Posts by: Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Charles Moore is a syndicated columnist for several major Canadian print newspapers and the Science and Research Section editor for Breast Cancer News.

December 21, 2016

ASCO Breast Cancer Guidelines Again Favor of Sentinel Node Biopsy, But Differences in Practice Exist

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently updated its guidelines for early stage breast cancer treatment, reaffirming a 2014 recommendation of a “less-is-more” approach that favors a sentinel lymph node ... Read more

December 14, 2016

Researcher Working to Improve Awareness of Breast Density and Cancer Risk Honored

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High breast density is strongly associated with a risk of breast cancer, because dense breasts can mask a cancer from being detected during a mammography screening. An estimated 40 percent of women have ... Read more

December 13, 2016

Scalp-cooling Device May Reduce Hair Loss in Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Patients

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While it may not be the most serious side effect associated with breast cancer chemotherapy, hair loss can be one of the most traumatic — especially for female patients. “Hair ... Read more

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

New Tool for ER-Positive Breast Cancer May Predict Who Needs Chemotherapy

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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found that the number of tubules in tumors may predict which women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer will benefit from hormone therapy alone ... Read more

September 2, 2016September 2, 2016

Artificial Intelligence Software Speeds Up Breast Cancer Risk Prediction, Resolves False-Positives

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Artificial intelligence (AI) software developed by a team of researchers at Houston Methodist Hospital is designed to reliably interpret mammogram data and enable doctors to quickly and accurately assess the ... Read more

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016

Sentimag Magnetic Surgical System for Breast Cancer to be Available in US, Canada

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Devicor Medical Products, a division of Leica Biosystems, is now the exclusive United States and Canada distributor of Endomag’s magnetic surgical guidance system, Sentimag. The technology used in Sentimag is heralded as ... Read more

July 25, 2016October 18, 2016

Alcohol Consumption Seen to ‘Cause’ Breast and 6 Other Cancers, Study Argues

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The association of alcohol consumption with various forms of cancer risk is not new. According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, the National Toxicology Program of the U.S. Department of ... Read more

July 13, 2016October 18, 2016

New Imaging Technique Could Lead to Better-Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment

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Scientists with Cancer Research UK at Kings College London have developed new imaging techniques that can identify with greater accuracy breast cancer patients that might respond to human epidermal growth ... Read more

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

Artificial Intelligence Gets an A+ for Accuracy Diagnosing Breast Cancer

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A team of researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston have been working on developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools with potential to ... Read more

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016

How Cancer Will Lose: Genentech Posts Interactive Presentation on Cancer, with Glimpse at Future

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Global biopharma Genentech, which became a member of the Roche Group in 2009, has been delivering on the biotechnology promise for more than 35 years, leading to the discovery, development, manufacture ... Read more