Reporting by Ben Hirschler; editing by Jason Neely From: reuters.com AstraZeneca’s all-important cancer drug business received a fillip on Thursday as a new medicine against ovarian cancer was approved in Europe, making it the first of its kind to reach the market. AstraZeneca has flagged Lynparza, or olaparib, as a potential $2-billion-a-year seller. The formal approval from the European Commission …
Genomic Health Test Could Reduce Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer
By: Elaine Schattner From: forbes.com Last week’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured new evidence* for a tool that might inform treatment decisions in women with low-grade breast tumors. Since the 1980s, diagnoses of DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) have risen dramatically due to enhanced screening. Questions about this condition – whether it’s likely to cause harm, and how to …
Scientists link proteins that keep cells multiplying to cancer
By: Catharine Paddock PhD From: medicalnewstoday.com Cancer is a disease where cells become abnormal and multiply out of control. Until now it was thought the proliferation of cancer cells was controlled by transcription factor proteins. But now a new study suggests another family of proteins may also be involved. The study – led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) …
Namibia: Turkish Embassy Equips Cancer Ward
By Alvine Kapitako From: allafrica.com The Turkish Embassy through the Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency on Friday handed medical equipment to the Windhoek Central Hospital’s children cancer ward. The equipment included cardio respiratory monitors, a blood pressure monitoring machine, mobile examination light and a diagnostic set. The Ambassador of Turkey to Namibia, Deniz Cakar, formally handed over the equipment …
How the breast cancer cells transform normal cells into tumoral ones?
From: http://medicalxpress.com Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute of Bellvitge, the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the University Hospital of Bellvitge have participated in an international study published in the journal Cancer Cell that describes how exosomes secreted by tumor cells contain protein and microRNA molecules capable of transform neighboring cells into tumoral cells promoting tumor growth. What are …
Guidelines Aim to Reduce 2nd Surgeries After Breast Cancer Lumpectomy
By: Steven Reinberg From: .healthday.com In a study of more than 240,000 women who had breast conservation surgery for breast cancer, nearly 25 percent needed a second operation, a new study finds. “There are very few operations where you would expect to have a second surgery,” said lead researcher Dr. Lee Wilke, director of the section of surgical oncology at …
Hormone-unrelated breast cancer death rate lowered by reducing dietary fat
By: James McIntosh From: medicalnewstoday.com Reducing dietary fat intake for at least 5 years after diagnosis could help improve survival rates for early-stage breast cancer patients with hormone-unrelated breast cancer, according to a new study. The findings of the study were presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium – a 5-day conference aiming to provide state-of-the-art information on …
Hedgehog signaling pathway for breast cancer identified
From: http://medicalxpress.com Molecules called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in breast cancer but exactly why they cause metastasis and tumor growth has been little understood…until now. Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report that hedgehog, a unique cell signaling pathway known to contribute to many types of cancer, may be behind breast cancer metastasis. …
Wider breast cancer screening won’t be a boon to women
From: newscientist.com CANCER screening sounds like the ultimate in preventive medicine. Spot a tumour early and it is easier to treat and cure. That’s the theory, anyway. But it ignores the potential problem of overdiagnosis – finding tiny tumours that would never have caused any harm, yet get treated aggressively. The big question for any programme is whether the harms …
Study: Lower breast cancer risk in some Hispanic women
By: Kayleigh Sommer From: valleymorningstar.com A genetic deviation that is common in some Hispanic women with Native American lineage appears to lower the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study. Published in the Oct. 20 issue of Nature Communications, the new study showed that women who carry the variant have breast tissue that appears less dense on mammograms. …