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Obesity Increases Risk of Dying from Breast Cancer
EmpowHer
By Bailey Mosier HERWriter June 8, 2011 - 10:35am A new study funded by the National Cancer Institute and the California Breast Cancer Research Fund tells us that obesity not only raises the risk of developing breast cancer, but is now shown to ...
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Einstein scientists find crucial molecule involved in spread of breast cancer
EurekAlert (press release)
He also holds the Louis Goldstein Swan Chair in Women's Cancer Research and is the deputy director of the Albert Einstein Cancer Center. People rarely die from their primary (original) tumor. Instead, most cancer deaths occur because the cancer has ...
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June 11-12: Pink Ribbon Days at Chapel Hills Nursery
Patch.com
By Blaise Willig | Email the author | 6:00am Sales of the Invincibelle Spirit, a pink Annabelle hydrangea bred by Proven Winners, benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Chapel Hills Farm & Nursery in Perry Hall will be adorned in pink this ...
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Local women part of promising cancer treatment study
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
The drug appears to reduce the risk of breast cancer by 65 percent in postmenopausal women who are at moderately increased risk, according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Porter was one of 79 women who enrolled in the ...
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Carboplatin Adds No Benefit to Standard Therapy for Basal-Like Breast Cancer
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
Mastectomy rates were also similar between the groups, at 28% and 33%, respectively, reported Dr. Emilio Alba from Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria in Malaga, Spain, and colleagues in the Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group (GEICAM). ...
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ENDO: AMH Levels Predict Ovarian Function Post Chemo
MedPage Today
Explain that a study of actively menstruating women about to undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer found that lower levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) were associated with a greater chance of being amenorrheic after two years of follow-up. ...
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MedPage Today
Speed Demons: Lady Bartenders Race to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research
Village Voice (blog)
Proceeds go toward breast-cancer research. In addition to cocktails, there will be craft beer and bites by Cienfuegos and Mayahuel. The panel of judges includes Clover Club's Julie Reiner, Pegu Club's Audrey Saunders, King Cocktail himself, ...
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Village Voice (blog)
Research and Markets: US Oncologist Survey: Optimizing Treatment for ...
Business Wire (press release)
This report provides the treatment choices of 174 high-prescribing oncologists in response to clinical patient scenarios. It provides rich insights into specific treatment decisions, factors influencing their decisions, barriers to care, and confidence ...
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ASCO: Flaxseed No Help for Hot Flashes
MedPage Today
Explain that flaxseed was not associated with a significant reduction in hot flashes for women with menopausal symptoms or breast cancer survivors taking anti-estrogen drugs. CHICAGO -- Flaxseed will not ease hot flashes for women with menopausal ...
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Lung cancer screening crucial
Albany Times Union
We need research to find a blood, urine, breath or DNA test, so that everyone can by screened by an inexpensive method. Lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths. It kills nearly twice as many women as breast cancer each year and is the ...
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Study confirms safety, cancer-targeting ability of nutrient in broccoli
HealthCanal.com
Clinical prevention trials are already under way for its use in these areas, particularly prostate and breast cancer. It appears that sulforaphane, which is found at fairly high levels in broccoli, cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables, ...
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Studies target link between prostate cancer, excess protein
STLtoday.com
Findings also may have implications in the prevention and treatment of colon and breast cancer, researchers say. Dr. Luigi Fontana is the chief investigator on the study, "Does Protein Restriction Inhibit Prostate Cancer Growth? ...
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Preventative drug cuts risk of osteoporosis and breast cancer
Seeking Media (press release)
As outlined above, research now demonstrates that it is possible to reduce the risk of both breast cancer and osteoporosis by taking one Evista tablet daily. Australian women die from osteoporosis and breast cancer. The question must be asked. ...
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Colored bracelets can stand for a variety of causes
Arizona Republic
His charitable group, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, sells yellow bracelets bearing his LiveStrong motto for $1, and the money goes to cancer research and advocacy. As best as I can determine, pink bracelets are for breast-cancer research. ...
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New technique doubles breast size
ModernMedicine
In view of questions as to whether such fat transfer procedures interfere with mammographic screening for breast cancer, the authors noted that further research is needed to assess safety issues.
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Timing of Postsurgical Chemotherapy Key in Colorectal Cancer
Medscape
The study was supported in part by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research One author reported that he provided expert testimony on the relationship between delays in postlumpectomy radiotherapy for breast cancer and the probability of ...
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Local fundraiser ride draws women from 38 states
The Herald Journal
Some rode for fun, some rode to accomplish a personal goal and, with the proceeds of the event going to the Eccles Institute for cancer research, some rode to support those whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. Sherry Craig, a 57-year-old ...
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State Farm Classic notes: The going could be rougher this week
The State Journal-Register
Kerr has seen her mother, aunt and godmother battle breast cancer. It prompted her to found Birdies for Breast Cancer, a charity has raised several million dollars for breast cancer research and treatment. The Cristie Kerr Women's Health Center at the ...
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Relay for Life event all about hope
Aurora News Register
Addie Dyer, who was diagnosed with breast cancer 37 years ago, said she's taken part in the survivor lap over the years, but never truly got involved with the Relay for Life until this year. Her involvement has made her realize just how much the event ...
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Response to articles by Dr Jo Pollard:
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Similarly, she cites "anecdotal reports" about links to breast cancer before admitting that there has been no research whatsoever on this - hardly the kind of statement one would expect from a competent scientist. ...
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Fashion police: Kerr Effect
Sydney Morning Herald
This year's campaign is under the stewardship of Carole Renouf, who took up the position of chief executive of the National Breast Cancer Foundation in December. Renouf was previously chief executive of the Garvan Research Foundation, a post she held ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Green tea gaining popularity, but is it really good for you?
KOMO News
"But whether it will prevent prostate cancer or breast cancer we just don't know yet," he said. Schardt says if you want to get the full range of potentially beneficial compounds in green tea, you need to drink three or more servings a day of the real ...
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Oslo biotech firms on a roll
Views and News from Norway
And then came news that Alpharadin also was showing good results in treating breast cancer that also had spread to female patients' bones, and that side effects were minimal. Now PCI Biotech is hoping that Algeta's success bodes well for it, too. ...
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Community digest 6/8/11
Citizens Voice
A New York City bus trip breast cancer research fundraiser will be held July 20. Participants can plan their own schedule or attend the following shows at the Discovery Museum on Times Square: Pompeii The Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of ...
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Ribble Valley girl, three, to run in Race for Life tonight
Lancashire Telegraph
The family is supporting the Cancer Research event in memory of the girls' grandfather Geoff Newton, who died from the disease eight years ago. But their efforts will also be in celebration of their grandma, Patricia Sutton, 63, who defeated breast ...
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Buy of the Day
Marie Claire.co.uk
All proceeds go to the Too Many Women charity, which aims to raise £1million by the end of July for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, and they're all just a click of a mouse away.
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Celsion Announces Drug Safety Monitoring Board Recommends Advancing DIGNITY ...
PipelineReview.com (press release)
The DIGNITY Study is a multicenter, single-arm, open-label, potentially registrational trial enrolling up to 109 patients with RCW breast cancer. The study is designed to evaluate the potential for ThermoDox® in combination with hyperthermia to provide ...
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Meet Lester Smith, Houston's wildcatter of philanthropy
Houston Chronicle
The pink well, whose proceeds fund grants to small organizations fighting breast cancer, is part of Smith's campaign against the disease, a campaign born of his own history. A two-time survivor, he beat bladder cancer and prostate cancer, all the while ...
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Houston Chronicle

