News related to Herceptin (Trastuzumab) and/or conditions it is approved for
No Benefit Seen in Extending Herceptin for Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet trastuzumab Specialty [2012.12.10]
Title: No Benefit Seen in Extending Herceptin for Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 12/7/2012 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
Herceptin May Carry Higher Heart Risks for Women Than Thought
Source: MedicineNet trastuzumab Specialty [2012.11.16]
Title: Herceptin May Carry Higher Heart Risks for Women Than Thought
Category: Health News
Created: 11/15/2012 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 11/16/2012 12:00:00 AM
FDA Warns of Name Confusion for 2 Breast Cancer Drugs
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines [2013.05.06]
The use of a truncated version of the generic name for Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) invites a potentially harmful mix-up with Herceptin (trastuzumab), the FDA has warned.
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Patients With Lung Cancer Who Carry Specific HER2 Mutations May Benefit From Certain Anti-HER2 Treatments
Source: Lung Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.04.24]
New results from a retrospective study conducted in Europe suggest that anti-HER2 treatments, like the widely used breast cancer agent trastuzumab (Herceptin), have anti-cancer effects in a small subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific HER2 protein mutations...
Breast Cancer Stem Cells Express HER2, Even In 'Negative' Tumors, Study Finds
Source: Ear, Nose and Throat News From Medical News Today [2013.02.28]
New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative - and that the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast cancer and preventing its spread...
Everolimus Can Overcome Trastuzumab Resistance In HER-2 Positive Early Breast Cancer
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
A study that aimed to understand how the cancer drug everolimus helps overcome the resistance breast cancers can develop to trastuzumab has left researchers contemplating a puzzle. The study showed a statistically non-significant benefit in clinical response rates for some patients with early breast cancer when everolimus was added to treatment with trastuzumab...
Quality Of Life Better For Breast Cancer Patients Who Have Fun And Friends
Source: Health News from Medical News Today [2013.05.10]
Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. "This study provides research-based evidence that social support helps with physical symptoms," said lead author Candyce H. Kroenke, ScD, MPH, staff scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. "Social support mechanisms matter in terms of physical outcomes...
Fun And Friends Help Ease The Pain Of Breast Cancer
Source: Health News from Medical News Today [2013.05.10]
Kaiser Permanente study among the first to examine how social relationships influence quality of life in breast cancer patients Breast cancer patients who say they have people to have a good time, or "positive social interactions," with are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published this week in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. "This study provides research-based evidence that social support helps with physical symptoms," said lead author Candyce H...
Initiation Of Breast Cancer Treatment Varies By Race; Patient-Doctor Communication Is Key
Source: Health News from Medical News Today [2013.05.10]
Black women with breast cancer were found to be three times more likely than their white counterparts to delay treatment for more than 90 days - a time delay associated with increased deaths from the disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. But many women chose to forgo treatment altogether, and the study, published online in the May issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, suggests that low satisfaction regarding communication between black women and their doctors is a significant reason why they opt out...
Breast Cancer Oncogenes Muted By MicroRNA Cooperation
Source: Health News from Medical News Today [2013.05.10]
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Death & Disease shows that turning up a few microRNAs a little may offer as much anti-breast-cancer activity as turning up one microRNA a lot - and without the unwanted side effects. It's a bit like the classic thought experiment known as the "tumor problem" formulated by Karl Dunker in 1945 and used frequently in the problem-solving literature: Imagine a person suffers from a malignant tumor in the center of her body...
How Breast Cancer Cells Acquire Drug Resistance
Source: Health News from Medical News Today [2013.05.10]
A seven-year quest to understand how breast cancer cells resist treatment with the targeted therapy lapatinib has revealed a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death. The discovery provides new avenues to overcome drug resistance, according to researchers at Duke Cancer Institute. "We've revealed multiple new signaling pathways that regulate cell death," said Sally Kornbluth, PhD, vice dean of Basic Science and professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University School of Medicine...
