http://medicineworld.org/cancer/breast/breast-cancer-blog.html Breast cancer blog from medicineworld.org adds a personal touch to the stories related to breast cancer. This breast cancer blog brings you stories of hope, stories of survivors and latest news and research related to breast cancer. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/breast-cancer-blog.jpg http://medicineworld.org/cancer/blog/permalinks/Dec-2005/cure-cancer-with-your-personal-computer.html 121 90 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2011/trastuzumab-and-chemotherapy-improves-survival.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2011/trastuzumab-and-chemotherapy-improves-survival.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT The use of trastuzumab, chemotherapy and surgery among women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer significantly improved survival from the time central nervous system metastases were diagnosed. Based on these study results, lead researcher Adam Brufsky, M.D., Ph.D., said, "We clearly now know that these women should get trastuzumab and potentially chemotherapy, even if cancer spreads to the brain."....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2011/women-with-brca-mutations-can-take-hrt.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2011/women-with-brca-mutations-can-take-hrt.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, which are associated with a very high risk of breast and ovary cancer, can safely take hormone-replacement treatment (HRT) to mitigate menopausal symptoms after surgical removal of their ovaries, as per new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania which will be presented Monday, June 6 during the American Society for Clinical Oncology's annual meeting (Abstract #1501). Results of the prospective study indicated that women with BRCA mutations who had their ovaries removed and took short-term HRT had a decrease in the risk of developing breast cancer........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2011/recurring-breast-cancer.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2011/recurring-breast-cancer.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT When women with a history of breast cancer learn they have breast cancer again, one of the first questions they and their doctors ask is: Has my cancer come back, or is this a new case? Now, new data from Fox Chase Cancer Center suggest that both new and recurring cancers will differ significantly from the original tumors, regardless of how a number of months or years women spent cancer-free, and doctors should tailor therapy to the specific qualities of the second tumor, regardless of whether it's old or new........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/interval-post-treatment-mammogram-not-needed.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/interval-post-treatment-mammogram-not-needed.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT An annual mammogram is sufficient follow-up after breast conserving treatment (BCT) for patients with breast cancer, as per a research studypresented today, at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta. This symposium is co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/for-breast-cancer-patients-fatigue-is-real.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/for-breast-cancer-patients-fatigue-is-real.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT The persistent fatigue that plagues one out of every three breast cancer survivors appears to be caused by one part of the autonomic nervous system running in overdrive, while the other part fails to slow it down. That imbalance of a natural system in the body appears associated with the tiredness and exhaustion that can burden cancer patients as much as a decade after their successful therapy........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/dna-of-50-breast-cancer-patients-decoded.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/dna-of-50-breast-cancer-patients-decoded.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT In the single largest cancer genomics investigation reported to date, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of tumors from 50 patients with breast cancer and compared them to the matched DNA of the same patients' healthy cells. This comparison allowed scientists to find mutations that only occurred in the cancer cells........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/immune-system-may-guide-chemotherapy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/immune-system-may-guide-chemotherapy.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. � A study published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, debuting here at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, showed how evaluating the immune response in the tumor microenvironment may help scientists better target treatment in breast cancer........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/stress-anxiety-of-aggressive-breast-cancer.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/stress-anxiety-of-aggressive-breast-cancer.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT When an aggressive form of breast cancer strikes a young woman, what kind of stress, anxiety and other psychological and social challenges does she face? That question hasn't been answered in the published psychological cancer literature, but a new pilot study just launched is gathering data to change that, as per psychology expert Georita M. Frierson at SMU........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/attack-breast-cancer-cells-from-the-inside-out.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/attack-breast-cancer-cells-from-the-inside-out.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Throwing stones at castle walls is one way to attack an enemy, but sneaking inside makes the target much more vulnerable. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have employed a similar strategy using a mouse model to target important mechanisms inside the most challenging breast cancer cells. Earlier studies at Cedars-Sinai found a similar approach effective in attacking cancerous brain tumor targets........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/some-women-worry-too-much-about-breast.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/some-women-worry-too-much-about-breast.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Most women face only a small risk of breast cancer coming back after they complete their therapy. Yet a newly released study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that nearly half of Latinas who speak little English expressed a great deal of worry about recurrence. "Some worry about cancer recurrence is understandable. But for some women, these worries can be so strong that they impact their therapy decisions, symptom reporting and screening behaviors, and overall quality of life," says study author Nancy K. Janz, Ph.D., professor of health behavior and health education at the U-M School of Public Health........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/dcis-patients-who-get-invasive-breast-cancer.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/dcis-patients-who-get-invasive-breast-cancer.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Women with ductal carcinoma in situ�DCIS�who later develop invasive breast cancer in the same breast are at higher risk of dying from breast cancer than those who do not develop invasive disease, as per a research studypublished online March 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/how-many-mammograms.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/how-many-mammograms.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Radiologists who interpret more mammograms and spend some time reading diagnostic mammograms do better at determining which suspicious breast lesions are cancer, as per a new report published online on February 22 and in print in the recent issue of Radiology In direct response to a report from the Institute of Medicine that called for more research on the relationship between interpretive volume and performance in screening mammography, the multi-site team undertook the largest and most comprehensive study of U.S. radiologists. The Institute of Medicine is the health arm of the National Academies, advisors to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/hip-fractures-strike-breast-cancer-survivors.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/hip-fractures-strike-breast-cancer-survivors.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT A hip fracture is not common in a 54-year-old woman, unless she is a 54-year-old breast cancer survivor, as per a new Northwestern Medicine study. Scientists observed that a combination of early menopause due to breast cancer therapy and common drugs used to treat breast cancer, could be weakening the bones of breast cancer survivors once they hit middle age, leading to hip fractures........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/repeat-mri-screening-for-breast-cancer.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/repeat-mri-screening-for-breast-cancer.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT MRI screening for breast cancer delivers consistent rates of cancer detection and fewer false-positive results over time, as per a newly released study published online and in the April print edition of Radiology While MRI can be more effective than mammography at identifying suspicious areas of the breast, it is not always able to distinguish between malignant and non-malignant lesions, which can result in additional testing and false-positive results that may cause anxiety for patients. A screening exam is considered to be false positive when its results recommend further testing or a biopsy of a suspicious finding, but no cancer is found........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/to-better-predict-breast-cancer-outcomes.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/to-better-predict-breast-cancer-outcomes.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Scientists from McGill University's Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC), the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have discovered a gene signature that can accurately predict which patients with breast cancer are at risk of relapse, thereby sparing those who are not from the burdens linked to unnecessary therapy........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/hot-flushes-reduce-breast-cancer-risk.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/hot-flushes-reduce-breast-cancer-risk.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:21:38 GMT Women who have experienced hot flushes and other symptoms of menopause may have a 50 percent lower risk of developing the most common forms of breast cancer than postmenopausal women who have never had such symptoms, as per a recent study by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The results of the first study to examine the relationship between menopausal symptoms and breast cancer risk are available online ahead of the February print issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention....... ]]>