Posts Tagged ‘breast cancer’
Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
Scientists found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. …
Read Full ArticleScientists identify protein that promotes brain metastasis
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread–or metastasis–to the brain, has been identified. …
Read Full ArticleSimple blood test for early detection of breast cancer
Breast cancer could be detected up to five years before there are any clinical signs of it, using a blood test that identifies the body’s immune response to substances produced by tumor cells, …
Read Full ArticleAttacking metastatic breast cancer with sound
Preclinical study shows drugs can be safely delivered to cancerous lymph nodes via the lymphatic system and then released inside the nodes using sound waves. …
Read Full ArticleMen with breast cancer face high mortality rates
Men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all stages of the disease, …
Read Full ArticleStudy shows how circulating tumor cells target distant organs
Study reveals that brain-invading breast cancer cells circulating in the blood have a molecular signature indicating specific organ preferences. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers discover critical process for how breast cancer spreads in bones
Once breast cancer spreads to bone, treatment becomes nearly impossible. Researchers have now identified a pair of proteins believed to be critical for spreading, or metastasizing, breast cancer to bone. …
Read Full ArticleNew evolution-busting drug overcomes resistance in aggressive breast cancers
A new type of drug that blocks one of cancer’s key evolutionary escape routes from chemotherapy could be used to treat aggressive breast cancers, …
Read Full ArticleHow breast cancer uses exosomes to metastasize to the brain
Study details how exosomes, released by the breast tumor, tricks cells in the blood-brain barrier into taking them up. …
Read Full ArticleBreast cancer cells ‘stick together’ to spread through the body during metastasis
Researchers discovered that a cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin, allows breast cancer cells to survive as they travel through the body and form new tumors, …
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