Oncology & Cancer
New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new nano drug candidate that kills triple negative breast cancer cells.
Jul 20, 2020
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Breast Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer deadlier in heart attack survivors
Breast Cancer patients are 60 percent more likely to die of cancer after surviving a heart attack, a new study finds.
Jul 13, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer cells turn killer immune cells into allies
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that breast cancer cells can alter the function of immune cells known as Natural killer (NK) cells so that instead of killing the cancer cells, they ...
Jul 09, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New model of breast cancer's causes developed
A new model of the causes of breast cancer, created by a team led by researchers at UC San Francisco, Genentech and Stanford University, is designed to capture the complex interrelationships between dozens of primary and ...
Jul 08, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Early screening may reduce breast cancer deaths by more than half in childhood cancer survivors
Early initiation (at ages 25 to 30) of annual breast cancer screening with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with or without mammography, might reduce breast cancer mortality by half or more in female survivors of ...
Jul 07, 2020
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Cardiology
Coronary calcium scoring: Personalized preventive care for those most at risk
Your doctor tells you that you need a statin to lower your cholesterol and reduce your heart attack risk. You don't like taking medicine and your friend tells you that he had achy muscles after he started a statin. You wonder ...
Jul 06, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer treatment in young women need not mean the end of their fertility
The first long-term record of how cancer patients made use of their stored eggs and embryos after cancer treatment is presented today at the 36th Annual Meeting of ESHRE. The results demonstrate from the 20-year data how ...
Jul 06, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Popular chemotherapy drug may be less effective in overweight and obese women
Breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese might benefit less from treatment with docetaxel, a common chemotherapy drug, than lean patients. An international team of researchers based this conclusion on a retrospective ...
Jul 03, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Medicaid expansion linked to drop in uninsured with breast cancer
(HealthDay)—Expansion of Medicaid was associated with a reduction in the number of uninsured patients with breast cancer, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Surgery.
Jul 02, 2020
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Health
COVID-19 pandemic brings new concerns about excessive drinking
Unwinding with a glass of wine or a "quarantini" might seem like a good way to cope with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for some people, too much alcohol is making the ongoing health crisis worse.
Jul 01, 2020
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