Archive for the ‘Breast Cancer’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The use of MRI is effective in differentiating the blood supply to medial and lateral breast tumors, which is important in treatment planning and prognosis according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Miami in Miami, FL and the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel.Blood supply ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
More than a quarter of breast cancer patients who had an MRI examination before their initial surgical treatment had their treatment change, according to a study out of Yale University School of Medicine.The study included 110 who had an MRI examination before treatment and 374 who did not undergo an ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Women who take estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy are twice as likely as women not taking the treatment to develop noncancerous breast lumps, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (AP/Houston Chronicle, 4/9).For the study, Tom Rohan of the Albert ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, announced that the Korean FDA (KFDA) has granted marketing approval for ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of standard chemotherapy for metastatic disease. The Phase III clinical trial results on which ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Siemens has announced the creation of an Ultrasound and Women's Health division to promote and support its products and services within the UK healthcare marketplace. Mammography and ultrasound are playing an increasingly important role in the detection and diagnosis of breast disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Randomized Clinical Trial Results on Preoperative Chemotherapy in Early Breast CancerEight cycles of preoperative chemotherapy was no better than six cycles in women with early breast cancer who had responded to two initial cycles, according to data from a randomized controlled trial. Additionally, women who failed to respond to the ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Women who took conjugated equine estrogen, a commonly prescribed form of estrogen, had more than twice the risk of developing specific types of benign breast disease as women who took a placebo, according to a randomized controlled trial published online April 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.The ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Another piece of the puzzle that is breast cancer has been found by University of Queensland researchers. Dr Melissa Brown, from UQ's School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and her team have discovered how a particular gene associated with breast cancer behaves, which may lead to better testing for the ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre welcomes the listing of the breast cancer drug lapatinib (Tykerb®) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the treatment of people with HER-2 positive metastatic or advanced breast cancer. Lapatinib is taken once daily in tablet form. Clinical trials have shown that when given ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Green tea is high in the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3- gallate) which helps prevent the body's cells from becoming damaged and prematurely aged. Studies have suggested that the combination of green tea and EGCG may also be beneficial by providing protection against certain types of cancers, including breast cancer. A new ...
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