Medical Breakthroughs
Breast Cancer
Israel
one step closer to curing cancer
Scientists discover mechanisms that control growth and
spread of breast cancer, opening door to possible anti-cancer medication
Posted 8/10/07
Adjustable
Breast Implants
Right now, more than 2 million women in the United States are living
with breast cancer. Many of these women have had major surgery to
remove parts or all of their breasts. Now, a new twist on breast
implants can have them looking and feeling better than ever.
Posted 4/17/07
Attacking
Advanced Breast Cancer
When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it can be deadly.
Now, a new drug stops advanced breast cancer from progressing and even
reduces the size of tumors.
Posted 8/2/06
Better
Breast Cancer Treatment -- In-Depth Doctor's Interview
Rebecca Moroose, M.D., explains a new drug combination for advanced
breast cancer that is just as effective as chemotherapy but without
the side effects.
Posted 9/6/06
Black
Women: Higher Death Rate for Breast Cancer
Black women have a lower rate of breast
cancer than white women but suffer a higher mortality rate. Now, a
new study reveals when younger, premenopausal, black women get
breast cancer, they are more than twice as likely as older women --
black or white -- to get an aggressive breast cancer.
Posted
6/7/06
Breast
Cancer: Tamoxifen or Raloxifene?
New results from the STAR trial -- Study of Tamoxifen and
Raloxifene -- reveal both drugs are effective in lowering breast
cancer risk among women considered at high risk for developing the
disease.
Posted 6/6/06
Burn-Free
Radiation
Posted
1/30/07
Drug
Cuts Recurrent Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women
Posted 5/4/06
Help
for Lymphedema
A surgeon has developed a new procedure to prevent a painful side
effect of breast cancer treatment.
Posted 3/23/07
How
to get More Women in for Mammogram
A new study reveals if these women got their health information from
someone more like themselves, rather than a doctor or a nurse, they
would be more likely to get a mammogram.
Posted 9/6/06
Long-lasting
Breast Cancer Fighter
The
breast cancer-fighting benefits of tamoxifen last well beyond the
time patients spend taking the drug.
Posted 2/22/07
Long-Term
Estrogen Use Increases Breast Cancer Risk
New research reveals the longer a woman uses estrogen therapy, the
higher her risk is for breast cancer.
Posted 5/9/06
New
Imaging May Reduce Repeat Breast Cancer Surgeries
Posted 4/27/06
Newer
Chemotherapies Improve Breast Cancer Outcome
Posted 4/12/06
Pomegranate
Seed Oil Causes Breast Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct
On the heels
of the discovery by Israeli researchers that pomegranate juice has
antioxidant properties, another Israeli team has found that the fruit could
have important implications for breast cancer treatment and estrogen
replacement therapy.
Posted 12/18/06
Preventing
Early Breast Cancer Recurrence
New research
reveals boost radiotherapy could stop the very early stages of breast cancer
from recurring.
Posted 7/10/06
Treatment
Order May not Matter for Rare Breast Cancer
Women who develop
a rare and especially deadly form of breast cancer may be somewhat reassured
to know it may not matter which treatment they receive first.
Posted 6/20/06
Zapping
Away Cancer -- In-Depth Doctor's Interview
Nancy Mendenhall, M.D., explains how electron radiation therapy
provides a safer alternative for treating cancer.
Posted 5/1/07