Socializing May Ease Pain of Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.05.10]
Title: Socializing May Ease Pain of Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 5/9/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Risk May Be Reduced By Exercise-Related Changes In Estrogen Metabolism
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.09]
Changes in estrogen breakdown, or metabolism, may be one of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise lowers a woman's breast cancer risk, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Just How Might Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.05.09]
Title: Just How Might Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/9/2013 12:00:00 AM
Physical Activity Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.08]
Breast cancer risk can be reduced through physical activity, according to new data published in a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, called Cancer Epidemiology. Aerobic exercise may prove to be a very effective means of lowering one's risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide...
Gene Test Estimates 5yr Risk Of Recurrence For Breast Cancer Patients, Says Studies
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.08]
Positive Results from Two Studies of the PAM50-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Assay will be Presented at the Annual IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference NanoString Technologies, Inc...
Exercise-Related Changes In Estrogen Metabolism May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.08]
Physical activity may reduce breast cancer risk by altering estrogen metabolism. Women who did aerobic exercises had an increased ratio of "good" to "bad" metabolites of estrogen...
Researchers Discover How Breast Cancer Spreads
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.08]
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered why breast cancer patients with dense breasts are more likely than others to develop aggressive tumors that spread. The finding opens the door to drug treatments that prevent metastasis. It has long been known that women with denser breasts are at higher risk for breast cancer...
Exercise Ups 'Good' Estrogen, Cuts Breast Cancer Odds (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Oncology/Hematology [2013.05.08]
(MedPage Today) -- Exercise changes the way the body breaks down estrogen, increasing the ratio of 'good' to 'bad' estrogen metabolites, and so may lower the risk of breast cancer, new research suggests.
Using DCIS Score To Quantify Risk Of IBE For Breast Cancer Patients
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
The ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) Score quantifies the risk of ipsilateral breast event (IBE) and invasive IBE risk, complements both traditional clinical and pathologic factors, and helps provide a new clinical tool to improve the process of selecting individualized treatment for women with DCIS who meet the criteria, according to a study published in the Journal of the Nati...
In Estrogen Receptor POS Breast Cancer, Genetic And Clinical Factors Best To Predict Late Recurrence
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
A new analysis has provided a comprehensive comparison of scores designed to predict which women with oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer are at high risk of recurrence beyond five years after diagnosis, and may benefit from prolonged endocrine treatment...
The Magnitude Of Variation In Gene Expression Measurements Within Breast Cancers Revealed By Study
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
An important new study has revealed the clearest picture yet of precisely how much measurement variation influences gene expression profiles of breast cancer. The results show, for the first time, which gene expression measurements may benefit from pooling of biopsies from a single tumour, researchers said at the 5th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference in Brussels, Belgium...
Potential New Targeted Therapies For Breast Cancer
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
A study led by prominent breast cancer experts from Europe and the US has revealed a number of potentially important prospects for targeted therapies, and brings opportunities of truly personalised therapy for breast cancer a step closer, researchers said at the 5th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference in Brussels, Belgium...
No Barrier To Predictive Testing Found In Breast Cancer Heterogeneity
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
Breast cancers contain many different cell types with different patterns of gene expression, but a new study provides reassurance that this variability should not be a barrier to using gene expression tests to help tailor cancer treatments to individual patients. The findings were reported at the 5th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference in Brussels, Belgium...
Breast Cancer Patients At High And Low Risk Of Late Recurrence Can Be Identified By Gene Expression Test
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
A test that measures the expression levels of 58 genes in oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancers can effectively differentiate between patients who are at higher and lower risk for having their cancer recur elsewhere in the body more than five years after diagnosis, researchers report...
