Archive for the ‘Breast Cancer’ Category
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Dexela, a leading company in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis, announced that it has been awarded a £360,000 grant by the Technology Strategy Board as part of a £1,600,000 collaborative research and development programme with two leading research universities. Support for the Project of £400,000 is also to be provided by the ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
A rare hereditary disorder that strongly predisposes carriers to develop cancer at an early age has been found in an Asian female, report researchers at the American Association for Cancer Research Centennial Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine.
Generally, a person should have two normal copies of the powerful p53 tumor suppressor ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
By the end of this year, more than 17 million women in this country will get a mammogram.* It's proven to be one of the most effective ways to screen for breast cancer. But some women are now going high-tech with their exams - even getting MRIs to look for ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
A five day course of radiotherapy to treat breast cancer may, in some cases, expose as much lung and heart tissue to potentially toxic radiation as does the standard six weeks of treatment, say researchers at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.
That because the short treatment, known as partial breast irradiation, focus radiation ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
All women treated with radiation therapy for breast cancer are at risk of developing dermatitis -- a sometimes-painful skin condition caused by radiation as it makes its way through the skin to the tumor area and tissue within the breast. But researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center say women being ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Smoking cigarettes is associated with an increased risk of cancers of the lung, head and neck, esophagus, bladder and many others and also affects response to anti-cancer treatments. But smoking does not result in more advanced stage diagnoses or aggressive breast cancers at the time of diagnosis. That is the ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Three researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been awarded grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). Drs. Thomas Rohan, Susan Horwitz and Rachel Hazan each received grants from the BCRF in its ongoing effort to support the advancement of breast cancer research. At the heart of ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Science Daily — Women who overcome breast cancer have every reason to celebrate. But a heart filled with joy may also be a heart damaged by life-saving cancer therapies, a growing body of research shows.
“Most breast cancer therapies today — including new treatments still under development — increase long-term ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
I am continually astounded by the many different nations, people, and other entities that rise to the occasion to fight breast cancer. As of late I’ve felt as if I’ve run this subject over and over, but to fight breast cancer repetition is our greatest tool. South Korea’s Korean Air ...
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