by Patrick Galey A computer programme can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in what they hoped could prove a breakthrough in the fight against the global killer. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, with more than two million new diagnoses last...
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Tucatinib ‘game changing’ against HER2+ breast cancer, especially with brain metastases
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS Phase III clinical trial results reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented concurrently at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2019 show the combination of the investigational drug tucatinib with standard of care treatment including the drugs trastuzumab and capecitabine nearly tripled one-year progression-free survival (33...
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Potential therapy discovered for deadly breast cancer that has few treatment options
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green. Image created in 2014 by Tom Misteli, Ph.D., and Karen Meaburn, Ph.D. at the NIH IRP. Mount Sinai researchers have designed an innovative experimental therapy that may be able...
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Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES IMAGE: THE STUDY FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO USE PERMANENT HAIR DYE AND CHEMICAL HAIR STRAIGHTENERS HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER THAN WOMEN WHO DON’T USE THESE PRODUCTS. CREDIT: NIEHS Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical...
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Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. The study published online Dec. 4 in the International Journal of Cancer and suggests that...
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Treatment with anti-cancer drug T-DM1 after pertuzumab is ‘good option’
by European School of Oncology Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, whose disease has progressed after being treated initially with pertuzumab in combination with trastuzumab and a taxane, can respond well to treatment with T-DM1—a drug that combines trastuzumab with an anti-cancer drug called DM1. Dr. Benedetta Conte, a medical oncology resident from the University of...
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Late stage breast cancer survival estimate is ‘rarely accurate’
Specialists warn that single number average survival estimates for advanced stage breast cancer are unhelpful and usually inaccurate. Instead, they advise doctors to provide several case-specific survival estimates to help people plan with realism and hope. Breast cancer is the form of cancer that affects women the most often — about 2.1 million Trusted Source...
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Researchers Halt Spread of Breast Cancer by Blocking Metastasis-Promoting Enzyme
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Findings in Mice Point to New Approach That May Help Make Some Metastatic Breast Cancers Susceptible to Immunotherapy. In a breakthrough with important implications for the future of immunotherapy for breast cancer, UC San Francisco scientists have found...
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Mindfulness may be a balm for breast cancer patients
(HealthDay)—Women with advanced breast cancer might find mindfulness can ease their pain, anxiety and depression, a new study suggests. Mindfulness is the ability to keep your mind focused on the present moment. “Mindfulness helps us relate to our thoughts, emotions and physical symptoms in a different way,” said study author Lauren Zimmaro, a postdoctoral fellow at Fox...
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Mindfulness may be a balm for breast cancer patients
(HealthDay)—Women with advanced breast cancer might find mindfulness can ease their pain, anxiety and depression, a new study suggests. Mindfulness is the ability to keep your mind focused on the present moment. “Mindfulness helps us relate to our thoughts, emotions and physical symptoms in a different way,” said study author Lauren Zimmaro, a postdoctoral fellow...