Personalized Medicine Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk Reported February 20, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A leading cancer risk expert says it’s time for breast cancer assessment, counseling and genetic testing to become part of primary care. Funmi Olopade, M.D., Walther L. Palmer Distinguished Service professor of medicine at Chicago Medical Center, says physicians now have … [Read more...]

Painless, 3-D MammogramsReported March 2, 2007 (DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Breast cancer ... 180,000 women will be diagnosed with it this year. One in four will die. Detecting it as early as possible is crucial for survival, and now doctors are working on a new tool to track the tiniest tumors. Scrapbooker Jennifer … [Read more...]

Ovarian Cancer VaccineReported April 10, 2009 BUFFALO, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Each year, about 25,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Many already have advanced disease by the time they get that diagnosis. Because there is no good screening test and the cancer is often caught too late, overall survival is about 25 percent. A new … [Read more...]

Outsmarting Breast CancerReported September 09, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with the type of breast cancer that depends on estrogen to grow are generally treated with drugs to lower the amount of estrogen in their bodies. Unfortunately, breast tumors eventually figure out how to get around the lack estrogen and begin growing again. Now investigators from Georgetown … [Read more...]

Osteoporosis Drug Prevents Breast CancerReported June 11, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment may also prevent breast and other types of cancer. A study at the University of California at San Diego found post-menopausal women who took the drug raloxifene (Evista) were 55 percent less likely to develop … [Read more...]

Optimistic Healing Reported June 16, 2009 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Studies show having a positive attitude could make you less likely to suffer heart attacks, strokes and pain from conditions like arthritis. But what if you've already gotten the devastating diagnosis? Can an upbeat outlook make a difference? Two women are incorporating a … [Read more...]

Study Finds 5% of Breast Tumors Grow Rapidly Reported June 16, 2008 A study by Norwegian researchers showed that 5% of breast cancer tumors doubled in size within a month, according to Reuters. The study, which showed detection rates at 91% for a 10mm tumor but only 26% for a 5mm tumor, was published in the Journal Breast Cancer Research. Five percent … [Read more...]

Gene Can Help Predict Chemotherapy Outcomes For Breast Cancer Patients, Study Shows Reported June 12, 2008 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 … [Read more...]

Breast cancer: to screen or not to screen? Reported December 01, 2008 A very interesting paper just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study followed women before and after the introduction of a breast screening programme in Norway. They were compared to a control group of women who did not take part in the screening programme, but … [Read more...]

Newer Scans Help Doctors Treat Rare Breast CancerReported February 05, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with a rare form of aggressive breast cancer may benefit from a newer form of imaging that gives doctors a better idea of where the disease may have spread. Researchers from the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston used a combination of … [Read more...]

New Ultrasound Test for Breast CancerReported October 21, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Doctors may have a new test to offer women to help determine if a mass in the breast is malignant or benign. A new study finds three-dimensional (3-D) power Doppler ultrasound helps radiologists determine if a mass is cancerous. “Using 3-D scans promises greater accuracy due to more … [Read more...]

New Sources for Cancer DrugsReported December 09, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research could change the way scientists make cancer drugs. Researchers discovered many more cancer target inhibiting agents could be clinically effective than previously thought. Traditionally, scientists did not utilize kinase inhibitor agents with short half-lives because it was assumed … [Read more...]

New Leukemia Drugs Reported April 26, 2006 (TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Five years ago, the drug Gleevec changed the lives of patients with leukemia. But some patients become resistant to Gleevec over time. Now, doctors are studying two new treatments that are even more potent. This is more than a … [Read more...]

New HRT FindingsReported October 01, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Experiencing the adverse effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have less to do with whether women use HRT and more with how it’s applied. A new study reveals a woman’s age and the mode of delivery has a significant impact on her risk of developing dangerous conditions associated with HRT. The … [Read more...]