Blogs6 new results for breast cancer research
 
Scientists find crucial molecule involved in spread of breast cancer
The findings, published today in the online edition of Nature, identify a critical molecule that helps cancer spread beyond the primary tumor. The research highlights a potential new strategy against metastatic disease.
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IKEA staffers race for research
WEST CHESTER TWP. — Fifteen IKEA employees along with some of their family members are planning to participate in a bike race to benefit breast cancer research.
journal-news.com - Local-news
Rep. Bernier Tries to Get Cute (and Fails). | AMPS
By Thomas J. Mertz
Bernier, the LRB lists "the endangered resources program. .. a veterans trust fund, prostate cancer research, multiple sclerosis programs, a fire fighters memorial, Second Harvest food banks, and a breast cancer research program, ...
AMPS
IPR and medicines, Part 9
By Nonoy Oplas
Another corporation or group of researchers invent a new drug, from different raw materials, forming a different molecule, to treat or control breast cancer. Several hundred companies or research institutes compete with each other in ...
Government and Taxes
Dr. Susan Love Blog » Exemestane for Prevention: Parsing the News
By naz
Studies have shown that these drugs also reduce breast cancer risk, but with no change in the mortality of the disease. This will most likely be true for exemestane as well. Also, as the study's author's note, many high-risk women have ...
Dr. Susan Love Blog
Five Celebrity Women That Coped With Breast Cancer
By TrendMaker
After her treatments were done she then went and petitioned congress to fund a research project that searched for possible links between breast cancer and environmental factors. Edie Falco: when Falco was diagnosed with breast cancer ...
Internet Trends

Web4 new results for breast cancer research
 
Research Page: Determinants of Breast Cancer Treatment in the ...
An advisory committee of breast cancer advocates will provide input into questionnaire development and into translation of the study findings into ...
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Vera Classic Raises Over $900000 For Breast Cancer Research ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- A special effort to raise money for breast cancer research through the Very Bradley Foundation wrapped up Monday ...
www.indianasnewscenter.com/.../Vera-Classic-Raises-Over-90...
Hop On and Support Breast Cancer Research - No Boobs About It
Big Pink Sightseeing Buses raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research in Canada.
noboobsaboutit.com/2011/06/07/hop-on-for-breast-cancer/
NU professors seek volunteers to further breast cancer research
The research, funded by a grant from the Avon Foundation for Women, will analyze urine samples from women who have experienced invasive breast cancer as ...
www.wnypapers.com/.../nu-professors-seek-volunteers-to-furt...


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