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Patients with two out of the three most common types of advanced breast cancer now have an average survival time of at least five years, according to a panel of experts at the Advanced Breast Cancer Sixth International Consensus Conference (ABC 6). When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body (called metastatic or […]
Elizabeth Hurley first aligned herself with Estée Lauder’s Pink Ribbon campaign in 1995, after she was approached by Evelyn Lauder to use her platform as a model to talk about something important: “She said ‘It’s for breast cancer. Women all over the world are dying and no one is talking about it. And I want […]
Laws designed to help women with increased risk for missed breast cancer diagnoses may help catch the disease earlier, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They studied how notification and insurance coverage legislation for women with dense breast tissue affects the stage at which their cancer is diagnosed. More than 40% of women […]
For women with HER2-positive early breast cancer treated with an anthracycline-based regimen followed by trastuzumab (Herceptin), concurrent therapy with the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor lisinopril can help to prevent a decline in left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below 50%, investigators in a community-based study found. Among 424 women with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer, the rate of […]
On the first day of a historic three-day meeting into cancer indications that were granted an accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the first one to come under discussion is staying in place, at least for now. Members of the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 7-2 in favor of keeping […]
Skip to: What are tumorspheres? Tumorsphere formation assay Technical notes on tumorsphere cultivation What are the types of cancer stem cell (CSC) tumorspheres? Tumorspheres for screening anti-CSC drugs What is the future of tumorspheres? What are tumorspheres? Numerous studies have pointed out that cancer stem cells (CSCs) play an important role in cancer progression, metastasis, […]
Lorraine: Elizabeth Hurley discusses breast cancer awareness Scientists have identified a specific defect in some triple-negative cancers – and an existing treatment that could be used on them. Studies, funded by Breast Cancer Now and led by Dr Rachael Natrajan at The Institute of Cancer Research, found a way to identify triple-negative breast tumours that […]
Lara Logan is reflecting on the panic attacks she faced after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. The South African journalist, who now hosts Lara Logan Has No Agenda on Fox Nation, opened up in a new interview with SurvivorNet about experiencing her first panic attack shortly after learning of her stage 2 breast […]
Groundbreaking research led by a team of scientists including a University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician shows that oral hormone therapy (HT) significantly alters the metabolome of postmenopausal women. This finding, which examined blood specimens from the landmark Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study, may help explain the disease risks and protective effects associated with different regimens […]
Shannen Doherty may have terminal breast cancer, but that doesn’t mean she’s about to die — the actress feels “strong and healthy and confident and happy” — and she wants to change the perception around stage 4 cancers. "I want people to not hear stage 4 cancer and think of the person that is gray […]