Casting for Recovery, a non-profit organization offering support and educational fly fishing retreats for women with breast cancer is excited to partner with fishing outfitter and rod manufacturer Tycoon Tackle, Inc. in Charlottesville, Virginia. Tycoon Tackle has committed to building an unlimited quantity of custom co-branded rods named “The Martha Ann” in honor of Tycoon Tackle president Tim O’Brien’s mother, …
Nick Greiner: I had mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis
By: Paul Farrell From: theguardian.com Former New South Wales premier praised for raising men’s awareness by speaking out Cancer Council Australia has called for greater awareness of breast cancer in men, following Nick Greiner’s revelation that he was recently diagnosed. The former New South Wales premier told the Australian Financial Review how a series of tests had revealed he had …
Cancer: In the News – One Year Later
On May 4, 2013, I created a new feature on the Let Life Happen website with the addition of a category titled “In the News”. The intention was to post at least one article daily from all of the news that I was finding regarding a variety of healthcare issues so that people would be better able to keep up …
Breast cancer drug turned down for NHS use due to high cost
By: Sarah Boseley, From: theguardian.com A Herceptin-style drug that can offer some women with advanced breast cancer nearly six months of extra life has been turned down for use in the NHS because of its high cost. In draft guidance now open to consultation, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) blames the manufacturers, Roche, who are asking …
Proteins conspire to make breast cancer cells resistant to drug treatment
Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) provide compelling and conclusive evidence that antiestrogen resistance in breast cancer cells requires the interaction between proteins called BCAR1 and BCAR3. In the study, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the researchers also identified a signaling pathway that is crucial for drug resistance mediated by this protein complex. “Drug resistance is one …
Work after cancer: what are the options and how can employers help?
By: Barbara Wilson From: theguardian.com There are currently about 750,000 people of working age with cancer. This represents over a third of the 2 million people living with cancer – and with survival rates improving and people retiring later, the numbers are likely to increase. Many cancer patients struggle to return to work, however. A recent Macmillan survey showed that …
This breast cancer scares patients, challenges doctors
By: Shari Rudavsky From: indystar.com When Tonya Trotter first felt a quarter-size knot in her breast, she didn’t rush to get a mammogram. Over the next few months, the lump grew to the size of a tennis ball. But it was the sharp pain in her breast that finally persuaded her to go to the emergency room in August 2012. …
Nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct
Using magnetically controlled nanoparticles to force tumour cells to ‘self-destruct’ sounds like science fiction, but could be a future part of cancer treatment, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. “The clever thing about the technique is that we can target selected cells without harming surrounding tissue. There are many ways to kill cells, but this method is contained …
Experts Question Routine Mammograms in Elderly
UCSF-Harvard Study Finds Tests Offer Limited Benefit to Oldest Female Patients Doctors should focus on life expectancy when deciding whether to order mammograms for their oldest female patients, since the harms of screening likely outweigh the benefits unless women are expected to live at least another decade, according to a review of the scientific literature by experts at UCSF and …
Tobacco plant may light the way to beating cancer, Australian scientists say
From: theguardian.com Ornamental varieties of plant contain molecule that specifically targets cancer cells, say researchers The tobacco plant could be a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer, say Australian scientists. They have found a molecule in the flower of the plant that targets cancer cells and rips them open, according to an article in the journal eLife. “There is …