Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

Battling Lung Cancer With Combination Drug Therapy
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST - Combination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer (NSC...

Partial Mastectomies Often Result In Further Surgeries
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST - According to an investigation in the February 1 issue of JAMA, surgery to remove...

Protein Structures Offer Clues To Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Treatment, Prevention
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST - Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, ...

Cancer Genomics: Special Issue Published By Genome Research
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST - Genome Research publishes online and in print a special issue entitled, "Cancer ...

Study Suggests Surgical Breast Biopsy Not Overused
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST - Contrary to earlier findings, surgical breast biopsies may not be as overused as...

Breast Cancer News

Avastin May Improve Breast Cancer Response Rates
1/30/2012 - Among women with HER2 negative breast cancer that has not spread to distant site...

Ovarian Suppression During Chemotherapy Fails to Improve Post-Treatment Menstrual Function
1/13/2012 - Among young women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, use of the drug tri...

Oncotype DX DCIS Score Predicts Recurrence Risk for Women with DCIS
12/13/2011 - A DCIS Score generated by the Oncotype DX breast cancer test provides informatio...

Breast Brachytherapy Linked with More Complications and Higher Mastectomy Rate
12/13/2011 - Among women with early stage breast cancer, use of brachytherapy to administer r...

Combined HER2 Treatment Improves Outcome of Advanced Breast Cancer
12/13/2011 - Among women with metastatic, HER2 positive breast cancer, treatment with a combi...