Posts by: Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

Breast Cancer Gene Mutation Increases Risk of Aggressive Uterus Cancer, Study Reveals

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A large study by the Duke Cancer Institute confirms that women who carry a mutation in the BRCA1 gene — a known risk factor for aggressive breast cancer — also ... Read more

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

New Imaging Method Spots Aggressive Breast Cancer Early

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Combining imaging and mathematics, researchers at University of Michigan Health System have developed a method to distinguish aggressive breast cancer tumors from less aggressive or benign tumors at diagnosis. The findings will ... Read more

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

Breast Cancer Patients May Benefit from Kataegis Multi-Mutation Phenomenon

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Research on kataegis — clusters of mutations in some hotspots in a genome — is revealing that the phenomenon plays a positive role in breast cancer by rendering tumors less invasive and offering ... Read more

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016

Study Finds Very Low Breast Density Linked to Worse Breast Cancer Prognosis

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Researchers from Finland recently discovered that women with a very low breast density, detected by mammography scans, often have a worse prognosis if they develop breast cancer. Such a link is even ... Read more

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen May be Enhanced by Lipid Carriers With Melatonin

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Nanosized fat bubbles packed with the hormone melatonin might make the breast cancer drug tamoxifen more effective and reduce side effects in the process. The nanostructured lipid carriers also may lower the risk ... Read more

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016

Researchers Slow Breast Cancer Growth by Blocking Fat Import to Cells

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Researchers at the Spanish Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona have discovered that breast cancer cells need to take up fat from their environment in order to grow. The ... Read more

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016

Partial Breast Radiotherapy Superior to Reduce Treatment Side Effects, According to UK Study

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Results from a clinical trial – presented at the 10th European Breast Cancer Conference held March 9-11 in Amsterdam – showed that post-surgical radiotherapy focusing only on the tumor-affected part of ... Read more

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016

New Breast Cancer Biomarker Guidelines for Clinical Use of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy Issued by ASCO

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) announced the release of new clinical practice guidelines on the use of biomarker assays. The guidelines intend to aid clinicians in deciding on adjuvant systemic ... Read more

February 2, 2016February 2, 2016

Breast Cancer Study Supports Effectiveness of New Class of Drugs Under Testing

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Combining PARP inhibitors with inhibitors targeting an oncogene known as c-MET, which is overexpressed in many cancers, may enhance treatment results. These findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, could prove important for future ... Read more