Breast Cancer News

Title: Wood Bat Classic to benefit breast cancer programSummary:CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry Cobras Travel Baseball Association will host the 2010 Memorial Day Wood Bat Classic with proceeds benefiting Centegra Sage Cancer Center and its breast cancer programs in McHenry County.Published on : Mon Mar 15 06:35:45 2010 GMT
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Title: Novato’s Raptor has promising breast cancer inhibitorSummary:NOVATO — A peptide acquired by Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. as a possible delivery system for drug therapies has shown itself to be a direct inhibitor of the protein necessary for the growth of a particularly hard-to-treat form of breast cancer.Published on : Mon Mar 15 12:54:12 2010 [...]

Title: Healthtalk: Calories in Frosting and Sweet Potatoes and Breast CancerSummary:By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN – Q: If I skip the frosting on cake, will I remove most of the calories? Q: Do sweet potatoes reduce breast cancer risk? I’ve heard they do, but other reports say they increase risk. What’s up?Published on [...]

Title: ‘Microtentacles’ on tumor cells appear to play role in how breast cancer spreadsSummary:Researchers have discovered that “microtentacles,” or extensions of the plasma membrane of breast cancer cells, appear to play a key role in how cancers spread to distant locations in the body. Targeting these microtentacles, which are linked to a protein called [...]

Title: Breast cancer a “wake-up call”Summary:A Eugene breast cancer survivor is now training for her first triathlon and she’s blogging about it.Published on : Mon Mar 15 16:02:43 2010 GMT
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Title: Breast cancer a “wake-up call”Summary:A Eugene breast cancer survivor is now training for her first triathlon and she’s blogging about it.Published on : Mon Mar 15 16:02:43 2010 GMT Last updated : Mon Mar 15 16:02:45 2010 GMT
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Title: Free breast cancer screeningsSummary:Knowledge is power, and that’s why dozens of women headed to Kenmore Mercy on Saturday for free breast cancer screenings.Published on : Sat Mar 13 23:54:18 2010 GMT
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Title: MRIs May Detect Hidden Tumors in Breast Cancer PatientsSummary:FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) — MRI scans are more likely to turn up undiagnosed tumors in the breasts of postmenopausal women who already had cancer in their other breast, researchers report.Published on : Fri Mar 12 22:03:27 2010 GMT
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Title: Effort aims to spike breast cancer with new approachSummary:Many women live with breast cancer that does not respond to standard medical treatment, a condition that researchers want to change by aggressively targeting specific genes.Published on : Sun Mar 14 03:21:44 2010 GMT
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Title: Two Phase 3 Trials Of Sunitinib With Commonly Used Chemotherapies In Advanced Breast Cancer Did Not Meet The Primary …Summary:Pfizer Inc. announced today that two Phase 3 studies of Sutent® (sunitinib malate) in advanced breast cancer did not meet their primary endpoints. The SUN 1064 Phase 3 study of sunitinib in combination with [...]