Posts by: Ana Pamplona, PhD

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A recent study showed that the most prominent effect of screening mammography when considering general US population is overdiagnosis, a side effect of screening for early forms of the disease. The study entitled ... Read more

June 1, 2015

Researchers Identify Protein Associated With Tumor Relapse

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Researchers from the University of Sheffield and University of Copenhagen identified a new mechanism of regulation of bone homeostasis and metastasis, paving the way to new therapeutic strategies with important ... Read more

April 1, 2015October 18, 2016

Can Roses Help Prevent Breast Cancer Aggressiveness?

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A recent study has revealed that extract from rosehips, the fruit from rose plants, can reduce proliferation and metastasis of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. The study entitled “Rosehip (Rosa canina) ... Read more

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015

BioZorb – A New Implantable Device Delimiting Surgical Site After Breast Cancer Lumpectomy

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During the 32nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference in Miami Beach, Florida, held between Feb. 26 to March 1, new innovative and challenging surgical, medical and radiation approaches were presented ... Read more

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015

Palbociclib Efficient in Patients with Hormone-Resistant Breast Cancer

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Encouraging results from a Phase II clinical trial of Palbociclib for the treatment of advanced breast cancer patients were published this month in Clinical Cancer Research. Palbociclib is an experimental oral ... Read more

February 26, 2015October 18, 2016

Breast, Ovarian Cancer Drug Olaparib Targets Enzymes in Tumor Cells

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A recent study found that olaparib, a drug approved for breast and ovarian cancer patients with inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2, targets an enzyme called polymerase q (POLQ) ... Read more

February 25, 2015February 25, 2015

CDK4/6 Inhibitors To Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer

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A new promising drug to treat metastatic breast cancer was reported by a research team of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). The study entitled “The cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 ... Read more

February 20, 2015March 20, 2015

Researchers Note Postmastectomy Radiation Should be Given to N2/N3 Breast Cancer Patients

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A recent study entitled “Postmastectomy Radiation for N2/N3 Breast Cancer: Factors Associated with Low Compliance Rate” was published on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons by Dr. Quyen ... Read more

February 19, 2015February 19, 2015

High microRNA Expression Can Prevent Breast Cancer Metastasis

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Cancer metastasis is the process by which tumors spread throughout the body, usually resulting in increased cancer aggressiveness and death. In 1995, Drs. Samuel Hellman and Ralph Weichselbaum, experts on ... Read more

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015

ER-Positive Luminal B Breast Cancers and Body Mass Index Inversely Associated With HER2 Expression

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A recent study on genomic and transcriptomic profiling of luminal B breast cancer entitled “Anthropometric, metabolic and molecular determinants of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in luminal b ... Read more