Breast Cancer Research One Step At A Time
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Breast cancer research is being supported this month by a company usually associated with foot support. Payless shoes announced this week that they are offering customers a chance to purchase a Limited-Edition
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A computer programme can predict a woman's risk of breast or ovarian cancer with unprecedented accuracy.
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Removing only one to three key lymph nodes instead of the usual dozen or more can spare women lifelong arm problems and reliably indicate whether breast cancer has spread
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Tiny, tumor-seeking probes can slow the growth of aggressive breast cancers in mice, leaving surrounding tissue unharmed, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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CHICAGO -- An experimental ultrasound technique that measures how easily breast lumps compress and bounce back could enable doctors to determine instantly whether a woman has cancer or not _ without having to do a biopsy.
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In women who&#39;ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the
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U.S. researchers have made a very small research tool that may one day help scientists probe the activity of genes and proteins in a single cell, they said on Thursday, opening the door to a new realm of genetic research.
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BOSTON Researchers have developed a simple urine test that appears to detect breast cancer early and accurately track tumor growth.
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A blood test has been developed which counts cancer cells in the advanced breast cancer patientâs blood stream and tells whether the treatment is successful.
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Scientific advances have enabled better diagnosis and treatment for women with breast cancer, according to studies presented at the world&#39;s premier conference on cancer.
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Researchers have launched an appeal to find more than 100,000 women to take part in a decades-long study to pinpoint the causes of breast cancer.
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A new way to accurately predict how individual breast cancer patients will react to the anticancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) has been identified by researchers at the Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- A prototype of a hand-held scanner that women can use at home for early detection of breast cancer has been developed by researchers at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania.
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In the largest study of its kind, federal researchers will try to recruit 50,000 sisters of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer to try
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Women with early-stage breast cancer may soon get another gene test to help predict whether they are likely to have a recurrence in five to 10 years, information that could influence how aggressively the initial tumor is treated.
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New research shows that a set of simple questions may help primary-care practitioners identify which women would benefit from a more elaborate discussion of tamoxifen, a drug that can help prevent breast cancer.