BREAST CANCER BRACELETS

Reviewing the records of 577 breast cancer patients, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers found that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who receive a breast MRI are more likely to receive a mastectomy after their diagnosis and may face delays in starting treatment.

Four suspects often found at the scene of the crime in cancer are guilty of the initiation and progression of breast cancer in mice that are resistant to the disease, a team led by scientists at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the June edition of Cancer Cell.

(American Cancer Society) A new study finds that many women with breast cancer take antioxidant supplements while undergoing cancer treatment, even though the consequences of doing so are unknown.

Testing for genetic mutations can help identify breast cancer patients who do not benefit from a certain type of chemotherapy, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, Reuters reports. The study included 588 breast cancer patients in the U.S. and Norway. Some of the subjects received chemotherapy, while some did not.

Ten-year-old Hannah Powell-Auslam is trying to remain brave as she copes with a rare form of breast cancer.

The drug, called olaparib, specifically targets hereditary cancer caused by faulty BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The small scale patient trial has shown remarkable benefit for patients with breast, ovarian and prostate cancer.

If a lump is found in the breast of an adolescent girl, she often will undergo an excisional biopsy. However, breast cancer is rare in adolescents, and the vast majority of teenage breast lumps are benign. A recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology suggests that a breast ultrasound might eliminate the need for biopsy in many cases.

UroToday.com - Prostate and breast cancer appear to be homologous cancer in males and females respectively. Both cancers share hormone etiologies and are treated with hormonal manipulation. The incidence of these two hormone-dependent cancers has steadily risen throughout the twentieth century.

A low cellular level of a tiny fragment of RNA appears to increase the spread of breast cancer in mouse models of the disease, according to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

(Society of Nuclear Medicine) A prototype breast imaging system combining positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging technologies could greatly improve breast cancer imaging capabilities, according to researchers at SNM's 56th Annual Meeting.

(American Association for Cancer Research) Physiological changes associated with the metabolic syndrome may play a role in the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Another significant milestone in my life has been reached. Last Friday I had my 50th birthday! I share my birthday with my husband, who is a couple of years older, but having been born on the same day assures me that he won?t ever forget it. For breast cancer survivors decade birthdays like this one [...]

Checking lymph nodes during surgery and assessing the hormone status of tumours could help improve breast cancer survival in the UK, according to research published today in Annals of Oncology.

(Journal of the National Cancer Institute) The single-nucleotide polymorphism known as 2q35-rs13387042 is associated with increased risk of estrogen receptor-positive and -negative breast cancer, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.