Studying families with multiple members who had breast cancer first led to the discovery of mutations in BRCA genes. Doctors have since learned that these mutations increase the risk of developing multiple tumor types, including ...
Aug 18, 2025
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A team of scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has discovered that inactivation of a stress pathway makes ER+ breast cancer cells ignore stress signals, allowing them to evade treatment.
Aug 18, 2025
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Small, preclinical studies on breast tissue suggest the pill mifepristone shows promise for reducing the risk of breast cancer, however the use of mifepristone for medical abortion has created barriers for developing it for ...
Aug 15, 2025
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Immunotherapy employs patients' own immune systems to fight cancer, and it has shown itself to be an effective treatment in many cases. However, some cancers, like triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), show resistance to ...
AI is detecting tumors more often and earlier in the Dutch breast cancer screening program. Those tumors can then be treated at an earlier stage. This has been demonstrated by researchers led by Radboud university medical ...
Aug 14, 2025
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Up slightly from 16% last year, only 19% of women say a health care provider has discussed with them nutrition's role in breast cancer risk in a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey. However, ...
Aug 12, 2025
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We're all born with mammary glands—better known as breasts. These are made of glandular tissue, fat and the ligaments that attach them to our chest wall.
Aug 12, 2025
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Women ages 65 and older—including women in their 90s—can safely leave the hospital on the same day as having a mastectomy for breast cancer and are unlikely to suffer post-surgical complications, according to a new pilot ...
Aug 7, 2025
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In a small new study, a handheld saliva-sampling device successfully detected breast cancer 100% of the time, researchers said.
Aug 4, 2025
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Mayo Clinic has treated the first person in the U.S. using a novel radioactive medicine for advanced breast cancer as part of an international multisite clinical trial.
Aug 1, 2025
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