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Trastuzumab and chemotherapy improves survival
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
The use of trastuzumab, chemotherapy and surgery among women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer significantly improved survival from the time central nervous system metastases were diagnosed. Based on these study results, lead researcher Adam Brufsky, M.D., Ph.D., said, "We clearly now know that these women should get trastuzumab and potentially chemotherapy, even if cancer spreads to the brain.".......
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Women with BRCA mutations can take hormone-replacement therapy
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
Women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, which are associated with a very high risk of breast and ovary cancer, can safely take hormone-replacement treatment (HRT) to mitigate menopausal symptoms after surgical removal of their ovaries, as per new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania which will be presented Monday, June 6 during the American Society for Clinical Oncology's annual meeting (Abstract #1501). Results of the prospective study indicated that women with BRCA mutations who had their ovaries removed and took short-term HRT had a decrease in the risk of developing breast cancer........
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Recurring breast cancer
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
When women with a history of breast cancer learn they have breast cancer again, one of the first questions they and their doctors ask is: Has my cancer come back, or is this a new case? Now, new data from Fox Chase Cancer Center suggest that both new and recurring cancers will differ significantly from the original tumors, regardless of how a number of months or years women spent cancer-free, and doctors should tailor therapy to the specific qualities of the second tumor, regardless of whether it's old or new........
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Interval post-treatment mammogram not needed
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
An annual mammogram is sufficient follow-up after breast conserving treatment (BCT) for patients with breast cancer, as per a research studypresented today, at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta. This symposium is co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)........
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For Breast Cancer Patients Fatigue is Real
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
The persistent fatigue that plagues one out of every three breast cancer survivors appears to be caused by one part of the autonomic nervous system running in overdrive, while the other part fails to slow it down. That imbalance of a natural system in the body appears associated with the tiredness and exhaustion that can burden cancer patients as much as a decade after their successful therapy........
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DNA of 50 breast cancer patients decoded
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
In the single largest cancer genomics investigation reported to date, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of tumors from 50 patients with breast cancer and compared them to the matched DNA of the same patients' healthy cells. This comparison allowed scientists to find mutations that only occurred in the cancer cells........
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Immune system may guide chemotherapy
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
ORLANDO, Fla. � A study published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, debuting here at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, showed how evaluating the immune response in the tumor microenvironment may help scientists better target treatment in breast cancer........
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Stress, anxiety of aggressive breast cancer
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
When an aggressive form of breast cancer strikes a young woman, what kind of stress, anxiety and other psychological and social challenges does she face? That question hasn't been answered in the published psychological cancer literature, but a new pilot study just launched is gathering data to change that, as per psychology expert Georita M. Frierson at SMU........
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Attack breast cancer cells from the inside out
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
Throwing stones at castle walls is one way to attack an enemy, but sneaking inside makes the target much more vulnerable. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have employed a similar strategy using a mouse model to target important mechanisms inside the most challenging breast cancer cells. Earlier studies at Cedars-Sinai found a similar approach effective in attacking cancerous brain tumor targets........
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Some women worry too much about breast
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT
Most women face only a small risk of breast cancer coming back after they complete their therapy. Yet a newly released study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that nearly half of Latinas who speak little English expressed a great deal of worry about recurrence. "Some worry about cancer recurrence is understandable. But for some women, these worries can be so strong that they impact their therapy decisions, symptom reporting and screening behaviors, and overall quality of life," says study author Nancy K. Janz, Ph.D., professor of health behavior and health education at the U-M School of Public Health........
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