Breast Cancer News

June 28, 2017June 27, 2017

Lymphedema and LVA Surgery that Is Bringing New Hope

This is the second guest column by Rachel Andrews of Gloucestershire, U.K., a Breast Cancer News reader who developed severe lymphedema as a result of her cancer and underwent a microsurgery procedure intended to correct ... Read more

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016

International Clinical Trial Seeks to Improve Traditional Care for Women with Stage 4 Breast Cancer

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Results from an international clinical trial led by a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) professor revealed that surgery to remove the primary tumor in women diagnosed with stage 4 breast ... Read more

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016

Licensing Agreement for Breast Cancer Drug Onzeald Signed by Nektar Therapeutics, Daiichi Sankyo Europe

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Nektar Therapeutics and Daiichi Sankyo Europe have announced they signed an agreement for Nektar’s investigational drug therapy Onzeald (etirinotecan pegol) — formerly NKTR-102 – just after the completion of a ... Read more

May 24, 2016May 24, 2016

Researchers Discover a Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Target

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University of California researchers have published findings in the journal Cell Chemical Biology that may lead to the development of novel breast cancer treatments that successfully target and eliminate triple-negative breast tumors (TNBT). ... Read more

February 26, 2016May 16, 2016

Investigational Drug for HER2 Tumors, Including Breast Cancer, Now Part of Alliance with Mersana, Takeda

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and Mersana Therapeutics have announced a new alliance that grants Takeda rights over XMT-1522, the lead product candidate of Mersana, outside the U.S. and Canada. The agreement also ... Read more

May 20, 2015May 20, 2015

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Study Touted As Most Cited In AACR Journal

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During its annual meeting, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announced that a scientific report describing a drug targeting the unprecedented genomic sequencing of 14 metastatic triple-negative breast cancers was the ... Read more

May 18, 2015May 20, 2015

Older Breast Cancer Patients at Higher Risk of Radiation-Induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia

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Researchers at University of Tsukuba and The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research recently revealed that older breast cancer patients are at higher risk of developing bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) due to radiation therapy used as ... Read more

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015

Breast Cancer Patients Opt for Mastectomy Instead of Breast-Conserving Therapy, According to Study

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Currently, there are no approved therapies to target triple-negative breast cancer, however, novel chemotherapy strategies can reduce the size of tumors so that less breast tissue needs to be removed ... Read more

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015

Novel Drug Combination May Overcome Relapse and Treatment Resistance in Patients with Breast Cancer

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A team of scientists from The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, working in collaboration with Evgen Pharma, have developed a new drug combination that may overcome relapse and treatment ... Read more

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015

UTEP Researchers Develop Technology to Predict Breast Cancer Appearance

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Researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) are developing technology to predict if and when breast cancer will appear. “We’re creating a breast cancer risk analysis system,” said electrical ... Read more