Breast Cancer News

May 4, 2015April 8, 2016

New Website Provides Information On Breast Cancer For Women With Dense Breasts

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The non-profit organization DenseBreast-info, recently launched a website that provides education to women and their doctors who are often confused after a mammogram revealing that a woman has dense breasts. The website ... Read more

May 1, 2015May 1, 2015

Researchers Discover Sequence in HER2 Protein Responsible For Cancer Cell Proliferation

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In a new study entitled “Blockade of a Key Region in the Extracellular Domain Inhibits HER2 Dimerization and Signaling,” researchers discover a key sequence in HER2 protein that, once disrupted, ... Read more

April 30, 2015October 18, 2016

Protein Linked to Tissue Stiffness Found to Promote Breast Cancer Invasion and Metastatic Properties

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A study recently published in the journal Nature Cell Biology by researchers at the University of California, San Diego revealed a new molecular mechanism underlying the link between breast tissue stiffness, ... Read more

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015

CAP Offers Four Tips for Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

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In a recent news release from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), physicians note that receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is a frightening ordeal for every woman. However, researchers have recently showed ... Read more

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015

Scientists Create New Way To Identify Drugs That Work Best For Individual Breast Cancer Patients

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It is extremely difficult to predict which drug will work the best in addressing cancer treatment for a particular breast cancer patient, as choosing the best one from more than one hundred drugs ... Read more

April 27, 2015April 28, 2015

Overnight Fasting Might Decrease Breast Cancer Risk In Women

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A recent study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention explains that decreasing the time spent eating and increasing overnight fasting lowers glucose levels and might reduce the risk for breast ... Read more

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Long-term Consumption of Soy Foods in Mice Reduces Recurrence of Breast Cancer

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Results from a recent study revealed that in animals, a long history of eating soy foods enhances the immune response against breast tumors, reducing cancer recurrence, contrasting with the notion ... Read more

April 22, 2015April 23, 2015

UAB Researchers Suggest a Potential New Therapeutic Strategy for HER2+ Breast Cancer

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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) recently revealed a potential new therapy for a subtype of breast cancer, the HER2+ (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2). The ... Read more

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015

Danish Researchers Develop New Blood Test Able to Predict Future Breast Cancer

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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in both less developed and developed countries, according to the World Health Organization. Now, scientists at the University of Copenhagen developed ... Read more

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015

Specific Molecular Signature Linked to Aggressive Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

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Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah and The Fourth Military Medical University, China, discovered the molecular mechanisms underlying the growth and survival of a specific type of ... Read more