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ER/PR negative tumors associated with insurance status

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created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

African-American women are at a higher risk for ER/PR negative breast cancer. A new study, to be presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention ...





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HPV-positive head and neck cancer patients fare better than HPV-negative patients

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created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Head and neck cancer patients with HPV-positive tumors tend to survive longer and are more responsive to treatment compared with patients with HPV-negative tumors, according to a study published online February 12 in the ...


Five-year U.K. breast cancer trial starts

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created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two British charities are joining to initiate the first U.K.-based clinical trial for women with a specific aggressive form of breast cancer.


Even tiny breast tumors can be aggressive and may require maximum therapy

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created Dec 16, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breast tumors that are 1 centimeter in size or smaller — no more than 0.4 inch in length — can still be very aggressive and may require more intensive therapy than is routinely offered today, say researchers at Mayo Clinic ...


Adding tools against breast tumors

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At the end of a 10-year, coast-to-coast study of women with an unusual form of breast cancer, Richard J. Barth Jr., M.D., and three fellow researchers are making the case for a particular combination of treatments to stop ...


MRI 'best' for looking at breast cancer and more

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created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of MRI is effective in differentiating the blood supply to medial and lateral breast tumors, which is important in treatment planning and prognosis according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of ...


Study examines association between caffeine consumption and breast cancer risk

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created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Caffeine consumption does not appear to be associated with overall breast cancer risk, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. However, there is a possibility of increased risk for wo ...


A new therapeutic option for human hepatocyte cancer

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created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

p53-impaired tumors may be particularly suitable to parvovirus H-1-induced therapy. Although the p53 deficiency in tumors may induce resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, this will not affect the tumor cell susceptibility ...


Researcher finds most triple-negative breast cancers express muc-1 target

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created Dec 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Research out of the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center has found that the vast majority of triple negative breast cancers express the MUC-1 target. This first-of-its-kind finding, presented ...


Effect on breast tumors of DNA alternations in 3 genes described

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created May 16, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have identified specific genes that are most likely to become cancer promoters when exposed to a process called DNA promoter hypermethylation.


'Triple negative' breast cancers linked to the young, minority

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created Mar 26, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

So-called “triple negative” breast cancers, tumors that do not contain any of three significant tumor markers, are aggressive, deadly cancers that affect young, poor minority women, according to a new study.



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