Harvard Medical Research: Breast Cancer

Discovery of gene linked to breast cancer
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:38:36 -0400
Using a novel three-part screening process, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a gene that is made inappropriately in about a third of all breast cancers. Additional information at Breast cancer More topics at Consumer information
Molecular signature may identify cisplatin-sensitive breast tumors
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:36:44 -0400
Harvard Medical School faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a subgroup of hard-to-treat breast cancers that may be sensitive to the drug cisplatin, rarely used in the treatment of breast tumors. Additional information at Breast cancer More topics at Consumer information
Why are African American women more likely to die from breast cancer?
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:34:43 -0400
Researchers propose that the excess mortality occurs partly because black women are more likely than white women to develop breast cancer before menopause, when surgery to remove the tumor may pose a higher risk of stimulating cancer growth. Additional information at Breast cancer More topics at Consumer information
Breast Tumor Study Challenges Cancer Therapeutic Strategy
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:30:35 -0400
Treatments aimed at purported cancer stem cells may miss the deadly metastases that kill patients. Additional information at Breast cancer More topics at Consumer information

 

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