Breast Cancer News

TWO sisters whose mum battled and survived breast cancer are raising money for the charity they say helped to save her.

Hendrika M. Oosterkamp, M.D., of The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and colleagues conducted a large-scale loss-of-function genetic screen in ZR-75-1 luminal breast cancer cells to identify candidate genes for tamoxifen resistance .

BRCA gene testing-based breast cancer and ovarian cancer keynote speaker , advocate, advisor and "previvor," Merilee Kern, today announced the launch of the "BRCA Believer" shirt and merchandise line intended to generate sustained awareness and support for the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer community and BRCA genetic testing at large.

Some are on the right track with family history and genetics to blame. Some women will get mastectomies just because it runs in their family.

Puma Biotechnology Inc. almost tripled in extended trading after the company said a clinical trial of its experimental drug blocked the return of breast cancer in women with a type of early-stage disease.

Northwest Breast Imaging Center is now offering the 3D mammography for breast cancer screening.

A monitor shows the image of a breast cancer at a medical facility in Mexico. U.S. researchers are now saying that garden-variety Aspirin may be keeping breast cancer at bay in certain women with the disease.

VuCOMP, Inc., leading developer of advanced computer vision systems for the detection of breast cancer, announced today that it has amended its Health Canada Medical Device License to include M-Vu Breast Density.

The American Cancer Society hosts a program called Road to Recovery. About 40 volunteers drive nearly 10 patients at any given time in Polk County.

Project Self-Sufficiency is searching for breast cancer survivors who reside in Sussex County who would be willing to participate in the "Mammograms Save Lives" campaign, an integrated public education effort which combines articles in the New Jersey Herald, along with flyers, billboards and other outreach efforts intended to increase awareness of ... (more)

Concerns that a number of women's cancer diagnoses at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary might have been delayed prompted a whistleblower to come forward.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is pleased to announce that one of the world's preeminent experts in breast cancer research and treatment, V. Craig Jordan, Ph.D., will join the institution's efforts to end cancer.

Driven of personal experiences with various types of cancers, volunteers, American Cancer Society staff members and supporters will gather Saturday at the V-8 Ranch to raise money for the American Cancer Society at the 32nd annual Cattle Baron's Ball.

Low-income teenagers who get into a more rigorous high school may take fewer health risks than their peers at other schools, a new study suggests.

Each woman has a unique story, but they all have one goal: helping young women with breast cancer.

The Athens Regional Foundation recently was awarded a grant for $50,000 through the Georgia Access to Care, Treatment and Services Breast Cancer License Tag Grant Program.

In a study that is the only one of its kind worldwide, researchers from the MedUni Vienna, the Vienna Technical University and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute have investigated the distribution of trace elements in the tissue of bone tumours.

Taipei, July 21 Taiwan-based OBI Pharma announced Monday that its phase 2/3 stage clinical trial for a therapy for metastatic breast cancer, designated OBI-822, has met the goal of collecting 342 patients.

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Scientists have uncovered the molecular basis of fibroadenoma, one of the most common benign breast tumors diagnosed in women of reproductive age.