Pioneering surgical technique for treatment of breast cancer
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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Removal of the ovaries  (oophorectomy) plus tamoxifen, as adjuvant, or "add-on"  therapy, significantly improves survival in premenopausal women  with operable breast cancer, a study indicates.
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A newer drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have had the disease, doctors are reporting.
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A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of a recurrence, researchers reported yesterday.
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Herceptin could cut the need for mastectomies in breast cancer patients, research suggests.
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For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed
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The 58-year-old Brookfield resident had a mammogram, which led to the detection of a cancerous lump in her breast. At about noon on Monday, she had a mastectomy and reconstructive breast surgery at Danbury Hospital.
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A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported yesterday.
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Surgery to transplant a woman&#39;s entire ovary to her upper arm is feasible and can preserve fertility in patients undergoing radiation treatments that leave
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Doctors use stem cells from liposuctioned fat in an experimental procedure to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed.
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A fast-acting pathway used by the drug tamoxifen to kill damaged breast cells before they become cancerous has been identified by scientists at Duke University.
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The return of silicone breast implants continues.
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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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A new type of breast cancer drug is superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in older women and should now be the first drug used to treat
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A new type of breast cancer drug is clearly superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in many women and should now be the first drug used
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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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An experimental new treatment developed in Toronto could be big news for women battling early stage breast cancer. It&#39;s a one-shot dose of radiation that literally treats breast cancer from the inside out.