Women with advanced breast cancer soon may have another treatment option: A novel experimental drug delayed the growth of tumors nearly twice as long as standard chemotherapy did in patients who had stopped responding to Herceptin, doctors reported Saturday.
Women who do moderate exercise for 30-45 minutes, five times a week, could have lower breast cancer risk, says a scientist.
While the Women’s Health Initiative Estrogen plus Progestin Trial findings previously reported an increase in breast cancer among those taking combined hormone therapy, the updated analysis reveals that estrogen-alone hormone therapy does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Breast cancer patients who have no close relatives or friends are more likely to die of the disease than those socially integrated, says a study.
A new study that illustrates the broad clinical potential of polymersomes or biodegradable hollow shell nano-particles, that can carry a combination of two potent cancer-fighting drugs to a tumour, has found that they effectively carry the drugs to the tumours thus successfully killing human breast tumours.
Consuming soy may be associated with a small reduction in breast cancer risk, but the reduction is not big enough or clear enough to suggest women should be taking soy supplements.
Increased levels of dietary folate from food, but not from supplements, appears to reduce the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to results of a large population-based study of Swedish men and women.
African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer, and minorities in general do not receive the best treatment for the disease compared with white women, according to two studies published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Magnetic resonance imaging or an MRI is usually used to locate unseen problems dealing with the head, neck, spine and extremities.
Women with breast implants who are in an age group where routine mammograms are recommended should be sure to have these examinations at the recommended regularly scheduled times.