By: Kevin Murnane From: forbes.com My wife is alive today because five years ago her difficult-to-detect form of breast cancer was identified very early. She is not alone; early cancer detection has saved many lives and with improved diagnostic technologies it could save many more. A recently developed liquid biopsy that makes use of carbon nanotube (CNT) semiconductors is a …
Active ingredient of pungent substances slows growth of breast cancer cells
Source: Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum From: news-medical.net Capsaicin, an active ingredient of pungent substances such as chilli or pepper, inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells. This was reported by a team headed by the Bochum-based scent researcher Prof Dr Dr Dr habil Hanns Hatt and Dr Lea Weber, following experiments in cultivated tumour cells. In the journal “Breast Cancer – Targets and …
Older women with breast cancer still left out of medical trials
By: Andrew M. Seaman From: reuters.com Older women are still underrepresented in medical trials evaluating treatments for breast cancer, according to a new study. Of three different types of trials evaluated by researchers, only one had an increase in enrollment of older women with breast cancer between 1985 and 2012. The other two had decreases. Seeing how older people react …
New model more accurately predicts breast cancer risk in Hispanic women
Source: Kaiser Permanente From: eurekalert.org A new breast cancer model, published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, will help health care providers more accurately predict breast cancer risk in their Hispanic patients. The model, developed by a Kaiser Permanente researcher and his colleagues, is the first to be based exclusively on data from Hispanic women, and will …
ACR and SBI Support Mammography Insurance Coverage Required by New HRSA Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), new Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) adopted breast cancer screening guidelines requiring private insurers to cover regular mammography screening for women ages 40 and older with no copay. The American College of Radiology (ACR), which took part in the guideline process, and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) support such coverage. The ACA …
The Importance of Setting Goals for Breast Cancer Survivors
View PostBreast cancer patient finds new hope with potentially revolutionary treatment
Source: City of Hope From: news-medical.net City of Hope patient Susan Young has had a remarkable response to a potentially revolutionary new treatment, a combination of the p53 cancer vaccine and a drug that blocks a specific cancer-aiding protein. The 69-year-old came to City of Hope in August 2016 from UC Davis with advanced triple-negative breast cancer that had metastasized …
Cancer Can Spread Even Before Tumors Develop: Here’s How
By: Saranya Palanisamy From: techtimes.com Breast cancer cells could spread to other parts of the body even before the primary tumor develops, reports a recent study. The researchers from University of Regensburg in Germany and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who worked independently in two different studies carried out series of experiments to discover that breast cancer cells with …
BioZorb Registry Is Focus of San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Presentation
First Report from Nationwide Registry Outlines Utility of Three-Dimensional Marker in Surgery A presentation at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) provided the first report from a nationwide registry regarding the BioZorb® marker in treatment of women who have breast cancer. The registry data outlined clinical benefits that surgeons have seen with the FDA-cleared implantable marker. Researchers reported …
Cancer breakthrough: Sydney researchers discover how to ‘turn off’ disease’s protein
By: Rose Brennan From: couriermail.com.au SYDNEY scientists can now stop the spread of aggressive breast cancer, potentially saving thousands of lives every year. Garvan Institute of Medical Research experts have identified the protein MCL-1 as being responsible for spreading cancer outside the breast — and can turn it off. Blocking the protein to stop the disease spreading also “turbo-charges” existing …