Breast Cancer

Using Nanotechnology to Kill CancerReported June 23, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Fighting cancer could someday involve “cooking” cancer cells. Biomedical scientists at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center and nanotechnology experts from UT Dallas are testing a new way to kill cancer cells. The procedure attaches cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon … [Read more...]

Targeted ultrasound reduces biopsies Reported December 03, 2009 CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Targeted breast ultrasound may reduce the need for biopsies for women under age 40, U.S. medical researchers said. Senior author Dr. Constance Lehman of the University of Washington in Seattle and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and colleagues conducted two studies where targeted … [Read more...]

Oral bisphosphonates linked to reduced incidence of invasive breast cancerReported December 18, 2009 Findings from an analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative showed that women taking oral bisphosphonates for osteoporosis were less likely to develop invasive breast cancer. A total of 2,216 of 151,592 postmenopausal women enrolled in the initiative were taking either … [Read more...]