by National Cancer Institute Woman with breast cancer had metastatic lesions in chest wall (top, left) and liver (bottom, left). After receiving the immunotherapy, tumors shrank completely. Recent scans (R) show she is cancer free more than 5 years later. Credit: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) An experimental form of immunotherapy that uses an individual’s...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The sun is almost always shining during the day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and that makes the findings of a new study on breast cancer and sun exposure particularly noteworthy. In a new study by researchers from the University at Buffalo and the...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An olfactory receptor gene that aids in the sense of smell may also play a role in the metastasis of breast cancer to the brain, bones and lung, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. The team further discovered that inhibiting the gene, OR5B21, significantly decreased the...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Transmission electron microscopy images showing TM-mediated changes in the cristae (arrow) inside the mitochondria of cancer cells, which contribute to cellular metabolism. Image courtesy of Dr. Divya Ramchandani, Juan Pablo Jimenez, and Leona Cohen-Gould. Depleting copper levels may reduce the production of energy that cancer cells need to travel and...
by Amanda Ferguson, University of Toronto Metformin 500mg tablets. Credit: public domain A widely used and inexpensive type 2 diabetes drug, once hoped to hold enormous promise in treating breast cancer, does not prevent or stop the spread of the most common forms of the disease, according to new research. The study, which has yet...
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH IMAGE: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SANCHEZ-TERRONES IS DEVELOPING A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL THAT USES SAFE, LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF RADIATION TO DETECT BREAST CANCER. THE DEVICE THEREFORE CAN BE USED REPEATEDLY AND ON YOUNGER PATIENTS SAFELY. CREDIT: DAN HIXSON/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Nov. 30, 2021...
by Boston University School of Medicine 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. Obesity, insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes are risk factors for breast cancer...
by European Society of Cardiology Survival curves showing deaths from any cause for breast cancer patients who developed atrial fibrillation within 30 days of breast cancer diagnosis compared to those who did not at one-year follow-up. Credit: European Heart Journal Women are significantly more likely to develop an abnormal and often rapid heart rhythm in the...
by Kanazawa University Microenvironment at the initiation stage of breast cancer carcinogenesis generated by FRS2β. Cancer stem cells emerging in the initial microenvironment of the mammary gland of the breast cancer mouse model MMTV-ErbB2 proliferate to form a tumor mass (left). On the other hand, MMTV-ErbB2/Frs2β -/- mammary glands lacking FRS2β do not form such...
In the United States, Black women are more likely to have breast cancer at earlier ages and with a worse prognosis than white women. Despite this, there is a critical gap in breast cancer risk prediction models for them. The new tool could help finally change things. Clinicians use breast cancer risk prediction tools to...
