Documents tagged 'Breast'
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Arleen Goldenberg Arleen_Goldenberg@nyc.cohnwolfe.com 212-798-9749 Cohn & Wolfe Overall survival and time to disease progression improved with Taxotere Copenhagen, Denmark (USA) - Today at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO) annual meeting, results from a randomized, Phase III...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Alex Smith Alex_smith@margeotes.com 212-460-0563 Weizmann Institute Weizmann scientist’s invention moves forward Rehovot, Israel - Thanks to a diagnostic imaging technique that should soon be finding its way to medical establishments, many patients could be spared the pain and risk...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Todd Ringler todd.ringler@edelman.com 212-704-4572 Edelman Public Relations Only oral aromatase inhibitor demonstrates clinical benefit BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - A study published in the September 2003 issue of Annals of Oncology (vol. 14, issue 9) indicated that exemestane demonstrates a...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Lindsey Spindle las46@georgetown.edu 202-687-7707 Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, D.C - Researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have decoded the step-by-step process by which a class of popular anti-diabetes drugs inhibits...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Warren Froelich froelich@aacr.org 215-440-9300 American Association for Cancer Research USC study shows genetic variant can predict breast density changes in postmenopausal women using hormone therapy A genetic clue may eventually help physicians identify certain women who would face...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: NHLBI Communications Office 301-496-4236 NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NHLBI study finds moderate physical activity promotes weight loss as well as intense exercise WHI observational study suggests increased physical activity reduces breast cancer risk Women trying to...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Kara Gavin kegavin@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Test for EZH2 protein reveals how aggressive - and deadly - breast tumors will be U-M, Harvard team shows EZH2 helps cancer cells form colonies and invade tissue ANN ARBOR, MI (USA) - - Like a killer...
Published: 15/11/2008
An investigation into the safety of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been launched by European watchdogs. The probe, by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, was sparked by a major study which pointed to increased cancer risks. In theory, the agency has the powers...
Published: 15/11/2008
British scientists have taken a step forward in their effort to find out why breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body. They have found that certain types of cancerous cells are attracted to other areas by a naturally occurring protein. They have shown that blocking this protein,...
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: John Easton (773) 702-6241 jeaston@uchospitals.edu Breast cancer survivors appear to be one-third less likely to have a heart attack than other women report researchers from the University of Chicago in the July 2003, issue of Cancer. This reduction was most apparent in women with...
