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Researchers find source of breast tumour heterogeneity and pathway that limits emergence
A key hurdle in treating breast cancers is intratumoural heterogeneity, or the presence of multiple…
What do breast cancer cells feel inside the tumour?
Using a new technique, a team of McGill University, USA, researchers has found tiny and…
New technology tracks role of macrophages in cancer spread
Macrophages, cells that help engulf and destroy harmful organisms in the body, tend to be…
Genetic predisposition to increased weight is protective for breast and prostate cancer
Although a recent campaign by Cancer Research UK emphasized obesity as a risk factor for…
Indian and Pakistani women diagnosed with more aggressive breast cancer at younger age
Indian and Pakistani women are diagnosed with breast cancer, including more aggressive forms of the…
Axillary surgery may not be necessary for all women with invasive breast cancer
More women could potentially be spared an axillary lymph node dissection — the surgical removal…
Induction of phenotypic changes in HER2-postive breast cancer cells
The cover for issue 30 of Oncotarget features Figure 4, “RNAseq results demonstrating differences between normal, cancer,…
Radiotherapy tattoos can be a painful reminder of cancer – but 3D imaging could be the solution
Heidi Probst, Sheffield Hallam University Every day in the UK over 150 women will be…
No stain? No sweat: Terahertz waves can image early-stage breast cancer without staining
A team of researchers at Osaka University, Japan, in collaboration with the University of Bordeaux…
Th1 cytokines potentiate apoptosis of breast cancer cells and suppress tumour growth
Volume 11, Issue 30 of Oncotarget reported that previously, the authors showed that anti-estrogen drugs combined with…