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Previously popular treatments – i.e. big-dose chemotherapy – apparently are of no help against breast cancer.
Such were the findings recently reported by a group of Houston researchers.
A grueling and controversial breast cancer treatment that was popular in the late 1980s and the 1990s does not extend the lives of patients in advanced […]
Previously, the possibility of lung cancer detection by blood test has been reported.
Now, a blood test may also be able to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages.
Such diagnostic test – now being introduced in the UK - works by detecting gene expression patterns in blood samples not taken from the breast.
Developed by Norwegian life […]
According to University of Florida surgeons, in about 20 percent of women with breast cancer who plan to undergo a lumpectomy, breast magnetic resonance imaging reveals important diagnostic information that alters their treatment plan.
Though nor routinely administered to breast cancer patients, MRI or magnetic resonance imaging has the following benefits:
can find additional cancerous areas in […]
This is a difficult week for me. Not only I am trying to wrap up on my blogging commitments before we go out of town on Friday, the weather isn’t cooperating.
The other super typhoon already left but not without pounding North of the Philippines first (our region was almost hit badly if not for it […]
CBD, a compound found in Cannabis Sativa (or marijuana) may prove to be effective in helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body.
Such were the findings by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. CBD could be the first non-toxic agent to show promise in treating metastatic forms of breast […]
A more accurate biomarker - osteopontin-c - has been identified by researchers at University of Cincinnati that will predict if breast cancers will develop into an advanced form.
Currently, biomarkers used are elevated levels of three standard molecules known to make tumors grow in the breast: estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER — are […]
Cancer is said to be metastatic once cancer in one body spreads to other body parts. In lay man’s term, the spreading of cancer to other locations.
When cancer becomes metastatic, it becomes an advanced stage cancer that is most often difficult to treat because the cancer becomes unresponsive to typical treatment.
Like metastatic breast cancer that […]
If you buy an Etón FR400 Special Edition Pink Crank-Powered Emergency Radio with AM/FM, NOAA and TV-VHF, Etón will donate 5 percent of the purchase price to breast cancer research.
In lieu of this month’s Breast Cancer Awareness, you can buy this special pink emergency radio and help donate to breast cancer research.
Tags: breast-cancer, breast-cancer-research
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Rain clouds seem to have made my part of the world its indefinite home. The skies over us haven’t been clear for a week now and looks like will stay that way for several more days that hopefully won’t make it to Christmas-time like it did last year.
The words low pressure area, monsoon rains sound […]
As reported by the US Government and the CDC, the top four deadliest cancers are the following:
Lung cancer
Colon cancer
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
We should remember though that if detected in it’s early stage, cancer need not be deadly. Moreover, if you have a family history of cancer, you should keep in mind to adjust the other cancer […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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