New Hope for Inflammatory Breast Cancer Reported October 30, 2007 FOUNTAIN VALLEY CITY, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's breast cancer awareness month, but you may not be aware of one of the most aggressive forms of the disease. It's called inflammatory breast cancer, or IBC. Although it accounts for only 1 percent to 5 … [Read more...]

New Developments to Fight Breast Cancer Reported July 30, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Half of Americans are diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. According to the National Cancer Institute, 192,370 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, and more than 40,000 women will die from it this year alone. Medical physicists are leading the fight against … [Read more...]

New Clues About Breast Cancer RiskReported December 18, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's well-known that dense breast tissue leaves a woman at higher risk for breast cancer, but experts still don't completely understand why. Recent research provides clues that may lead to an answer. The results of two studies reveal dense breast tissue contains more cells … [Read more...]

New and Improved Breast Screening?Reported November 14, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many women find conventional mammography uncomfortable, and doctors admit the technology misses some breast cancers, especially in younger women with denser breasts. What’s more, the test exposes women to radiation. New technology being developed at the University of Bristol in the United … [Read more...]

Nanotubes Track Cancer DrugsReported December 22, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cancer drugs can have a lot of damaging side effects, so doctors would like to deliver them to tumor cells and nothing else. But once the drugs enter the body, it's hard to tell where they end up. New research out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could help solve the problem. … [Read more...]

Sandoval: Beating breast cancer with educationJanuary 04, 2008 In the Navajo culture, we say that cancer is the sore that does not heal. When you speak about it openly, you wish it upon yourself or others. Talking about it openly does not respect it. In mainstream U.S. culture, cancer was also once the big ''C.'' No one spoke openly about it … [Read more...]

New Approach to Genomic Testing Identifies Women With Low Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Monday December 13 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- An initial validation study presented by Exagen Diagnostics at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium suggests it may soon be possible to distinguish good prognosis from poor … [Read more...]

Hispanic Women More Prone to Aggressive Breast Cancer December 10, 2007 Results of a study published this week in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved indicate that when compared with non-Hispanic White women, Hispanic women in the state of Arizona are more likely to have high-grade breast cancers, larger tumors, a greater … [Read more...]

Breast Cancer, Second Major Cause of Death in Mexico November 22, 2007 Mexico, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The 30th International Congress on Oncology, being held in the Mexican city of Puebla, is aimed at teaching young women the techniques to detect breast cancer. Jose Luis Gutierrez, head of the Oncology Department at the Hospital of the … [Read more...]

An Apple A Day Could Help Prevent Breast Cancer2 March 2005 A diet with apples in it can help keep breast cancer away, say food scientists at Cornell University in an article appearing in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. "We found that tumor incidence was reduced by 17, 39 and 44 percent in rats that were fed the human … [Read more...]

MRI Scans Questioned for Breast CancerReported September 08, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- MRIs may be doing more harm than good in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center reviewed the medical records of 577 breast cancer patients, including 130 who had MRIs following their diagnosis. They found MRIs delayed treatment and lead to … [Read more...]

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appears to be much better at finding early breast cancer than traditional mammography, according to authors of a study published this week. New research conducted over five years reveals MRIs detected 92 percent of all cases of pure ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Mammography detected 56 percent of the cases. When the investigators looked … [Read more...]

Mothers-to-be Need Vitamin EReported September 4, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A child's risk of developing asthma may be established long before he ever takes his first breath. According to a new study out of the Scotland, kids born to mothers who consumed the lowest levels of vitamin E while pregnant were over five times … [Read more...]

More Women Opt to Remove Noncancerous Breast Reported September 29, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Will removing a noncancerous breast in breast cancer patients reduce the risk of the disease? Little is known about the connection, however a growing number of women choose to have the procedure in hopes of lowering their risk. A study of New York State data finds that the … [Read more...]

More Therapy Suggested for Rare Breast Cancer Reported December 15, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have identified an association between a rare type of breast cancer and multiple tumors undetected by mammography or ultrasound. Mucinous carcinoma is a type of … [Read more...]