By: Rae Johnston From: gizmodo.com.au Research suggests they can stop tumours spreading to the bones – and cut the risk of dying from a breast tumour by 60 per cent DRUGS costing 43p each could slash the risk of dying from breast cancer. Women take bisphosphonates to fight bone-thinning osteoporosis. Research suggests they can stop tumours spreading to the bones …
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Source: Breast Cancer Resource Foundation From: PR Newswire Ahead of World Cancer Day, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) announced a new, independent research project funded by grants from Astellas and Pfizer to advance understanding of the role of the androgen receptor in breast cancer. This will be part of BCRF’s previously established Drug Research Collaborative. Astellas and Pfizer are …
Breast cancer: Protein that drives metastasis uncovered
By: Ana Sandoiu From: medicalnewstoday.com New research published in the journal Oncogene uncovers a protein that helps breast cancer to spread. The findings may lead to new therapies for invasive breast cancer. Despite many public awareness campaigns and scientific advances, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women, after lung cancer. Breast cancer deaths occur due …
UCSF-led clinical trial model may present a better way to test new breast cancer drugs
By Josh Baxt From: medcitynews.com Clinical trials have a long rap sheet: expensive, slow, inaccurate, prone to failure. Patients, researchers, and investors wait impatiently for that elusive signal to show up – often in vain. But now, a UC San Francisco-led group may be developing a better way. Their solution is a platform trial called I-SPY – which stands for Investigating …
Immunotherapy trial treatment getting results for cancer patients
By: Kirstin O’Connor From: clickorlando.com Florida Hospital first site in nation for clinical trial Karen Bierer was given two years to live after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The 70-year-old is one of nearly 21,000 women in the U.S. diagnosed with the deadly disease every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chemotherapy and radiation were nothing new …
Breast cancer treatments may increase the risk of heart disease
Source: American Heart Association Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation. The statement is an overview …
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By: Patrick Murphy From: newsrecord.org Nearly one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime, and each one of these women may have a form of breast cancer radically different from the next. “That leads to the question, ‘What is breast cancer?’” said Dr. Xiaoting Zhang, associate professor at the Department of Cancer Biology in the …