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The research at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Windber Research Institute will look at how "triple-negative cancers operate," using tissue samples from Army women. &nbs p...
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Lab research on cancer cells demonstrates how important it is to administer chemo drugs in specific order. According to a news release from MIT:
• Giving the drug erlotinib between four an d...
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Looks like whole-breast might be slightly better for TNBC and other forms of ER- breast cancer. And, it may have fewer complications than partial-breast, which is the opposite of what I would ha ve...
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BUT, those that returned locally were more likely to be estrogen negative.
The full press release from The American Society of Breast Surgeons:
COLUMBIA, Md., May 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Accel erated...
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According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there was no significant difference in survival rates for older women treated with whole-breast irradiation versus t hose...
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I’ve had lingering pain from cancer treatment—nothing
horrible, but enough to cause me concern.
Recently, I heard from a reader who was worried about bone pain in the
chest area&mdas h...
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A large global gene study of breast cancer tissue has defined ten different subtypes of breast cancer, potentially expanding our understanding of the disease, its cause, and treatment options. I t...
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From a News Release from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
CHICAGO -- Because cases of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) are so genetically different, whole-genome sequenci ng...
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I am doing something revolutionary, something I haven't done in years. I expect it to improve my life and perhaps help me relax.
I am going on vacation for two weeks without my computer.
How I will...
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More than 3000 studies have been published on the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Those studies that have looked at the effects of alcohol in relation to hormone receptors ha ve...
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