Breast Cancer News and Research

Latest Breast Cancer News and Research

Researchers use x-ray crystallography to reveal how curcumin inhibits cancer

Through x-ray crystallography and kinase-inhibitor specificity profiling, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Peking University and Zhejiang University, reveal that curcumin, a natural occurring chemical compound found in the spice turmeric, binds to the kinase enzyme dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 2 at the atomic level.

10 Jul 2018

Study uncovers how a sticky protein promotes activity of estrogen in breast cancer cells

New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in breast cancer cells.

9 Jul 2018

Scientists synthesize new compound with anticarcinogenic properties

The patent has been registered from the University of Seville and licensed by the British company Evgen Pharma, which is currently developing programmes aimed at breast cancer, subarachnoid haemorrhage and multiple sclerosis, among others

5 Jul 2018

Researchers reveal more accurate, faster robot for breast biopsy

Last year, the University of Twente revealed the world's most accurate 3D-printed biopsy robot. This time, during the Surgical Robot Challenge at the international Hamlyn Symposium in London, the researchers revealed the latest version.

4 Jul 2018

Study explores impact of surgeons on genetic testing in breast cancer patients

For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important information that might guide treatment choices. But studies have shown that only about half of women who could benefit receive genetic testing.

4 Jul 2018

Specific type of satellite RNA induces breast cancer, shows study

Only some of us have satellite TV in our homes, but all of us have satellite DNA in cells in our bodies. Working copies of satellite DNA are high in certain types of cancer, such as breast and ovarian.

4 Jul 2018

Mount Sinai study identifies potential new treatment target for aggressive bladder cancer

A potential new target for treatment has been identified in an aggressive form of bladder cancer, Mount Sinai researchers report.

4 Jul 2018

Small talk seems to have no negative effect on happiness

People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirms.

3 Jul 2018

Research opens clever new way to attack cancer stem cells

Researchers are the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer are unraveling a crucial thread that explains why cancer so often becomes resistant to treatment.

3 Jul 2018

PMDA approves use of LYNPARZA in patients with BRCA-mutated breast cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency has approved LYNPARZA tablets for use in patients with unresectable or recurrent BRCA-mutated, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 -negative breast cancer who have received prior chemotherapy.

2 Jul 2018

Study finds that several existing anti-cancer drugs may work in part by binding to RNA

Bolstering the notion that RNA should be considered an important drug-discovery target, scientists at Scripps Research have found that several existing, FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs may work, in part, by binding tightly to RNA, the regulators of the basic activities of life within cells.

30 Jun 2018

KU Cancer Center launches clinical trial to eliminate radiation therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer

Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have launched a clinical trial that eliminates radiation from the treatment protocol for an invasive type of breast cancer that accounts for one-fifth of all breast cancer patients.

30 Jun 2018

New computational method improves ability to track spread of cancer cells

Princeton researchers have developed a new computational method that increases the ability to track the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another.

30 Jun 2018

Atlantic Health System starts enrolling patients in four pancreatic cancer clinical trials

Atlantic Health System is now enrolling patients in four pancreatic cancer clinical trials. Angela Alistar, MD, a nationally known expert on pancreatic cancer, is serving as national Principal Investigator on the first trial and as local PI on three other trials.

30 Jun 2018

Enzyme TLK2 could serve as potential therapies for breast cancer, brain condition

In recent years, researchers have focussed on the enzyme TLK2 suspecting it of playing a main role in several diseases.

30 Jun 2018

Researchers focus on delivery of insulin in pill form

One mother vividly remembers her three-and-a-half-year-old son's pleas when he received insulin injections several times each day. "He would beg and plead, 'Don't do it Momma!'" she recalls.

29 Jun 2018

Modified natural killer cells may be new player in CAR-T immunotherapies

Emerging CAR-T immunotherapies leverage modified versions of patient's T-cells to target and kill cancer cells.

29 Jun 2018

More knowledge needed to better understand women's health, says medical doctor

Women's bodies are different from men's. We need more knowledge to better understand women's health, says medical doctor and Professor Johanne Sundby. She finds support in a new report on the same topic.

29 Jun 2018

A small molecule can inhibit chemotherapy resistance of certain tumors

A team of researchers from the CNRS and Université Nice Sophia Antipolis has just shown that a small molecule called methiothepin can inhibit the chemotherapy resistance of certain tumors.

28 Jun 2018

Breast cancer studies not taking sufficient account of race, socioeconomic factors

Studies of breast cancer risk and treatment outcomes are not taking sufficient account of race/ethnicity, economic status, education level, health insurance status and other social factors, according to scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

28 Jun 2018