Octava Pink Test To Verify Negative Mammography Results And Detect Missed Breast Cancers Receives CE Mark Designation
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.04]
Accurate, Rapid, Cost-Effective Blood Test Aims to Confirm True Negative Findings While Halving the Rate of False Negative Mammography Results Eventus Diagnostics, Inc. (EventusDx) have announced that it has received CE mark designation for its Octava PinkTM breast cancer test intended for confirmatory use in women who have received negative mammography results...
More Younger Women Getting Breast Cancer
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.04]
The number of younger women (aged under 50) being diagnosed with breast cancer has topped 10,000 in one year for the first time in the United Kingdom, says Cancer Research UK, a charity. Today in the UK, out of every five women who are diagnosed with breast cancer, one is aged under 50 years. Each year nearly 50,000 breast cancer diagnoses are made...
Breast Cancer: Can Older Patients Skip RT? (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology [2013.05.03]
(MedPage Today) -- Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer had similar recurrence rates and survival whether treated with surgery alone or with adjuvant radiation therapy, long-term follow-up from a randomized trial showed.
First Comprehensive Analysis Reveals Long-term Effectiveness Of SERMs For Preventing Breast Cancer
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.02]
Selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs: tamoxifen, raloxifene, arzoxifene, and lasofoxifene) significantly reduce the risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer among women at both high and average risk of the disease* both during treatment, and for at least 5 years after stopping, according to the first comprehensive analysis of all SERM prevention trials...
Molecular Messages Decoded That Tell Prostate And Breast Cancers To Spread
Source: Prostate / Prostate Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.02]
Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists at the University of Michigan have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain cancer cells into overdrive and can cause tumors to metastasize throughout the body...
Breast Implants Can Hinder Breast Cancer Survival In Women
Source: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News From Medical News Today [2013.05.01]
Cosmetic breast implants may hinder survival in women who later develop breast cancer, according to a new small study published in BMJ. The authors suggest that these results be interpreted with caution because some of the twelve studies that were looked into did not adjust for a number of confounding elements...
Implants May Delay Breast Cancer Detection, Raise Death Risk
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.05.01]
Title: Implants May Delay Breast Cancer Detection, Raise Death Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2013 8:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Teen Pregnancy Linked To 50% Drop In Breast Cancer Risk
Source: Pregnancy / Obstetrics News From Medical News Today [2013.04.30]
A teen or early pregnancy have been linked to a drop in the risk of breast cancer by 50%, a new study published in BioMed Central's Breast Cancer Research finds. Researchers found that the Wnt/Notch signalling ratio was reduced in the breast tissue of mice that gave birth, compared to virgin mice among the same age group...
Breast Cancer Deadlier in Women with Implants (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology [2013.04.30]
(MedPage Today) -- Breast cancer appears more deadly for women with cosmetic implants, perhaps because it's detected at a more advanced stage, a meta-analysis showed.
Study Suggests Women On Medicaid More Likely To Receive Mastectomy To Treat Breast Cancer
Source: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News From Medical News Today [2013.04.26]
JAMA Surgery Study Highlights In a study reported in the resident's forum, Linda Adepoju, M.D., of University of Toledo Medical Center, Ohio, and colleagues suggest that tumor size, cancer stage, and Medicaid insurance were predictors of undergoing a mastectomy to treat breast cancer...
Race, Income Tied to Breast Cancer Treatment Delays, Reduced Survival
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.04.26]
Title: Race, Income Tied to Breast Cancer Treatment Delays, Reduced Survival
Category: Health News
Created: 4/25/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/26/2013 12:00:00 AM
Race, Income Linked To Breast Cancer Treatment Delays
Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today [2013.04.25]
Women who delay treatment for breast cancer are less likely to survive, and this is especially observed in African-Americans, Hispanics, and those of low-income...
Discovery of Metastasis Stem Cells In The Blood Of Breast Cancer Patients
Source: Stem Cell Research News From Medical News Today [2013.04.24]
Individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream are considered responsible for the development of metastases. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related deaths. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) detectable in a patient's blood are associated with a poorer prognosis...
