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New ‘mutation-tracking’ blood test could predict breast cancer relapse months in advance
Scientists have developed a blood test for breast cancer able to identify which patients will…
Study examines breast cancer mortality after ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis
Researchers estimate the 20-year breast cancer-specific death rate for women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in…
Fertility concerns impact breast cancer treatment decisions
Concerns about fertility kept a third of young women with breast cancer from taking tamoxifen,…
Our obsession with hereditary cancers didn’t start when we discovered the breast cancer gene
Devon Stillwell, Johns Hopkins University. Angelina Jolie received much public attention for her decisions to…
New ANZBCTG Chair
Professor Stephen Ackland has been elected Chair of the Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer…
Tissue bank pays dividends for brain cancer research
Checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Breast Bank, that is – has paid…
Study discovers breast cancer metastasis gene
Monash researchers have discovered an entirely new gene, responsible for triggering breast cancer, increasing tumour…
Blood vessel ‘doorway’ lets breast cancer cells spread through blood stream
Using real-time, high-resolution imaging, scientists have identified how a “doorway” in the blood vessel wall…
37th ANZBCTG Annual Scientific Meeting Review by Anna Fitzgerald
Perth in Western Australia was the setting for the Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer…
Survival three times higher when cancer is diagnosed early
Survival for some of the most common types of cancer is more than three times…