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September 24, 2018

First Patient Dosed in Phase 1b Trial Testing Cirmtuzumab Add-on in HER2-negative Breast Cancer Patients

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A pilot Phase 1 trial evaluating Oncternal Therapeutic’s investigational therapy cirmtuzumab as an add-on to standard chemotherapy for patients with advanced, HER2-negative breast cancer who cannot receive surgery has started dosing ... Read more

September 21, 2018

Machine-learning Technique May Speed Identifying ER-positive Breast Cancers

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Researchers have developed a technique that showed potential to identify estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers much faster and easier than current methods, potentially speeding a patient’s diagnosis and advancing the ... Read more

September 19, 2018

Videssa Blood Test Improves Breast Cancer Detection in Post-menopausal Women, Study Shows

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Combining a new blood-based diagnostic test called Videssa Breast with breast imaging can improve breast cancer detection, reduce false diagnosis rates, and avoid unnecessary breast biopsies in women older than ... Read more

September 17, 2018

Online Test Measures Women’s Risk of Cancer Recurrence or Spread After Hormone Therapy

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A newly developed online prognostic tool can determine whether a woman is at high risk of cancer recurrence or spread after receiving the standard five years of hormone therapy, and ... Read more

September 12, 2018

Breast Cancer Patients in Nursing Homes Experience Worse Mortality Rates, Functional Declines After Surgery, Study Finds

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Older women with breast cancer who live in nursing homes experience worse mortality rates and functional declines after cancer surgery, suggesting they should consider other methods of treatment, according to researchers. ... Read more

September 10, 2018

Eating Broccoli Sprouts While Pregnant May Help Prevent Breast Cancer in Child Decades Later, Mouse Study Shows

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Eating a diet rich in broccoli sprouts during pregnancy may help prevent breast cancer later in the child’s life — a preventive measure that may be even more effective than the ... Read more

September 7, 2018

Health Canada Approves Perjeta Combo Therapy for Early Breast Cancer After Surgery

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Health Canada has approved the use of Perjeta (pertuzumab) in combination with Herceptin (trastuzumab) and chemotherapy to prevent the recurrence of early breast cancer after surgery. The combination is meant ... Read more

September 5, 2018

PET Tracer Detects Estrogen Receptor Levels Across Breast Cancer Metastases, Study Finds

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A specific PET tracer is able to detect differences in estrogen receptor production throughout the body, and might help guide treatment of breast cancer patients whose cancer has spread, new ... Read more

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018

A Primary Breast Cancer Tumor Can Inhibit Cancer Cells from Forming Secondary Tumors, Mice Study Shows

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Some types of breast cancers can prevent the development of secondary tumors elsewhere in the body, a process known as metastasis, through an immune-mediated inflammatory mechanism, an international research team ... Read more

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018

Novartis’ BYL719 Improved Patient Survival in Phase 3 Trial of Advanced Breast Cancer

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Treatment with Novartis’s BYL719 (alpelisib) was seen to improve progression-free survival (PFS) in the Phase 3 SOLAR-1 clinical trial in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who received prior ... Read more