Proliferation Of Two Breast Cancer Lines Stymied By Low-Dose Aspirin
Source: Pain / Anesthetics News From Medical News Today [2013.04.23]
Regular use of low-dose aspirin may prevent the progression of breast cancer, according to results of a study by researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Kansas Medical Center. The study found that aspirin slowed the growth of breast cancer cell lines in the lab and significantly reduced the growth of tumors in mice...
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Reduces Side Effects In Patients With Early Breast Cancer
Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today [2013.04.23]
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) gives better results than standard radiotherapy in patients with early breast cancer, according to results from a randomised trial presented today (Sunday) to the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)...
Mammograms Can Measure How Breast Cancer Drug Is Working: Study
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.04.23]
Title: Mammograms Can Measure How Breast Cancer Drug Is Working: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/22/2013 6:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
In Patients With Early Breast Cancer, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Reduces Side Effects
Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today [2013.04.22]
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) gives better results than standard radiotherapy in patients with early breast cancer, according to results from a randomised trial presented today (Sunday) to the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)...
Scientists Create Breast Cancer Survival Predictor
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.04.18]
Title: Scientists Create Breast Cancer Survival Predictor
Category: Health News
Created: 4/17/2013 2:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
New Drug Target Discovered For Metastatic Breast Cancer
Source: Lung Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.04.16]
Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the first to report that two specific tumor suppressor genes work in concert to inhibit the growth and spread of breast tumor cells to the lungs. The research is published online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry...
Drugs Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk for Some, Task Force Finds
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Specialty [2013.04.16]
Title: Drugs Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk for Some, Task Force Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 4/15/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/16/2013 12:00:00 AM
Menopause-Like Woes Hinder Breast Cancer Treatment: Study
Source: MedicineNet Breast Specialty [2013.04.15]
Title: Menopause-Like Woes Hinder Breast Cancer Treatment: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/12/2013 2:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/15/2013 12:00:00 AM
Overwhelming Evidence Adds A Major New Target In Breast Cancer: Androgens Including Testosterone
Source: Endocrinology News From Medical News Today [2013.04.12]
Estrogen and progesterone receptors, and the gene HER2 - these are the big three markers and/or targets in breast cancer. Evidence presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 adds a fourth: androgen receptors...
Reactivation Of Six2 Homeoprotein Allows Breast Cancer Cells To Detach And Metastasize
Source: Lung Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.04.12]
In results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center show that the Six2 homeoprotein, while not involved in primary tumor growth, allows cells to detach from substrate and survive their transition through the bloodstream to faraway sites of metastasis. "Here we show for the first time that Six2 causes breast cancer progression...
FDA Step Closer To Approving Breast Cancer Drug "Palbociclib"
Source: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News From Medical News Today [2013.04.11]
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has just announced that their drug "Palbociclib", a selective inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinases (CDK) 4 and 6, has just received Breakthrough Therapy designation by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for breast cancer treatment. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide...
During Pregnancy, Excess Estrogen Can Silence BRCA1 In Daughters, Increasing Breast Cancer Risk
Source: Endocrinology News From Medical News Today [2013.04.11]
Excess estrogen levels during pregnancy can disable, in their daughters, a powerful breast cancer tumor suppressor gene, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. They found the DNA repair gene BRCA1 to be silenced in one year-old girls exposed to a high hormonal fetal environment...
