New research suggests that a healthy microbiome before chemotherapy could help protect breast cancer patients against heart damage, or cardiotoxicity, as a result of cancer therapy.
Jun 20, 2025
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Altum Sequencing, a start-up supported by the C3N-IA Science Park at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and specialized in oncology, has developed a tool to monitor treatment response in patients with solid tumors from ...
Jun 19, 2025
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Proteoglycans are large molecules that are important for tissues all over the body. For example, they play key roles in the development of cartilage and blood vessels, and they can also protect against inflammation and infection. ...
Jun 18, 2025
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Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light.
Jun 18, 2025
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The number of older women living with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. is growing, which is due to new diagnoses in patients over 65 and because many women diagnosed at a younger age are living longer.
Jun 17, 2025
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At some point in their lifetimes, approximately one out of every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. That estimate from the American Cancer Society becomes even more troubling when considering ...
Jun 16, 2025
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Women with breast cancer who were also carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation and received textured breast implants as part of their reconstructive surgery after mastectomy were 16 times more likely to develop breast-implant-associated ...
Jun 13, 2025
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A surgeon can excise breast cancer from the body, but even the most skilled scalpel may not be able to remove every cell—especially when the cells have spread from the original disease site elsewhere in the body.
Jun 13, 2025
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A study conducted at the Botucatu School of Medicine at São Paulo State University (FMB-UNESP) in Brazil has shown that low-dose vitamin D supplementation can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment in women ...
Jun 12, 2025
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A University of Alberta research team has identified a key protein involved in the normal growth of mammary glands during puberty that misfires in some breast cancers, and is now searching for drugs to reverse the problem.
Jun 11, 2025
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