http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/ Read latest treatment advances and the research progress reports in the field of breast cancer. en-us http://bcancer.com/images/breast-cancer-rss.jpg http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/ 15343 http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/4-2006/breast-cancer-with-estrogen-alone-hrt.html Estrogen has been severely blamed for breast cancer. A new research published in the recent issue of the Journal of American Medical Association seems to suggest otherwise. This study shows that estrogen-alone hormone therapy does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Researchers reached this conclusion by analyzing findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Alone Trial. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/1-2006/need-only-annual-mammogram.html Annual mammograms and doctor visits are the best follow-up strategy for women who have been treated for early stage breast cancer, according to a new review of recent research. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/1-2006/chinese-treatment-for-breast-cancer.html A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/1-2006/emotional-recovery-from-breast-cancer.html Contrary to psychology experts' expectations, breast cancer survivors don't experience an extended emotional crisis after their therapy regimens end, according to a new study by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study appears in the recent issue of Supportive Care in Cancer. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/1-2006/radiation-therapy-saves-lives.html Following a lumpectomy for breast cancer, radiotherapy to the breast reduces the risk of eventually dying from the disease - according to research published in today's (Friday's) The Lancet*. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/1-2006/two-treatments-similar.html Results from a clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of the drugs paclitaxel and docetaxel, delivered over two different dosing schedules, showed that both drugs - regardless of the dosing schedules tested in this trial - provided similar benefits for women with stage II or III, operable breast cancer. However, more women treated with docetaxel than with paclitaxel experienced serious side effects from their therapy. The trial was led by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group in collaboration with the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG), and the Southwest Oncology Group. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, supported this Phase III randomized clinical trial. The results were presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 8, 2005. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/12-2005/new-technology-to-detect-breast-cancer.html The 56-year-old woman was relieved: her mammogram showed no signs of breast cancer. Just two weeks later at a follow-up exam, a magnetic resonance image illuminated a glaring mass the size of a walnut. The tumor was malignant, and its detection demonstrated all too clearly the disparity between two imaging techniques - x-ray mammograms versus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- that have opposing strengths and weaknesses. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/12-2005/no-smoking-prior-to-pregnancy.html Scientists outline in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings their study of postmenopausal women, which supports the hypothesis that women who smoke cigarettes before first full-term pregnancy have a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with women who began smoking after the birth of their first child or were never smokers. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/12-2005/internet-to-sove-mammogam-crisis.html Digital mammography images can be accurately transmitted over broadband Internet, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/higher-placental-weight-higher-the-breast-cancer-risk.html Women with a higher placental weight in prior pregnancies have an increased risk of breast cancer, possibly from the hormones produced by the placenta, according to a study in the November 16 issue of JAMA. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/presence-of-a-gene-increases-risk-in-breast-cancer-families.html Close relatives of women who have had cancer in both breasts and also carry a faulty version of the CHEK2 gene have a greatly increased risk of breast cancer - according to a report in the Lancet.*. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/results-from-the-nsabp-breast-cancer-prevention-trial.html Scientists from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) who conducted the landmark Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT), report a seven-year and final update of the trial results in the November 16, 2005, Journal of the National Cancer Institute*. In this final report, reductions in breast cancer incidence among participants taking tamoxifen were found to be very similar compared to those reported in 1998 when initial findings from the BCPT were released. The conclusion is supported by the observation that the incidence rate of breast cancer was relatively constant through seven years of follow-up among women who received tamoxifen and by the fact that the rate remained stable for at least two years beyond the time that women stopped taking the drug. The risks of stroke, deep-vein thrombosis, and cataracts -- possible side-effects of tamoxifen treatment -- were also similar to those reported previously. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/exercise-may-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-in-african-american-women.html Both black women and white women who regularly exercise have a decreased risk of breast cancer compared to women who do not exercise, according to scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/genetic-testing-could-benefit-african-american-women.html Ten years after the identification of the first breast cancer susceptibility genes so few high-risk minority women have received genetic counseling or testing that the standard methods of calculating risk have not been validated in these groups and the results of genetic testing can still produce surprises. ...... http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/new-drug-for-breast-cancer.html A tamoxifen-like drug developed by UC Davis and Finnish scientists, now in clinical testing as a treatment for vaginal atrophy, may also help to prevent breast cancer, two preliminary studies suggest. ......