New Clues to How Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Source: MedicineNet Cancer Prevention Specialty [2013.04.10]
Title: New Clues to How Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 4/9/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
Estrogen Level in Pregnancy May Affect Breast Cancer Risk in Daughters
Source: MedicineNet tamoxifen Specialty [2013.04.10]
Title: Estrogen Level in Pregnancy May Affect Breast Cancer Risk in Daughters
Category: Health News
Created: 4/9/2013 2:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
Moderate Drinking May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Source: MedicineNet Cancer Prevention Specialty [2013.04.09]
Title: Moderate Drinking May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/9/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/9/2013 12:00:00 AM
For Older Women, Missed Mammograms Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes
Source: MedicineNet Mammogram Specialty [2013.04.08]
Title: For Older Women, Missed Mammograms Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes
Category: Health News
Created: 4/7/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/8/2013 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Gene Tests Won't Help Most Women: Report
Source: MedicineNet Ovarian Cancer Specialty [2013.04.02]
Title: Breast Cancer Gene Tests Won't Help Most Women: Report
Category: Health News
Created: 4/1/2013 6:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/2/2013 12:00:00 AM
More Evidence Shows Hormone Therapy May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Source: MedicineNet Hormone Therapy Specialty [2013.04.01]
Title: More Evidence Shows Hormone Therapy May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 3/29/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
When Breast Cancer Spreads to Lungs, Surgery May Increase Survival
Source: MedicineNet Lung Cancer Specialty [2013.04.01]
Title: When Breast Cancer Spreads to Lungs, Surgery May Increase Survival
Category: Health News
Created: 4/1/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study
Source: MedicineNet Radiation Therapy Specialty [2013.03.14]
Title: Breast Cancer Radiation Has Long-Term Heart Effects: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 3/13/2013 6:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/14/2013 12:00:00 AM
In Late-Stage Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer, Neighborhood Poverty And Health Insurance Are Common
Source: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today [2013.03.06]
Home may be where the heart is, but where you live could affect your health. "Regardless of geographic location, women who live in high poverty areas or are uninsured are at greatest risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer at a later stage," said lead author Kevin Henry, Department of Geography, University of Utah...
Advanced Breast Cancer in Young Women Increasing
Source: MedicineNet Breast Specialty [2013.03.05]
Title: Advanced Breast Cancer in Young Women Increasing
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 3/5/2013 7:33:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/5/2013 7:33:04 PM
1 in 4 Breast Cancer Diagnoses May Spur PTSD
Source: MedicineNet Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Specialty [2013.03.01]
Title: 1 in 4 Breast Cancer Diagnoses May Spur PTSD
Category: Health News
Created: 3/1/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
More Younger Women Diagnosed With Advanced Breast Cancer: Study
Source: MedicineNet Mammogram Specialty [2013.02.27]
Title: More Younger Women Diagnosed With Advanced Breast Cancer: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/26/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/27/2013 12:00:00 AM
Qigong Found To Improve Quality Of Life For Breast Cancer Patients
Source: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News From Medical News Today [2013.01.29]
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found qigong, an ancient mind-body practice, reduces depressive symptoms and improves quality of life in women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer...
Breast Cancer Message Boards Reveal Frequent Discussion Of Drug Side Effects, Discontinuation Of Therapy
Source: Compliance News From Medical News Today [2013.01.18]
In the first study to examine discussion of drug side effects on Internet message boards, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that breast cancer survivors taking the commonly prescribed adjuvant therapy known as aromatase inhibitors (AIs) often detailed in these forums troublesome symptoms resulting from the drugs, and they ...
Study Examines Link Between Breast Cancer and Diabetes
Source: MedicineNet Insulin Resistance Specialty [2012.12.13]
Title: Study Examines Link Between Breast Cancer and Diabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 12/13/2012 10:36:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
Study Finds Link Between Statins And Improved Survival In Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Source: Statins News From Medical News Today [2012.12.10]
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found statins, the commonly used drug to lower cholesterol, improved progression-free survival in patients with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)...
