Breast Cancer Articles

Over the past few years, scientists believed that breast stem cells were the reason for women being diagnosed with BRCA1 tumors, an aggressive form of breast cancer with basal-like tumors.
They’ve recently discovered at the Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium Laboratory that luminal progenitor cells…the so-called “daughters” of breast stem cells…are the more likely cause of [...]

The Web site, www.IllinoisCancerHelp.org, offers cancer patients treatment resources, information, and services. The American Cancer Society’s forecast for 2009 is that about 170 people on any given day in Illinois, will be diagnosed with cancer. They’re expecting the new site will help assist 27,000 people. That’s almost a 20% increase over last year.
People shouldn’t have [...]

Christopher Li, MD, PhD, a breast cancer epidemiologist, recently led a study in regards to previous research which showed that both premenopausal and postmenopausal women with a history of migraines also have a lower risk of developing breast cancer.  The study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention (2009;18[7]:2030-2034).
The study included over 4500 women [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in May, 2009 which indicates that older women who receive a combination of chemotherapy drugs have improved survival rates. This study specifically targeted older women with early-stage breast cancer and shows that chemotherapy can make a difference.
The study included 600 women with stage I, II, IIIA, [...]

Minority women don’t seem to be getting the word about breast cancer as loudly as they could be. Part of our goal is to reach those women who just don’t know or don’t believe they are as prone to getting this disease. The more women we educate, the fewer there will be who are [...]

As if women in general, and postmenopausal women even more, didn’t know that there are many reasons to exercise and eat well. Now, they’ve been given one more.
HealthDay News has reported that a study has shown that women with high blood pressure, diabetes, insulin issues, or other types of [...]

Can placenta implants help cure breast cancer. According to recent cases, the answer appears to be yes.
One patient, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, a stomach tumor and arthritis, began feeling better after her first treatment. She received a second set of implants after six months. She had a mammogram done about three or [...]

The first question is, what does my job have to do with my decision to have a mastectomy? The answer may be…quite a lot.
Breast cancer treatments in my grandma’s generation consisted of remove the breast and do radiation therapy. If it comes back, do chemotherapy. Well, as most women (and quite a few men nowadays) [...]

Even though it began almost a year ago, the news has finally picked up the story about Saia Inc., an 18-wheel freight hauling company, getting involved in getting the message out about breast cancer.
Saia partnered with Susan G. Komen for The Cure and decorated one of their 53 foot long trailers in bright pink in [...]

Can a pill prevent breast cancer?  Maybe. There’s a fairly new buzzword going around…Resveratrol.  Haven’t heard of it yet? Well, neither had I. And while it’s still being tested for use in humans in order to gain FDA approval, the preliminary studies are showing all sorts of promising results, only one of which includes blocking [...]