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Breast Cancer Survivors, Activists Head To Capitol Hill To Marshall Support For Comprehensive Cancer Legislation
Categorie : Breast CancerMembers of the Northeast Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure traveled to the nation's capital June 5 to help make the case for more funding for cancer research and access to screening and treatment. ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Non-Toxic Treatment Developed By MU Researchers That Has Broad Anti-Cancer Potential
Categorie : Breast CancerIt takes more than one punch to fight tumors. Often, tumors have more than one way of surviving, and attacking the tumor alone is not enough. Now, in a new study, University of Missouri researchers have developed a new non-toxic treatment that effectively reduces breast cancer cells, by combining a ...
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Appropriate Supplementation Of Vitamin D
Categorie : Breast CancerThe American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new public health policy.The current Reference Intake Values for Vitamin D were established by the Food and Nutrition Board in 1997. Current research suggests ...
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Improving Understanding Of Cell Behaviour In Breast Cancer
Categorie : Breast CancerThe invasion and spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, known as metastasis, is a principal cause of death in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Although patients with early stage, small, breast tumours have an excellent short term prognosis, more than 15 to 20 per cent of them will ...
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Breast Cancer Patients With Greater Need Seek More Information Online
Categorie : Breast CancerPatients with more concerns about their breast cancer are heavier users of online information, according to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Excellence in Cancer Communications Research funded by the National Cancer Institute.Additionally, those in greater need ...
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FDA Clears Expanded Use Of Xoft's Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy System For All Radiation Therapy Indications
Categorie : Breast CancerXoft, Inc., announced that it has received expanded clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy System, a proprietary technology platform designed to deliver localized, non-radioactive, isotope-free radiation treatment in minimally-shielded c ...
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Increased Risk Of Cancer Found In Women Who Have Discontinued Therapy With Estrogen Plus Progestin
Categorie : Breast CancerWomenwho discontinue a hormone therapy involving estrogen and progestin mayhave an increased risk of cancer, according to a study published in theMarch 5, 2008 issue of JAMA. The women hadparticipated in a clinicalstudy related to this therapy, and were compared to the women in theplacebo group of t ...
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SATB1 Triggers Aggressive Breast Cancer
Categorie : Breast CancerSATB1 is a nuclear protein well known for its crucial role in regulating gene expression during the differentiation and activation of T cells, making it a key player in the immune system. But SATB1 has now revealed a darker side: it is an essential contributing factor in the most aggressive forms of ...
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New Class Of Breast Cancer Drugs Can Help Cut Recurrence Risk, Studies Say
Categorie : Breast CancerNew research reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has bolstered evidence that several breast cancer drugs can prevent recurrence among women whose tumors are fueled by estrogen, the Chicago Tribune reports (Swanson, Chicago Tribune, 3/11). According to the ...
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Advocates Hopeful That Lawmakers Will Approve Hospital Stay Coverage Mandates For Breast Cancer Patients
Categorie : Breast CancerCongress has been "slow to act" on legislation (HR 758, S 459) that would require health insurers to cover hospital stays after a mastectomy, lumpectomy or lymph node dissection, but advocates "are hoping that with Democrats controlling Congress, the measure might finally be approved," the ...
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ADVENTRX To Present CoFactor Phase 2 Breast Cancer Data At The 2008 Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Categorie : Breast CancerADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: ANX) announced that preliminary data from the Company's Phase 2 clinical study of ANX-510, CoFactor(R), for the treatment of advanced breast cancer has been accepted for presentation at the 2008 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, whic ...
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Congress 'Slow To Act' On Bills Expanding Hospital Stay Requirements, Chicago Tribune Reports
Categorie : Breast CancerCongress has been "slow to act" on legislation (HR 758, S 459) that would require health coverage providers to expand hospital-stay coverage for women undergoing breast cancer surgery, but advocates are hopeful the bill will be passed during the current session, the ...
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Statement By The US First Lady In A Discussion At The Mexican Association Against Breast Cancer
Categorie : Breast Cancer"Well, it is really important to have the mobile mammography units as well. I know in rural parts of our state, in Texas and Arizona and those states that have very remote and rural communities without really good medical care -- maybe a clinic -- that the rural -- that those mammography units that ...
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Anatasha Crawford Of Georgetown U Selected For Prestigious Bouchet Society
Categorie : Breast CancerAnatasha Crawford, a doctoral candidate at Georgetown University, has been named a member of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (Bouchet Society). Crawford is in the Tumor Biology Program at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the Georgetown University Medical Center.The Bouc ...
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Body Mass Index May Serve As Prognostic Tool For Advanced, Aggressive Breast Cancers
Categorie : Breast CancerBody Mass Index (BMI), the measure of a person's fat based on their height and weight, may be an effective prognostic tool for specific types of breast cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. ...
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Breast Cancer More Aggressive Among Obese
Categorie : Breast CancerWomen with breast cancer have more aggressive disease and lower survival rates if they are overweight or obese, according to findings published in the March 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "The more obese a patient is, the more aggres ...
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First Lady Laura Bush Joins Susan G. Komen For The Cure To Launch Global Promise Fund Assisting Women Worldwide
Categorie : Breast CancerFirst Lady Laura Bush helped to launch the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Promise Fund at a Capitol Hill event to raise awareness of the organization's life-saving work and outline its new strategy of funding culturally sensitive, sustainable education and outreach programs around the world. Mem ...
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Being Overweight Or Obese Linked To More Aggressive Breast Cancer
Categorie : Breast CancerA new study found that women who are overweight or obese tend to have more aggressive breast cancers and lower survival rates. The researchers suggest that a person's Body Mass Index (BMI, the ratio of a person's weight to the square of their height) may be an effective tool in the prognosis of cer ...
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Obese Women At Greater Risk Of More Aggresive Breast Cancer
Categorie : Breast CancerWomen with breast cancer have more aggressive disease and lower survival rates if they are overweight or obese, according to findings published in the March 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research."The more obese a patient is, the more aggressi ...
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Breast Cancer Risk Increased By Gene Variant
Categorie : Breast CancerIn roughly five to ten percent of breast cancer cases there is a family history of breast cancer - i.e., hereditary and, thus, genetic factors play a role here. Alterations in the genes known as BRCAI and BRCAII are a major cause of familial breast cancer - these are responsible for roughly 25 perc ...
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