Future hope for patients with breast cancers resistant to tamoxi...

Team discovers new inhibitors of estrogen-dependent breast...
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers have discovered a new family of agents that inhibit the growth of estrogen-dependent breast...

Growth factor predicts poor outcome in breast cancer
(Baylor College of Medicine) The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less...

Ultrasound Helps Breast Cancer Detection
Adding ultrasound to mammography identifies significantly more breast cancers than mammography alone in high-risk women with dense breasts, a study...

Younger Age, Faster Breast Cancer Growth
Breast cancers tend to grow faster in younger women, according to a Norwegian study of women aged 50-69.

Previously unseen switch regulates breast cancer response to...
(Emory University) A tiny modification called methylation on estrogen receptors prolongs the life of these growth-driving molecules in breast cancer...