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Migrating cancer cells alter bone tissue to form tumors
By: Catharine Paddock PhD From: medicalnewstoday.com Most people who die from cancer die from metastatic disease – where tumor cells migrate from the original site and start growing tumors in other parts of the body, such as bone. Now, new research reveals fresh clues on how migrating cancer cells alter bone tissue to make it suitable for tumor growth. The …
Early-Stage Breast Condition May Not Require Cancer Treatment
By GINA KOLATA From: nytimes.com As many as 60,000 American women each year are told they have a very early stage of breast cancer — Stage 0, as it is commonly known — a possible precursor to what could be a deadly tumor. And almost every one of the women has either a lumpectomy or a mastectomy, and often a …
NIH-funded study finds new way to detect early breast cancer
By: Rebecca Shabad From: thehill.com A National Institutes of Health-funded study published Wednesday says researchers have found a way to detect recurrent breast cancer in its early stages. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found they could detect fast-growing cancerous tumors using magnetic resonance imaging, or an MRI, and a special contrast solution. “The approach may offer an improved way …
EVERY Breast Cancer Patient MUST Have an Advocate
View PostShorter course of high-dose radiation therapy ‘better for breast cancer patients’
From: Gregory Dennis Healthcare Writer & Consultant For women with early-stage breast cancer, a shorter course of radiation therapy at higher doses may be less toxic and lead to better life quality than a longer course at lower doses. This is according to two new studies published in JAMA Oncology. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in …
Radiation Costs Vary Among Medicare Patients with Cancer
From: UCSD Health Science News Cost of radiation therapy among Medicare patients varied most widely because of factors unrelated to a patient or that person’s cancer, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the Journal of Oncology Practice. Year of diagnosis, location of treatment, clinic type and individual radiation provider accounted for 44 to 61 percent …
New Biomarker Identified in Breast and Prostate Cancers Holds Promise for Treating Disease
From: cedars-sinai.edu Discovery May Aid Clinicians in Identifying Patients Who Will Respond Better to Common Chemotherapy Drugs Cedars-Sinai researchers have identified a novel genetic biomarker responsible for the progression of many breast and prostate cancers. The finding could bolster efforts to better identify patients who respond to certain types of chemotherapy drugs that attack the most aggressive forms of cancer. …
Changing The Face of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
View PostShorter course of radiation better for early stage breast cancer
By: Stephen Feller From: upi.com Women treated for early breast cancer with shorter courses of radiation than standardly prescribed had a higher quality of life than those with longer treatment plans and no difference in controlling the growth of tumors, according to two new studies. Generally speaking, women have received conventionally fractionated whole breast irradiation, or CF-WBI, which uses smaller …