breast cancer

A simple test for gene faults which increase the risk of breast cancer is getting nearer, UK scientists suggest.

A faulty gene closely associated with breast cancer is also responsible for a particularly dangerous form of prostate cancer, research shows.

(American Cancer Society) The August issue of CANCER features the articles "Low socioeconomic status increases risk of death after cancer diagnosis" and "Outreach initiatives lead to shift in stage of breast cancer diagnosis in African American women."

(University of Nottingham) The invasion and spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, known as metastasis, is a principal cause of death in patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

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

The finding, described today at a meeting of the Endocrine Society, has opened an avenue of research into new drugs to combat estrogen-dependent breast cancers.

(The Endocrine Society) Researchers have found a new family of therapeutic agents that interferes with the ability of estrogen to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells.

The results of the new study will be presented by Nicole Patterson at the Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed and treated an early stage can look forward to a normal life expectancy.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A significant number of women worrying about cancer may be experiencing sleep disturbances, even without a breast cancer diagnosis.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A research abstract that will be presented on Monday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, finds that poor sleep is a problem in long-term breast cancer survivors.

More than 40,000 people turned downtown Washington into a sea of pink yesterday, joining an annual breast-cancer race that drew television actresses, diplomats, U.S. lawmakers and ordinary women grateful simply to be alive.