How breast tissue stiffening linked to breast cancer
A study provides new insight into how the stiffening of breast tissue plays a role in breast cancer development.
By examining how mammary cells respond...
Scientists discover how sleep patterns linked to breast cancer risk
In a recent study, researchers found women who are “larks”, functioning better at the beginning of the day than the end of the day,...
How diet could influence spread of breast cancer
In a recent study, researchers found a single protein building block commonly found in food may hold a key to preventing the spread of...
Breast cancer drug may help treat pancreatic cancer
In a new study, researchers found that the well-known drug tamoxifen could exploit a weakness in the physical 'scaffolds' around tumors.
The report's authors were...
Heart drug and trastuzumab could reduce heart damage in breast cancer patients
In a new study, researchers found that breast cancer patients who take a heart drug at the same time as trastuzumab have less heart...
A better way to detect tumor margins for breast cancer surgery
In a new study, scientists developed a new rapid and inexpensive way to accurately detect the margins between cancer and non-cancerous tissue during breast...
Breast cancer drugs could help treat lung cancer
In a new study, researchers found that a class of drugs used to treat certain breast cancers could help to tackle lung cancers that...
Breast cancer drug could impair brain functions
In a new study, researchers found that breast cancer drug letrozole has side effects that impact brain functions.
Letrozole is used to prevent breast cancer...
Women after child birth have higher breast cancer risk
In a new study, researchers found that younger women who have recently had a child may have a higher risk of breast cancer than...
Surgery choice could affect quality of life in people with breast cancer
In a new study, researchers found that younger breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy reported lower breast satisfaction and poorer psychosocial and sexual well-being...