From: healthline.com When it comes to breast cancer, there’s a lot of information out there. While much of it’s true, some of it’s just plain false. Take a look at these top myths. Myth 1. If you feel a lump in your breast, it means you have breast cancer Most breast lumps aren’t breast cancer. A lump, which can vary …
Puma Biotech gets EU panel nod for breast cancer drug
From: reuters.com Puma Biotechnology Inc on Friday won a key recommendation from a European Medicines Agency panel on its lead breast cancer drug, five months after the regulator recommended against approving it. Shares of Puma, which on Tuesday signaled the committee was likely to give positive opinion on the drug, neratinib, was up over 5 percent in light pre-market trading …
About Telling a Cancer Patient How to Feel and What to Do
View PostASCO Endorses Some Complementary Therapies in Breast Cancer
By: Roxanne Nelson, BSN, RN From: medscape.com Many cancer patients use alternative medicine, including supplements, massage therapy, yoga, and accupuncture, while undergoing conventional cancer care. Such therapies are usually acceptable, but patients must be discuss such therapies with their oncologist, because interactions may occur. That appears to be the take-home message from the recent move by the American Society of Clinical …
Konan University team effectively curbs production of cancer-linked protein
From: japantimes.co.jp A research team at Konan University in the city of Kobe has developed an effective photodynamic cancer therapy, which specifically targets a protein that facilitates tumor growth and metastasis. As abnormal functioning of proteins in the so-called RAS family has been known for causing cancer, therapies targeting RAS have been thought to be a potentially effective approach. However, due …
Insurance Approvals for Cancer Related Tests
View PostNew Blood Test May Detect Multiple Types of Cancer at Earlier Stages
From: healthline.com Screening methods for certain types of cancer, particularly breast cancer and prostate cancer, can lead to early diagnosis. However, there’s no catchall test to screen for every one of the more than 100 types of cancer that exist. Researchers at GRAIL, a Silicon Valley healthcare company, are working on a DNA test based off a simple blood draw that can …
Newman Discusses De-escalating Breast Cancer Surgery
By: Caroline Seymour From: onclive.com In an effort to minimize the extent of surgery, targeted axillary dissection is being explored following surgery in patients with node-positive breast cancer—an exciting precision medicine approach for this population, said Lisa A. Newman, MD. “Full axillary lymph node dissection is an operation that has potential lifelong sequela,” explained Newman. “Every opportunity that we can identify alternatives …
The “Right to Try” Law and Cancer Patients
View PostIs there a link between breast-feeding and breast cancer?
By: Nicole Galan From: medicalnewstoday.com Women who are breast-feeding are often acutely aware of how their breasts feel so they will usually notice any physical changes. It is common to find breast lumps during lactation, which can lead women to worry about breast cancer. Women who know they have breast cancer are likely to have concerns about the safety of breast-feeding and …