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Looking beyond cancer cells to understand what makes breast cancer spread
To understand what makes breast cancer spread, researchers are looking at where it lives -…
Radiotherapy for invasive breast cancer increases risk of lung cancer
East Asian female breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy found to have a higher risk of…
More patients with early-stage breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy in the future
For women with intermediate risk recurrence score from 21-gene expression assay, less may be more…
Researchers study patients’ genetic and susceptibility risk factors for lymphoedema
Each year, about 1.38 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. Advances in diagnosis…
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue more likely to develop contralateral disease
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue have almost a two-fold increased risk of developing…
Researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have quantified the numbers of various types of immune cells associated…
Immunotherapy: Training the body to fight cancer
Balveen Kaur, The Ohio State University and Pravin Kaumaya, The Ohio State University The human…
Understanding genetic differences between breast cancer tumours is key to better treatment
Jonathan Rennhack, Michigan State University and Jing-Ru Jhan, Michigan State University Breast cancer is not…
Big data brings breast cancer research forwards by ‘decades’
Scientists have created a ‘map’ linking the shape of breast cancer cells to genes turned…
Finding the causes of cancer is the first step to prevention
Richard G. “Bugs” Stevens, University of Connecticut Big Tobacco is the poster child for how…