Studies examining the association between vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and breast cancer are not new, but results have been inconsistent. A new larger-scale study concludes that women participating in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials who had persistent VMS are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than women who never experienced VMS. Study results...
Tag: <span>Anti-breast cancer</span>
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Breast cancer diagnosed by pill
Scientists have developed a pill that lights up breast cancer tumors. Approximately one in three breast cancer patients undergo unnecessary surgery or chemotherapy on tumors that are benign. There are also women with treatable cancers who die due to undetected tumors that are hidden by dense breast tissue. This is due to difficulties inherent in...
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Landmark study finds more breast cancer patients can safely forgo chemotherapy
Loyola Medicine oncologist Kathy Albain, M.D., is among main co-authors of New England Journal of Medicine study LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM MAYWOOD, IL – A 21-gene test performed on tumors could enable most patients with the most common type of early breast cancer to safely forgo chemotherapy, according to a landmark study published in the New...
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UA Cancer Center research team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy
A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein, a component of soy foods, might suppress the development of breast cancer. The team’s most recent study, published in Current Developments in Nutrition, suggests genistein can protect BRCA1, a gene that plays a pivotal role in thwarting...