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News13 new results for metastatic breast cancer treatment
 
Roche's Avastin Rejected For Breast Cancer By UK Cost Body
Wall Street Journal
VX) Avastin for the treatment of patients suffering from metastatic breast cancer because there wasn't enough proof it was effective in prolonging survival, marking a second rejection for the costly cancer medicine for use in the country's health ...
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ASCO Revises Guideline on Bone Metastases in Breast Cancer
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has revised its guidelines on care of bone metastases in metastatic breast cancer to reflect expanded treatment options as well as concern about osteonecrosis of the jaw, a rare but serious side effect. ...
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Nab-Paclitaxel Drives Up Response Rate in Metastatic Bladder Cancer
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
Nab-paclitaxel is being investigated in a variety of cancers, and is indicated for the treatment of breast cancer that has failed combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. ...
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'Key' to cancer spread tested in mice
NHS Choices
Given these results, they suggest that "LOXL2 inhibitors should be considered in the development of new therapies of metastatic breast cancer". The researchers presented experimental evidence that the LOXL2 protein may be involved in cancer spread in ...
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New technique allows early identification of metastasis in women with breast ...
News-Medical.net
This knowledge could be of great help in selecting the right treatment", says Carl Borrebaeck. The Create Health group is also in the process of developing a breast cancer index. Blood and tissue samples from patients with breast tumours are analysed ...
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The Journal of Clinical Oncology Publishes Phase 3 XGEVA™ (Denosumab) Results ...
PR Newswire (press release)
In addition to this newly approved indication, XGEVA is also being investigated for its potential to delay bone metastases in prostate and breast cancer. Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics. ...
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Can you help me with information on Lung Cancer Treatment in Cuba?
Havana Times
Question: My husband has stage 4 lung cancer with metastasis. We would like information on the new cancer medication / treatment in Cuba and names and contact information for Cuban hospitals providing this treatment. Answer: Recently, Cuba registered ...
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NBTHS Care to Walk Club makes donation to CINJ
North Brunswick Sentinel
First, a doctor from CINJ, working with researchers at Princeton University, discovered the gene that is responsible for the metastasis in breast cancer and is working on trying to inhibit the production of that gene. Second, doctors are working on a ...
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Breakthrough research shows hope in breast cancer treatment
TheMedGuru
In their analysis of patients with breast cancer, scientists found high levels of LOXL2 enzyme contributed to cancer metastasis and death. In the early stages of cancer, they found, LOXL2 is very important factor, and helps cancer cells sneak out from ...
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Breast cancer drug Abraxane now available in New Zealand
The Pharma Letter
Following approval from the local regulatory authority, women in New Zealand now have access to the breast cancer drug Abraxane (nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer after failure of anthracycline therapy ...
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Cancer Immunotherapies Heating Up
Trading Markets (press release)
Cancer stem cells are thought to play a role in relapse and metastasis, so targeting such cells should improve patient survival and quality of life. The antigens used in ICT-107 are highly expressed in GBM cells, but also other cancers, such as breast, ...
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Study Confirms Therapy Could Halt Breast Cancer Spread
Insciences Organisation
The spread of cancer is known as metastasis. Metastatic breast cancer is a complex multi-step process involving the expansion of cancerous cells from the breast to other areas of the body. Once metastases are detected in a patient with breast cancer, ...
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Blocking Enzyme Could Halt Breast Cancer Spread
Medical News Today
You can read about their findings in the journal Cancer Research, where an early edition of their paper first appeared online on 13 January. Metastasis, is where cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body. In breast cancer this ...
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Blogs10 new results for metastatic breast cancer treatment
 
