&#39;Sister Study&#39; Helps Scientists Investigate Breast Cancer
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Dr. Dale Sandler said women who share the same genes, have similar experiences and have twice the risk of developing breast cancer offer a better chance of learning what causes it.
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Scientists have identified a protein in urine that has shown some effectiveness as a diagnostic test for breast cancer. But breast cancer experts who have seen the study, to be published soon
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Breast cancer studies funded by drug companies are more likely to yield positive findings than those without pharmaceutical industry backing, according to research published on Monday.
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A new national clinical trial will probe genetic and environmental causes of breast cancer by studying 50,000 sisters of women already diagnosed with the disease that is the second-leading cancer killer of women.
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A new type of ultrasound was highly effective at determining whether lumps in the female breast were cancerous or harmless, U.S. researchers who conducted a small study said on Monday.
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Description: Researchers meeting in San Antonio are reporting promising results about a new genetic test that can predict which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.
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Tools used to predict whether a woman's breast cancer is inherited do not account for smaller families and may leave some women in the dark about their risk for future cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected by a mammography have a better prognosis than women whose cancer is detected through other means, a new study finds.
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Researchers have discovered a reason why mutations in the BRCA1 gene lead to a particularly deadly type of breast cancer.
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New findings add to the evidence that genetic tests can help predict whether breast cancer will recur, giving valuable guidance to doctors and patients about whether potentially toxic chemotherapy
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New research provides more evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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Researchers today 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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Students looking to get involved in fund-raisers that benefit the cure for cancer research can join the cause, as spectators or as participants in athletic events for October&#39;s National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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Scientists in Oxford say they have a new method of identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
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A new test that counts cancer cells in the bloodstreams of patients with advanced breast cancer best tells whether treatment is working, according to a study led by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Scientists have identified a gene variation found in about 13 percent of women of European descent that reduces their risk of developing breast cancer, a study released on Sunday said.