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Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:30:52 +0100 Silver Compounds Found To Be Toxic To Cancer The internet is awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now, lab tests have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST 'Biopsy In A Blood Test' - Effective New Diagnostic For Cancer Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) - breakaway cells from patients' solid tumors - from cancer patients... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST No Breast Cancer Protections From Soy Isoflavone Supplements Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Lead researcher Seema A. Khan, M.D., professor of surgery at the Robert H... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST Breast Cancer Drug Exemestane Causes Substantial Bone Loss A recent study published in The Lancet Oncology shows how exemestane (Aromasin), a drug that prevents the development of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, may significantly worsen age-related bone loss. As an aromatase inhibitor, exemestane works by blocking the synthesis of estrogen, slowing down the growth of cancers that have estrogen receptors... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:00 PST Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot? Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:00 PST Battling Lung Cancer With Combination Drug Therapy Combination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Van Andel Research Institute (VARI). The study, "STAT3 is Activated by JAK2 Independent of Key Oncogenic Driver Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma," was published online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST Partial Mastectomies Often Result In Further Surgeries According to an investigation in the February 1 issue of JAMA, surgery to remove additional tissue (reexcision) is required in almost 1 in 4 women who undergo a partial mastectomy for breast cancer treatment. In addition, there is considerable surgeon and institutional difference in the rate of reexcisions that have nothing to do with patients' characteristics. In the U.S... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST Protein Structures Offer Clues To Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Treatment, Prevention Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are making discoveries about the shape and structure of biological molecules - potentially leading to new ways to treat or prevent diseases such as breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST Cancer Genomics: Special Issue Published By Genome Research Genome Research publishes online and in print a special issue entitled, "Cancer Genomics," highlighting insights gained form cutting-edge genomic and epigenomic analyses of cancer... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST Study Suggests Surgical Breast Biopsy Not Overused Contrary to earlier findings, surgical breast biopsies may not be as overused as previously thought, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Surgical breast biopsies are more invasive than needle biopsies, requiring an incision and the use of general anesthesia... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST