detection? - Xconomy
14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:26pm
Will 3-D Thermal Imaging Revolutionize Breast Cancer Detection?XconomyNow, with a new company based in Bloomfield Hills, MI called Angott Medical Products, he wants to revolutionize testing for breast cancer. “Our goal is to save 10000 lives per ye…
Hybrid vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent breast cancer recurrence - The Cypress Times
15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:15pm
abc7.comHybrid vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent breast cancer recurrenceThe Cypress TimesCHICAGO — A breast cancer vaccine already shown to elicit a powerful immune response in women with varying levels of HER2 expression has the ability t…Traffic advisory in Dorchester for Avon Walk for Breast Cancer - Boston.com
15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:11pm
Traffic advisory in Dorchester for Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoston.comBy Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent The city encouraged residents to use public transportation and for drivers to use caution over the weekend because of the Avon Walk for Br…Padres to wear 1978 uniforms, recognize breast cancer survivor Friday - KUSI
16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:21pm
Padres to wear 1978 uniforms, recognize breast cancer survivor FridayKUSISandy Sibley of Pacific Beach will be recognized on the field before the game as the Padres' winner in Major League Baseball's Honorary Bat Girl program, which recognizes fans w…
Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63 after breast cancer battle - Green Bay Press Gazette
20 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:21am
WZZMDisco queen Donna Summer dies at 63 after breast cancer battleGreen Bay Press GazetteAP photo Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls” became the soundtrack for a gl…
Family says Donna Summer died of lung cancer - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
7 hours ago, 19 May 12, 12:15am
Although it was announced that Donna Summer's death on Thursday was due to cancer, in some quarters it was speculated that it may have been breast cancer. That was not the case, her family says in a statement, giving the cause of death as lung cancer…Cancer vaccine shows promise - ksl.com
9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:20pm
NEW YORK CITY — A new breast cancer vaccine has been shown to cut the risk of recurrence by nearly half. The clinical trial involving about 200 breast cancer patients started back in 2007. Anne Allen of Topeka, Kansas was diagnosed with breast canc…Planned Parenthood Continues Denying Abortion-Breast Cancer Link - LifeNews.com
13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:27pm
Even though 53 out of 66 studies done since 1957 show an increased risk of breast cancer after induced abortion, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards sent out an impassioned plea for money to fight new Kansas legislation that she deceptively ...Kohl’s Cares® and FILA SPORT® Help Fight Breast Cancer with Exclusive, Stylish Athletic Gear - Yahoo Finance
13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:27pm
Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS - News) invites customers to work out for a cause this summer with FILA SPORT ® athletic merchandise designed exclusively by Kohl's for the Kohl’s Cares ® cause merchandise program. Available now through ...Suzanne Somers Talks About Experimental Surgery That Restored Her Breast - Softpedia
15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:22pm
Suzanne Somers was diagnosed with breast cancer and had half of her right breast removed 12 years ago. Because she didn't want an implant, a “foreign body,” as she refers to it, she had to look for other methods to make herself feel complete agai…
Customized Device Provides Safe Breast Radiation From Within
3 days ago, 15 May 12, 8:12pm
SAVI Breast Brachytherapy Device Art © Cianna Medical IncFor small breast tumors that are non-invasive, a lumpectomy is often a great option. Just the affected tissue is removed, plus a margin of healthy tissue for good measure. This is…
Arizona Woman Fakes Breast Cancer, Spends Funds on Implants
12 days ago, 7 May 12, 7:57am
Fake Cancer for Boob Job Art © Pam StephanJami Lynn Toler, a 27-year old Arizona woman, told people that she had breast cancer. After successfully raising a bit more than $8,300, she handed over the money to a plastic surgeon, who perfo…FaceBook Adds Circle of Support For Metastatic Breast Cancer
19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 6:53pm
FaceBook, the social media site, is hosting a new app called MBC Circle of Support. MBC in this case, stands for Metastatic Breast Cancer, and the app creates an online support community within FaceBook for metastatic patients. Genentech, a drug comp…
Breast Cancer Survivors Get Support With Social Media Networks
19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 7:14am
Computer Keyboard Photo © MicrosoftLife with breast cancer can get pretty overwhelming. You keep getting news about your condition, your treatments, and your prognosis. Sometimes you can understand what all that medicalese means, and so…Keep a Cool Head During Breast Cancer Treatment
23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 5:04pm
Honestly, I thought I would go nuts during the first 3 months of breast cancer treatment. I had too many choices to make, too many variables to balance, and not ...Read Full Post
Nine new breast cancer risk genes: Landscape of cancer genes and mutational processes in breast cancer complicated
3 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:23pm
Researchers have described nine new genes that drive the development of breast cancer. This takes the tally of all genes associated with breast cancer development to 40.Mystery of the missing breast cancer genes
10 days ago, 8 May 12, 10:00pm
Researchers are hoping to better understand why the mutated genes for breast and ovarian cancer are not passed on more frequently from one generation of women to the next.Presence of fetal cells in women lowers risk of breast cancer but raises risk of colon cancer
16 days ago, 3 May 12, 11:58am
For the first time, scientists have found what could be a causative link between the concentration of circulating Y-chromosome fetal cells in women who gave birth to children of either sex and their risk of later developing breast cancer and colon ca…Common environmental contaminant, cadmium, linked to rapid breast cancer cell growth
26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 6:42pm
Breast cancer cells become increasingly aggressive the longer they are exposed to small concentrations of cadmium, a heavy metal commonly found in cosmetics, food, water and air particles.Why drinking alcohol is linked to breast cancer
26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 4:22pm
Scientists say they have finally explained the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer.
Resolved Question: TEENS: October Survey (20 characters)?
, 2 Oct 11, 4:53pm
...favorite thing about Fall in general? 3. It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Are you doing...Resolved Question: What do you think of breast implants?
, 9 Jan 11, 1:51pm
... from breast cancer or you were... breasts because it doesn...Resolved Question: Teens: Do you know any one who has died from cancer or has battled cancer?
, 21 Dec 09, 10:12pm
My aunt died last Monday from Breast Cancer. And I'm just curious. Do you know any one with cancer?Resolved Question: What is the stupidest thing you have ever thought? or believed?
, 4 Dec 09, 3:38pm
...she told me you can get breast cancer if you get hit in the breast to many...Resolved Question: Why do human beings cry over the death of DOGS?
, 3 Dec 09, 12:48am
...My mother's bout with a minor form of breast cancer last year had a much larger...
