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TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to diagnosing breast cancer, women and their doctors have some options, but new research suggests that the less invasive "core needle biopsy" procedure is nearly as effective in diagnosing breast cancer as an open surgical procedure is, with fewer complications than the surgical version.
Title: Breast Cancer Drug Fights Lung Cancer, Too Category: Health News Created: 12/14/2009 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/14/2009 11:00:05 AM
Title: Drug Combo Extends Life With Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 12/14/2009 10:50:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/14/2009 10:50:55 AM
In a clinical study, women with an aggressive form of breast cancer experienced a median survival of 14 months when treated with an investigational combination of TYKERB(lapatinib) plus HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab).
WORCESTER, Mass. -- On December 14, 2009, Generex Biotechnology Corporation issued a press release announcing the presentation of interim results from a Phase II efficacy study of a novel immunotherapeutic vaccine being developed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc. , at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium .
Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that an overall survival benefit would be the most influential factor for three-quarters of surveyed European oncologists in their decision to prescribe a novel agent ahead of Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer.
Breast cancer survivors and their doctors hit the catwalk for Stamford Hospital’s annual Paint the Town Pink fashion show at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Stamford Town Center on October 14. Participants included 15 breast cancer survivors and 10 physicians, including medical and radiation oncologists and surgeons.
( Journal of the National Cancer Institute ) DC-SCRIPT, or dendritic cell-specific transcript, is a key regulator of nuclear receptor activity that may have prognostic value in breast cancer, according to a new study published online Dec. 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Largest study of its kind reveals blacks less likely than whites to receive standard of careBlack women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas M.
With such high rates of breast cancer in Alaska, doctors encourage women to get a routine exam. Providence is making it easier by bringing the lab to patients.
Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
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