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ICR responds to NICE approval of palbociclib for treating advanced breast cancer after hormone therapy
The Institute of Cancer Research, London, welcomes the approval by NICE of the innovative targeted…
Research affirms imaging technique’s ability to characterise healthy and non-healthy tissue
In an article published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), research observed across 92 ex vivo…
First China-manufactured trastuzumab biosimilar HLX02 global phase III trial met primary endpoint in breast cancer
The trastuzumab biosimilar HLX02 achieved similar overall response rate to reference trastuzumab in women with…
Therapeutic inhibition of Mcl-1 blocks cell survival in oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancers
While oestrogen receptor – breast cancers express high levels of three anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members,…
Splicing factor to blame in triple negative breast cancer
If your DNA is a cookbook, a single gene is a recipe. But it’s a…
Biennial mammography screening yields more advanced-stage cancers
Cancers found in patients undergoing annual mammography screening are smaller and less advanced than those…
New antitumoural drug release strategy created for breast cancer treatment
The local release of antitumoural drugs through bacterial proteins in the treatment of breast cancer…
Cancer patients are at higher risk of dying from heart disease and stroke
More than one in ten cancer patients do not die from their cancer but from…
Breast cancer recurrence score has different implications for men
The TAILORx study published last year offered good news for women with early-stage ER-positive breast…
ABC5: Patients with advanced breast cancer are being denied access to life-prolonging drugs
Survival for patients with the most common forms of advanced breast cancer could be substantially…