Studying the DNA of 889 people, gene hunters at the Mayo Clinic and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centers have identified a region on chromosome 5p that is significantly associated with dense breast tissue, a known risk factor for breast cancer.
The female sex hormone estrogen turns on a gene linked to breast cancer, according to new research by Brisbane scientists.
University of Nottingham scientist Dr Stewart Martin has received a project grant from Breast Cancer Campaign, the only charity that specialises in funding independent breast cancer research throughout the UK.
Foods that contain acrylamide are unlikely to cause breast cancer in women, according to preliminary results of a new study involving 100,000 U.S. women. The finding, the largest epidemiological study to date exploring the possible link between acrylamide and cancer in humans, was described today at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston.
Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) announced publication of results from a Phase 1 study of NEUVENGE, an investigational active cellular immunotherapy, in the August 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, announced at the 2007 Field of Women Live Event at Telstra Stadium that a new information resource would be made available for women to assist them combat secondary breast cancer.
Breast cancer preventive practices for Canadian women carrying the cancer gene vary across the country, says University of Toronto research, and many women are not taking advantage of the options available.
A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening, according to a study published online August 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. It is more likely due to the drop in postmenopausal hormone use.
In some ways, certain tumors resemble bee colonies, says pathologist Tan Ince. Each cancer cell in the tumor plays a specific role, and just a fraction of the cells serve as ?queens,? possessing the unique ability to maintain themselves in an unspecialized state and seed new tumors. These cells can also divide and produce the ?worker? cells that form the bulk of the tumor.
Racial differences in breast cancer survival increase according to stage of disease, a new study finds. Published in the September 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, a retrospective analysis of survival data demonstrates that within each stage, African American women had larger tumors and were more likely to have disease that had spread to nearby lymph nodes.