By: Johns Hopkins From; scitechdaily.com A bacterium best known for causing gum disease may also influence how breast cancer begins and spreads. A team at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy reports that a mouth-dwelling bacterium tied to periodontal disease could help set breast cancer in motion and make it more aggressive. In …
Needle Biopsy Triggers Pro-Metastatic Changes in Breast Cancer Tumors
From: insideprecisionmedicine.com Needle biopsy is indispensable to the diagnosis, typing, and targeted treatment of breast cancer. A new study, however, indicates that the testing itself triggers a series of cell-level changes that promote the spread of the disease months later. The results are the first of their kind to suggest a mechanism for the observed increases in mortality in women …