Existing Breast Cancer Drugs May Help More Women
Source: MedicineNet trastuzumab Specialty [2012.12.10]
Title: Existing Breast Cancer Drugs May Help More Women
Category: Health News
Created: 12/8/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
Fruits, Veggies Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Source: MedicineNet Cancer Causes Specialty [2012.12.07]
Title: Fruits, Veggies Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 12/7/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/7/2012 12:00:00 AM
Avastin Won't Extend Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Source: MedicineNet Congestive Heart Failure Specialty [2012.12.07]
Title: Avastin Won't Extend Breast Cancer Survival: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 12/7/2012 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/7/2012 12:00:00 AM
New Drug Regimens May Slow Advanced Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Neutropenia Specialty [2012.12.05]
Title: New Drug Regimens May Slow Advanced Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 12/5/2012 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
Racial Disparities Still Seen in Use of Breast Cancer Treatments
Source: MedicineNet Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Specialty [2012.12.05]
Title: Racial Disparities Still Seen in Use of Breast Cancer Treatments
Category: Health News
Created: 12/5/2012 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
Acupuncture Might Ease Fatigue Linked to Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Alternative Medicine Specialty [2012.11.05]
Title: Acupuncture Might Ease Fatigue Linked to Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 11/2/2012 2:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 11/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
Black Breast Cancer Patients May Have Higher Death Risk in First 3 Years
Source: MedicineNet Breast Specialty [2012.11.01]
Title: Black Breast Cancer Patients May Have Higher Death Risk in First 3 Years
Category: Health News
Created: 10/31/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Blood Test May Help Define Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women
Source: MedicineNet estradiol Specialty [2012.10.19]
Title: Blood Test May Help Define Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women
Category: Health News
Created: 10/18/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 10/19/2012 12:00:00 AM
Service That Speeds Up Breast Cancer Diagnosis Pays Off: Study
Source: MedicineNet Breast Lumps In Women Specialty [2012.10.12]
Title: Service That Speeds Up Breast Cancer Diagnosis Pays Off: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 10/11/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 10/12/2012 12:00:00 AM
Novel Drug Approach Shows Promise Against Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Hair Loss Specialty [2012.10.01]
Title: Novel Drug Approach Shows Promise Against Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 10/1/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Drug Linked to Sexual Problems in Older Women
Source: MedicineNet tamoxifen Specialty [2012.09.28]
Title: Breast Cancer Drug Linked to Sexual Problems in Older Women
Category: Health News
Created: 9/28/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Bone Cancer Specialty [2012.09.26]
Title: Breast Cancer
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Genetic Testing: Families With Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Uterine Cancer Specialty [2012.09.19]
Title: Genetic Testing: Families With Breast Cancer
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 6/6/2001 8:46:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/19/2012 12:00:00 AM
After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Are Other Tests Overdone?
Source: MedicineNet Chest X-ray Specialty [2012.09.13]
Title: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Are Other Tests Overdone?
Category: Health News
Created: 9/13/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
Some Screens Miss Spread of Breast Cancer: Study
Source: MedicineNet Chest X-ray Specialty [2012.09.12]
Title: Some Screens Miss Spread of Breast Cancer: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 9/11/2012 8:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2012 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought
Source: MedicineNet trastuzumab Specialty [2012.08.31]
Title: Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought
Category: Health News
Created: 8/30/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/31/2012 12:00:00 AM
Daily Aspirin May Help Fight Prostate Cancer, But Not Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Peptic Ulcer Specialty [2012.08.28]
Title: Daily Aspirin May Help Fight Prostate Cancer, But Not Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer Drug
Source: MedicineNet letrozole Specialty [2012.07.23]
Title: FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer Drug
Category: Health News
Created: 7/20/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
Diabetes Drug Metformin May Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women
Source: MedicineNet Cancer Causes Specialty [2012.06.12]
Title: Diabetes Drug Metformin May Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women
Category: Health News
Created: 6/11/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/12/2012 12:00:00 AM
Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Certain Breast Cancers
Source: MedicineNet capecitabine Specialty [2012.06.04]
Title: Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Certain Breast Cancers
Category: Health News
Created: 6/3/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/4/2012 12:00:00 AM
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Breast Lumps In Women Specialty [2012.05.09]
Title: Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/31/2005 6:51:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
Mammograms Beat Thermography for Breast Cancer Detection: Study
Source: MedicineNet Breast Biopsy Specialty [2012.05.07]
Title: Mammograms Beat Thermography for Breast Cancer Detection: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/4/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/7/2012 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Prevention
Source: MedicineNet Breast Lumps In Women Specialty [2012.04.16]
Title: Breast Cancer Prevention
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 5/23/1999 7:12:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/16/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depo-Provera Birth Control Might Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Source: MedicineNet medroxyprogesterone Specialty [2012.04.05]
Title: Depo-Provera Birth Control Might Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 4/4/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Does Up Breast Cancer Risk: Study
Source: MedicineNet Uterine Cancer Specialty [2012.04.02]
Title: Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Does Up Breast Cancer Risk: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 4/1/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/2/2012 12:00:00 AM
Avastin May Help Fight Early Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet capecitabine Specialty [2012.01.26]
Title: Avastin May Help Fight Early Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 1/26/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Avastin Boosted Survival for Type of Aggressive Breast Cancer: Study
Source: MedicineNet docetaxel Specialty [2011.12.08]
Title: Avastin Boosted Survival for Type of Aggressive Breast Cancer: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 12/7/2011 8:07:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 12/8/2011 12:00:00 AM
FDA Rejects Avastin for Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Nosebleed Specialty [2011.11.21]
Title: FDA Rejects Avastin for Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 11/19/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/21/2011 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Risk May Rise With High Hormone Levels
Source: MedicineNet estrogens (conjugated) and medroxyprogesterone Specialty [2011.10.21]
Title: Breast Cancer Risk May Rise With High Hormone Levels
Category: Health News
Created: 10/21/2011 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/21/2011 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Pictures Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Breast Lumps In Women Specialty [2011.10.10]
Title: Breast Cancer Pictures Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Breast Cancer
Category: Slideshows
Created: 9/28/2010 1:12:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 10/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
Breast Milk May Hold Clues to Breast Cancer Risk
Source: MedicineNet Breast Biopsy Specialty [2011.04.05]
Title: Breast Milk May Hold Clues to Breast Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 4/5/2011 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2011 12:00:00 AM
Male Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Klinefelter Syndrome Specialty [2011.03.07]
Title: Male Breast Cancer
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 6/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/7/2011 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Drug Eribulin Extends Survival
Source: MedicineNet Neutropenia Specialty [2011.03.03]
Title: Breast Cancer Drug Eribulin Extends Survival
Category: Health News
Created: 3/3/2011 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/3/2011 12:00:00 AM
Breast Cancer Patients At Risk For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome May Be Identified By Simple Fingertip Test
Source: Body Aches News From Medical News Today [2010.12.13]
As many as half of postmenopausal women taking aromatase inhibitor drugs for breast cancer complain of bothersome musculoskeletal symptoms, including carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)...
Breast Cancer Quiz: Test Your Medical IQ
Source: MedicineNet Breast Lumps In Women Specialty [2010.12.10]
Title: Breast Cancer Quiz: Test Your Medical IQ
Category: MedicineNet Quiz
Created: 10/11/2010 3:00:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2010 3:44:55 PM
Joint Pain Linked To Breast Cancer Drug Not Inflammatory Arthritis Or Autoimmune Disease
Source: Body Aches News From Medical News Today [2010.11.09]
A new study suggests joint complaints attributed to aromatase inhibitors (AI), popular breast cancer drugs, are not associated with inflammatory arthritis or autoimmune disease. Because of that, researchers say women who were primarily concerned about the threat of arthritis should be encouraged to continue taking the medication. The findings of the study will be presented Tuesday, Nov...
