From: news-medical.net Researchers from Caris Life Sciences® and Fox Chase Cancer Center – Temple Health announced the presentation of two studies revealing the potential for exploring new therapeutic options for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) at the 2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Researchers used Caris Molecular Intelligence®, Caris’s panomic, comprehensive tumor profiling service, to assess biomarker profiles in subsets …
New Cancer Report May Help Doctors ID Which Patients More At Risk
By: Jessica Firger From: cbsnews.com At Ricki Fairley’s annual check-up in 2012, doctors found a tiny lump. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a less common and more aggressive form of the disease that has very few treatment options. Approximately 15 percent of all breast cancer cases are categorized as triple negative. Triple negative breast cancer can be …
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. …