Protein from pregnancy hormone may avert breast cancer

November 13th, 2009 SYDNEY - Overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer could be as high as 42 percent, says a new study. The study shows the reduced mortality rate from increased mammography screening has a flipside.

November 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts, according to a new study. The study's results indicate that breast cancer patients with dense breasts may benefit from additional therapies following surgery, such as radiation.

November 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Decrease in the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has simultaneously led to the reduction in the incidence of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor for breast cancer, say researchers. Previous studies have shown that women who are diagnosed with atypical ductal hyperplasia are at a three- to five-fold increased risk of developing breast cancer.

November 4th, 2009 LONDON - Almost 40 percent of breast cancer tumours change form as they spread, according to a UK study. This, according to Breakthrough Breast Cancer scientists in Edinburgh, could mean that patients require changes to their treatment regime as well.

October 31st, 2009 LONDON - A new "one-step" breast cancer test can significantly cut the treatment process for women with the disease. Patients having breast cancer surgery will be given the 30-minute breast lymph node assay, which analyses the underarm glands to check if the cancer has spread, reports The Times.

October 23rd, 2009 Michelle Obama highlights breast cancer awarenessWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama is tying breast cancer awareness to the push to change the health insurance system. At the White House on Friday, an audience of breast cancer survivors, advocates and lawmakers heard other women describe being denied coverage because of a cancer diagnosis in their past.

October 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Getting breast implants does not increase a woman's breast cancer risk or interfere in detection procedure, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre "The question of how implants affect breast cancer risk and screening tests, like the mammogram, is a question that many women ask," said Dr Therese Bevers, medical director of the Cancer Prevention Centre at M.

October 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A right mix of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, can significantly reduce breast cancer risk in menopausal women, say researchers Women in menopause who have symptoms are currently treated with a combination of estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy, however this treatment comes with side effects, including a higher risk of breast cancer caused by the progestin. Yale researchers sought to determine a better way of administering hormone therapy without the breast cancer risk.

October 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women who develop tenderness in their breasts after using hormone replacement therapy are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer, say researchers. However, it is still unknown why breast tenderness indicates increased cancer risk among women on estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy.

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women who have high levels of Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS), which are known for regulating in utero sexual differentiation in boys, could be more prone to breast cancer, according to a new study. In order to find out if MIS levels were linked with breast cancer risk, Dr.

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women with breast cancer are likely to have low levels of vitamin D, which could contribute to decreased bone mass and greater risk of fractures, according to scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. In a study of 166 women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, nearly 70 percent had low levels of vitamin D in their blood, according to the study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Breast Cancer Symposium in San Francisco.

October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new "lab-on-a-chip" technique that would help predict breast cancer risk in women more quickly than ever before. The technique analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly.

October 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have demonstrated that a protein may be required for some of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer to grow. The findings, based on the study of a mouse model of breast cancer, have been presented in a recent issue of Cancer Research.

September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An over-expressed protein can convert active but non-invasive breast cancer into a different cell type, and thereby turn it into invasive breast cancer, according to scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

September 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Thirty minutes of brisk walking every day can significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence, according to a new study. "Brisk walking - about 3.0 mph on a treadmill - for three to five hours per week, or about 30 minutes a day, can net big benefits for breast cancer survivors," said Dr.