BREAST CANCER BRACELETS

(BioMed Central) Research reported today should provide relief to women who are worried after a relative's breast cancer diagnosis. The study in the open access journal BMC Cancer shows that a family history of breast cancer does not give a useful indication of the likelihood that a woman will develop it herself at an early age.

Breast Self Exam (BSE)National Cancer InstituteStudy Recommends Women to Go Hands-Off BreastsTake a deep breath - a new study says that doing regular breast self-exams does not "reduce breast cancer...

Participants and supporters raised $3.3 million for breast cancer organizations during Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Rocky Mountains event, organizers said in a news release.

Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Rocky Mountains event raised $3.3 million for local breast cancer organizations this weekend, organizers said in a news release.

I came across an article I saved from the newspaper about a local man?s battle with breast cancer. He found a lump on his breast and subsequently had surgery and chemotherapy like his women counterparts. He continued to coach little league throughout treatment and credits that with helping him deal with the whole thing. In [...]

(University of Nottingham) The 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.

Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: "Today's announcement to review the policy on co-payments in the NHS is welcome news and should provide much needed clarity on this complex issue. "Breakthrough Breast Cancer believes that access to treatments should be based on clinical need and not cost.

Two newspapers on Tuesday published articles related to breast cancer detection and surgery. Summaries appear below.~ AP/Washington Post: The AP/Post examined two experimental technologies that aim to improve breast cancer detection among women with dense breasts.

A review of recent studies says there is no evidence that self-exams actually reduce breast cancer deaths. Instead, the practice may be doing more harm than good, since it led to almost twice as many biopsies that turned up no cancer in women who performed the self-exams, compared to women who did not do the exams.

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the breast cancer clinic immediately set up a meeting with a surgeon. The surgeon was wonderful and told me that I would need a lumpectomy. That was it, I didn?t question it, and because of the nature of the diagnosis and size of the tumor everyone seemed to [...]

Prenatal UltrasoundPhoto © Microsoft Voice Your Opinion on This Controversial Issue Hereditary breast cancer is a serious concern for men and women alike who have a strong family history of the disease,...

(American Cancer Society) The August issue of Cancer features the articles "Low socioeconomic status increases risk of death after cancer diagnosis" and "Outreach initiatives lead to shift in stage of breast cancer diagnosis in African American women."

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers have discovered a new family of agents that inhibit the growth of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells. The finding, described today at a meeting of the Endocrine Society, has opened an avenue of research into new drugs to combat estrogen-dependent breast cancers.

Bavarian Nordic's cancer research unit, BN ImmunoTherapeutics, hascompleted an interim analysis of its first two clinical studies withMVA-BN(R)-HER2, a cancer vaccine immunotherapy for breast cancer patients. The first study, performed in the US, is evaluating MVA-BN(R)-HER2treatment following chemotherapy and Herceptin(R) treatment.

Using mouse embryonic stem cells, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new method to evaluate which mutations, or changes, in a gene known to increase breast cancer susceptibility, may lead to cancer. The new test, called a functional assay, is more comprehensive and reliable than most current methods.