New technique allows early identification of metastasis in women ...
By Ash
This knowledge could be of great help in selecting the right treatment", says Carl Borrebaeck. The Create Health group is also in the process of developing a breast cancer index. Blood and tissue samples from patients with breast ...
Biomed Middle East - http://biomedme.com/
Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With ...
By John Wihbey
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis, calls into question the standard treatment for women ...
Journalist's Resource - http://content.hks.harvard.edu/journalistsresource/
foodconsumer.org - Bone building drugs help fight against cancer
Bisphosphonates are commonly used for the treatment of osteoporosis and bone metastases caused by breast cancer and were recently reported to be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, possibly acting through the mevalonate ...
foodconsumer.org - http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/
Oncology Follow-Up Trials. In the Pipeline:
During the most recent Avastin controversy (with its conditional approval for metastatic breast cancer being pulled by the FDA), the role of follow-up studies in oncology became a big point of discussion. .... I can't help wondering how many patients in the trial would go to these lengths to stay in the trial once the treatment was over. It took this study 6 years just to recruit enough participants, and I'm sure they have a lot of attrition through the 5 year study ...
In the Pipeline - http://pipeline.corante.com/
Method detects likelihood of cancer spread | allthenewz
By Latest News - UPI.com
LUND, Sweden, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Researchers in Sweden say they developed a technique that can identify which breast-cancer patients are likely to risk metastasis -- the spread of cancer.
allthenewz - http://allthenewz.com/
Running Portfolio
By Jill U Adams
A new study says less is more in breast cancer treatment. I wrote about this counterintuitive finding for the Los Angeles Times. In women with small tumors and signs of lymph node invasion, it turns out that surgically removing ... proof of escape from the initial tumor site, and many routes are open to spreading cancer cells including the blood and the lymph. "You can't cure metastatic disease with a scalpel," says UCLA's John Glaspy. Posted by Jill U Adams at 8:44 AM ...
Running Portfolio - http://jilluadams.blogspot.com/
Expert Opinion: Dr Nicola McCarthy « Cancer Research UK – Science ...
By Oliver Childs
Nicola McCarthy: There's been a resurgence of interest in understanding the process of how cancer cells move around the body and then grow in organs such as the bone, brain or liver – a process known as 'metastasis'. ... We're all individuals and, although patients will often be diagnosed with breast cancer, for example, there are many different types of breast cancer, and both cancers and patients can respond quite differently to cancer treatments. ...
Cancer Research UK - Science Update - http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/
Blocking Enzyme Cut Cancer Spread
By Kara Gilmour
Scientists at the UK's Institute of Cancer Research showed that blocking the enzyme LOXL2 prevented metastasis. They said their findings provided a " fantastic drug target" and were "highly likely" to be used in a clinical setting . ... The authors of the report say 90% of cancer deaths are due to tumours migrating around the body. When they looked at patients with breast cancer, they showed that high levels of the enzyme LOXL2 were linked with cancer spread and poor ...
NewsOXY - http://www.newsoxy.com/
Novel methods for improved breast cancer survival -Breast Cancer news-
A quarter of all women who suffer from breast cancer are at risk of metastasis – a recurrence of the cancer. In recent years, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have developed a technique that can identify in advance which patients ... However, with our technique it is possible to select which patients actually need it, and therefore also which only need a significantly milder treatment. The improved prognosis can reduce side-effects and unnecessary suffering for the ...
Cancer: Overview, Causes, Risk... - http://www.health.am/cr/
Which Oncology Meds Do Sales Reps Push The Most? // Pharmalot
By Ed Silverman
For the second year in a row, the drug with the largest number of details was Lilly's Alimta, which is used to treat advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non- small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Roche and Genentech's Avastin, which is approved to treat bowel, lung, brain and kidney cancers, again came in second, although the FDA wants to rescind the breast cancer indication, suggesting the detailing mix may change (back story). ...
Pharmalot - http://www.pharmalot.com/

Web2 new results for metastatic breast cancer treatment
 
Management of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer
guiding treatment decisions. Giuliano and colleagues9,10 have made an important con- tribution to the surgical management of SLN metastasis in breast cancer ...
jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/6/606.full.pdf
Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis opened the" secret - Health
He hoped that the near future, clinicians can begin clinical trials to use GSI treatment of breast cancer metastasis. auspices of Dr. Kang Yibin this study ...
www.healthmm.org/html/12.html


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