Breast Cancer Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment News

April 20, 2018
FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Breast Cancer Therapy Candidate Balixafortide Combined with Halaven
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted fast track status to Polyphor’s immuno-oncology candidate balixafortide (POL6326) in combination with ... Read more
April 18, 2018
Breast Cancer Patients Need More Help to Manage Cognitive Decline from Chemotherapy, Study Says
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Almost 50 percent of women with breast cancer have cognitive decline during chemotherapy, and 30 percent have it ... Read more
April 16, 2018
New Breast Cancer Research Tool Looks at Tumor Biology, Predicts Treatment Response
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NanoString launched a new research panel to allow for a more rapid and complete view of breast cancer and ... Read more
April 13, 2018
Breast Cancer Therapies Do Not Increase Risk of Heart-related Death, Study Finds
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Although breast cancer treatments can cause heart damage, patients who receive radiotherapy or chemotherapy are not more likely ... Read more
April 11, 2018April 11, 2018
New Screening Guidelines Recognize High Breast Cancer Risk in African-American Women
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New breast cancer screening guidelines recognize for the first time that African-American women are at high risk for breast cancer and ... Read more
April 10, 2018April 9, 2018
One Door Closes, Another One Opens
A Lump in the Road - A Column by Nancy Brier, Columns
Last night, I was awake at three. Still awake at four. It doesn’t happen very often, and I don’t ... Read more
April 9, 2018
Breast Cancer Patients with Very Small Tumors May Skip Lymph Node Biopsies, Study Suggests
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Patients with very small, invasive breast tumors — called microinvasive breast carcinomas — may not benefit from lymph node ... Read more
April 6, 2018
New Method Combines X-rays with Harmless Red Light for Improved Breast Cancer Diagnosis
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A new advance in optical mammography, coupling harmless red or infrared light with X-rays, increases the sensitivity of the approach ... Read more
April 4, 2018
EMA to Decide if Lynparza Can Treat BRCA-mutated Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
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The European Medicines Agency has agreed to review an application by AstraZeneca and MSD requesting the approval of Lynparza (olaparib) for the treatment ... Read more
April 3, 2018April 2, 2018
Hoping the Meter Maid’s a Slacker, and Other Cancer Dreams
A Lump in the Road - A Column by Nancy Brier, Columns
“You’re name’s not on the schedule,” a lady told me, glancing up from her screen with a question mark. ... Read more
April 2, 2018
More Men Should Be in Breast Cancer Trials to Improve Their Treatment, Expert Asserts
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More men should be included in breast cancer trials to try to improve treatment for them, a British expert contends. ... Read more
March 28, 2018
More than 135,000 Cancer Cases in UK Could Be Prevented Each Year, Report Says
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More than 37.7 percent, or 135,000, of all cancers diagnosed each year in the United Kingdom could be prevented ... Read more

April 20, 2018

FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Breast Cancer Therapy Candidate Balixafortide Combined with Halaven

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted fast track status to Polyphor’s immuno-oncology candidate balixafortide (POL6326) in combination with Halaven (eribulin mesylate) to treat a subset of patients with ... Read more

April 18, 2018

Breast Cancer Patients Need More Help to Manage Cognitive Decline from Chemotherapy, Study Says

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Almost 50 percent of women with breast cancer have cognitive decline during chemotherapy, and 30 percent have it a year after treatment, according to a recent study. These findings ... Read more

April 16, 2018

New Breast Cancer Research Tool Looks at Tumor Biology, Predicts Treatment Response

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NanoString launched a new research panel to allow for a more rapid and complete view of breast cancer and its associated immune response. The new Breast Cancer 360 (BC 360) ... Read more

April 13, 2018

Breast Cancer Therapies Do Not Increase Risk of Heart-related Death, Study Finds

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Although breast cancer treatments can cause heart damage, patients who receive radiotherapy or chemotherapy are not more likely to die of heart disease than the average population, a large ... Read more

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018

New Screening Guidelines Recognize High Breast Cancer Risk in African-American Women

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New breast cancer screening guidelines recognize for the first time that African-American women are at high risk for breast cancer and should be screened accordingly. The guidelines, published by the American College ... Read more

April 10, 2018April 9, 2018

One Door Closes, Another One Opens

A Lump in the Road - A Column by Nancy Brier, Columns

Last night, I was awake at three. Still awake at four. It doesn’t happen very often, and I don’t freak out when it does. My husband’s been out of ... Read more

April 9, 2018

Breast Cancer Patients with Very Small Tumors May Skip Lymph Node Biopsies, Study Suggests

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Patients with very small, invasive breast tumors — called microinvasive breast carcinomas — may not benefit from lymph node biopsies, researchers from Allina Health suggest. The study, “Clinicopathologic analysis of a ... Read more

April 6, 2018

New Method Combines X-rays with Harmless Red Light for Improved Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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A new advance in optical mammography, coupling harmless red or infrared light with X-rays, increases the sensitivity of the approach for breast cancer diagnosis and monitoring by up to 1,000 times, researchers ... Read more

April 4, 2018

EMA to Decide if Lynparza Can Treat BRCA-mutated Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

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The European Medicines Agency has agreed to review an application by AstraZeneca and MSD requesting the approval of Lynparza (olaparib) for the treatment of patients with a difficult-to-treat type of metastatic breast cancer ... Read more

April 3, 2018April 2, 2018

Hoping the Meter Maid’s a Slacker, and Other Cancer Dreams

A Lump in the Road - A Column by Nancy Brier, Columns

“You’re name’s not on the schedule,” a lady told me, glancing up from her screen with a question mark. “But I made this appointment six months ago,” I said. ... Read more

April 2, 2018

More Men Should Be in Breast Cancer Trials to Improve Their Treatment, Expert Asserts

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More men should be included in breast cancer trials to try to improve treatment for them, a British expert contends. Robert Mansel, an emeritus professor at Wales’ Cardiff University School of ... Read more

March 28, 2018

More than 135,000 Cancer Cases in UK Could Be Prevented Each Year, Report Says

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More than 37.7 percent, or 135,000, of all cancers diagnosed each year in the United Kingdom could be prevented through lifestyle changes, a new report from Cancer Research UK says. ... Read more

FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Breast Cancer Therapy Candidate Balixafortide Combined with Halaven

Breast Cancer Patients Need More Help to Manage Cognitive Decline from Chemotherapy, Study Says

New Breast Cancer Research Tool Looks at Tumor Biology, Predicts Treatment Response

Breast Cancer Therapies Do Not Increase Risk of Heart-related Death, Study Finds

New Screening Guidelines Recognize High Breast Cancer Risk in African-American Women

One Door Closes, Another One Opens

Breast Cancer Patients with Very Small Tumors May Skip Lymph Node Biopsies, Study Suggests

New Method Combines X-rays with Harmless Red Light for Improved Breast Cancer Diagnosis

EMA to Decide if Lynparza Can Treat BRCA-mutated Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Hoping the Meter Maid’s a Slacker, and Other Cancer Dreams

More Men Should Be in Breast Cancer Trials to Improve Their Treatment, Expert Asserts

More than 135,000 Cancer Cases in UK Could Be Prevented Each Year, Report Says

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