Multivitamins May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Questions To Ask The Doctor Specialty [2010.04.20]
Title: Multivitamins May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 4/20/2010 10:28:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/20/2010 10:28:31 AM
Freezing Technique May Stop Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Questions To Ask The Doctor Specialty [2010.03.08]
Title: Freezing Technique May Stop Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 3/5/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/8/2010
Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Questions To Ask The Doctor Specialty [2010.03.08]
Title: Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing
Category: Health News
Created: 3/8/2010 9:42:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/8/2010
Common Breast Cancer Traced to Cell Origins
Source: MedicineNet Breast Cancer Questions To Ask The Doctor Specialty [2010.01.22]
Title: Common Breast Cancer Traced to Cell Origins
Category: Health News
Created: 1/21/2010 12:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/22/2010
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Specialty [2005.01.31]
Title: Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Category: Procedures and Tests
Created: 1/31/2005 4:22:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2005 4:22:13 AM
Chemotherapy Treatment for Breast Cancer
Source: MedicineNet Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Specialty [2005.01.31]
Title: Chemotherapy Treatment for Breast Cancer
Category: Procedures and Tests
Created: 1/31/2005 4:22:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2005 4:22:11 AM
Tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention of little benefit
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology
Only women at very high risk for breast cancer experience a benefit according to a study published in the journal Cancer.
Study outlines therapy for breast cancer with BRCA mutation
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology
Breast cancer with a certain genetic mutation can have breast-sparing surgery but should consider hormonal treatments.
A Blood Sample Predicts If Cancer Patients Respond To Therapy
Source: Blood / Hematology News From Medical News Today [2013.05.04]
Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital have shown that a simple blood test can predict breast cancer patients response to therapy, how long treatment will be effective and survival. The results are being presented at the IMPAKT scientific conference in Brussels, May 2-4...
Dogs Can Detect Breast And Lung Cancer Cells In Vitro
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.02]
Researcher Hopes to Screen Smokers with Early Stage Lung Disease in Next Research Phase An internist and instructor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has conducted research proving that specially trained dogs can differentiate the smell of breast cancer cells from non-cancerous cells in cell cultures...
Mixed Results From Study Of Mammogram Tool
Source: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News From Medical News Today [2013.04.18]
A costly and widely used mammography add-on increases detection of noninvasive and early-stage invasive breast cancer but also makes more mistakes than mammography alone, researchers from UC Davis and the University of Washington have found...
News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: 16 April 2013
Source: Primary Care / General Practice News From Medical News Today [2013.04.17]
1. Task Force Reviews Evidence for New Recommendations on Medications to Reduce Risk for Primary Breast Cancer High-risk women may derive the most benefit, least harms from preventive drug therapy Women at high risk for breast cancer may benefit most from preventive drug therapy...
Attitudes Predict Ability To Follow Post-Treatment Advice
Source: Compliance News From Medical News Today [2012.12.10]
Women are more likely to follow experts' advice on how to reduce their risk of an important side effect of breast cancer surgery - like lymphedema - if they feel confident in their abilities and know how to manage stress, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Saturday, December 8, 2012...
Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Source: Abortion News From Medical News Today [2012.02.05]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry...
Susan G. Komen Starts U-Turn After Planned Parenthood Cut-Off
Source: Abortion News From Medical News Today [2012.02.03]
After announcing that it was going to cut funding for Planned Parenthood's breast screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer foundation, today announced that it is changing its funding criteria, meaning it will probably resume funding to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization...
Dropping Planned Parenthood Is Not Political, Says Susan G. Komen For The Cure
Source: Abortion News From Medical News Today [2012.02.02]
Breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, says that dropping Planned Parenthood from its granting process is not political, and says it is "dismayed and extremely disappointed" that its action has been mischaracterized. The charity says it has taken actions to make its granting process stronger and more effective, resulting in Planned Parenthood being dropped from its list of grantees...
Shedding Light On Aromatase Inhibitor Joint Pain Syndrome
Source: Body Aches News From Medical News Today [2010.11.10]
Breast cancer patients are more likely to have joint pain from taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs) if they have advanced stage cancer, according to a study presented at the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, held Nov. 7-11, in Atlanta. The study is one of the first to identify factors that increase the likelihood that a patient will suffer joint pain from AI therapy...
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