Posts by: Joana Fernandes, PhD

Joana Fernandes, PhD

Joana brings more than 8 years of academic research and experience as well as Scientific writing and editing to her role as a Science and Research writer. She also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology in Coimbra, Portugal, where she also received her PhD in Health Science and Technologies, with a specialty in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

December 8, 2016

Heart Medication Prevents Cardiac Damage Caused by Some Breast Cancer Treatments, Study Finds

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Heart medication can be prescribed for patients with early-stage breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy with treatments like Herceptin (trastuzumab) to prevent cardiac damage and failure associated with this treatment, according to the ... Read more

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016

Exercise During Breast Cancer Treatment Seen to Benefit Patients Physically and Mentally

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New research shows that exercise, both during and after treatment for breast and prostate cancers, is a safe and effective way of improving physical strength and life quality in patients. The ... Read more

October 17, 2016

Researchers Develop Vaccines to Fight HER2-Positive Breast Cancers

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Vaccines containing specific molecules expressed by breast cancer cells can alert the immune system for the presence of the cells and trigger a response to eliminate them, according to a study ... Read more

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016

Novel Therapy Shows Promise in Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells

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In recent years laboratory studies using AMPI-109 — a novel alkylating analog of vitamin D — have shown the experimental therapy is a potential killer of triple-negative breast cancer cells. But no matter ... Read more