December 31, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - While examining patterns of DNA modification in lung cancer, a team of international researchers has discovered what they say is a...
December 31, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of...
December 12, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - A desire to improve health-related quality of life may be the deciding factor when considering whether to continue tamoxifen for...
December 12, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - While it is true that use of hormone therapy has been shown to increase risk of breast cancer, it also appears that the breast cancer...
December 12, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Breast cancer is a multifaceted disease requiring creative solutions for diagnosis, quality of life management and adjuvant therapies....
December 12, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Patients with breast cancer whose tumors were HER2-positive and one centimeter or smaller had a significant risk of relapse compared...
December 12, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Researchers using the OncoVue® clinical breast cancer model for assessing genetic risk had much higher accuracy when compared with...
December 12, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Reduction in breast density appears to be a strong indicator of a woman's response to tamoxifen, an agent used to decrease breast...
December 12, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - As cancer researchers move away from the general use of chemotherapy and into more targeted approaches, scientists are working to...
December 11, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Early evaluations of zoledronic acid suggest a possible direct anti-tumor effect when combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in...
December 11, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Scientists in the clinic and the laboratory continue to work to drive breast cancer mortality rates down with breakthrough drugs. With...
December 11, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Douglas Easton, Ph.D., whose international studies in breast cancer explained the genetic patterns and causes of the BRCA1 and BRCA2...
December 8, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Joan Massagué, Ph.D., whose research identified the role of transforming growth hormone factor- β (TGF-β) in...
December 8, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - A study published in the January issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,...
December 8, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - Although the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early...
December 3, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - This year marks the first San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to include the collaborative efforts of the American Association for...
December 2, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - Findings published in the December 1, 2008, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer...
December 1, 2008
PHILADELPHIA - Latina women have a lower risk of breast cancer than European or African-American women generally, but those with higher European...
November 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have identified pathways by which a reduced-calorie diet and exercise can modify...
November 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The cancer preventive properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables appear to work specifically in smokers, according...