Browsing: Breast Cancer
How does breast density impact on cancer screening?
By John Hopper, University of Melbourne. We’ve known for some time that women with dense…
SABCS 2014: Lowering dietary fat intake reduces death rates in some breast cancer patients
Among early-stage breast cancer patients who reduced their dietary fat intake for five years following…
Older breast cancer patients still get radiation despite limited benefit
US women over the age of 70 who have certain early-stage breast cancers overwhelmingly receive…
New research shows exercise reduces risk of death in breast cancer patients
Women with breast cancer who engage in physical activity, even if at moderate level, have…
Pre-pregnancy smoking breast cancer risk
New research shows risk of breast cancer is greater when women smoke before having their…
Risk-reducing surgery psychologically benefits women
The psychological benefits from risk-reducing surgery for women with a strong familial risk of breast…
Breast cancer vaccine shows promise
A breast cancer vaccine developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is…
Scalp cooling for prevention of chemotherapy induced alopecia: The Australian experience
By Fran Boyle, University of Sydney. Chemotherapy induced alopecia (CIA) remains a major unmet need…
Clinical trial to target ovarian and breast cancers
The Australian first Women’s Health, Creating Change trial will focus on women’s reproductive cancers, such as ovarian,…
Possibilities for personalised vaccines revealed at ESMO Symposium
The possibilities for personalised vaccines in all types of cancer are revealed today in a…