Researchers discover a key to the survival of dormant breast cancer cells
Most breast cancers utilise the female hormone oestrogen to grow, so drug-induced oestrogen deprivation is…
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Oestrogen may facilitate the growth of liver metastases in non-sex-specific cancers
It is known that the tumour microenvironment plays an important role in the progression of…
Investigational drugs block bone loss in mice receiving chemotherapy
Bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis and fractures is a major problem for cancer…
Long-term follow-up shows oestrogen alone and oestrogen plus progestin have opposite effects on breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women
Long-term follow-up results from two large, randomised, placebo-controlled Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials in postmenopausal…
AACR 2019: Oestrogen byproducts linked to survival in breast cancer patients
Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found preliminary evidence that…
Obesity associated with longer survival for men with metastatic melanoma
Obese patients with metastatic melanoma who are treated with targeted or immune therapies live significantly…
ASCO 2017: Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Does Not Increase Chance of Recurrence
Findings from a retrospective study of 1,200 women provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors who…
Breast cancer drugs stop working when tumours ‘make their own fuel’
Scientists have discovered why a type of breast cancer drug stops working in some patients.…
Researchers discover key to drug resistance in common breast cancer treatment
Three-quarters of all breast cancer tumours are driven by the hormone oestrogen. These tumours are…
How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder
Alessandro R Demaio, University of Copenhagen and Anna Beale, Monash University Today, almost two in…