Breast Cancer News and Research

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AI-enhanced doctors: How new technology is transforming patient care, cutting errors, and freeing up NHS

The NHS and UK doctors are set to benefit from ground-breaking artificial intelligence technology designed to transform the way doctors interact with patients, reducing medical errors, cutting administrative burdens, and making thousands of additional appointments available.

7 Mar 2025

Research poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy tumor cells

Research by UMass Chan Medical School scientists Sharon Cantor, PhD, and Jenna M. Whalen, PhD, poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumor cells.

7 Mar 2025

New clinical trial aims to optimize pain management and reduce opioid use after mastectomy

A multidisciplinary team of University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers is leading a new clinical trial aimed to optimize pain management and reduce the need for opioids after mastectomy procedures.

6 Mar 2025

Diabetes changes the biology of breast cancer, study shows

More than 120 million Americans suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and TNBC patients with obesity-driven diabetes often have worse outcomes.

6 Mar 2025

Breast cancer mortality rates plateau in women under 40 and over 74

A new paper in the Journal of Breast Imaging, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that breast cancer mortality rates have stopped declining in women older than age 74, and reconfirms that breast cancer mortality rates have stopped falling in women younger than age 40.

6 Mar 2025

Scientists uncover structure of key enzyme to block cancer cell energy supply

Cancer cells have an insatiable appetite for energy as they multiply more rapidly than normal cells. Greedy cancer cells hijack various cellular functions to find and exploit energy and other resources, including a group of enzymes that help normal cells maintain a balance of energy.

6 Mar 2025

UC San Diego researchers discover new way to predict breast cancer spread

By assessing how "sticky" tumor cells are, researchers at the University of California San Diego have found a potential way to predict whether a patient's early-stage breast cancer is likely to spread.

5 Mar 2025

TUM scientists develop new protein purification method using UV light

Proteins play a key role in the life sciences - from basic research and biotechnological applications to the development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.

5 Mar 2025

Diabetes drug could reduce heart failure in cancer survivors

A common type of diabetes medication could help cancer patients make a better long-term recovery, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

5 Mar 2025

Anti-malarial drug pyronaridine could be repurposed to treat cancer

Can a drug that's used to treat malaria be repurposed to fight cancer? Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have secured a patent for the anti-malarial drug pyronaridine to do just that. Pyronaridine has been used to treat the mosquito-borne infectious disease for over 30 years.

3 Mar 2025

DeepHealth brings AI-powered radiology informatics to ECR 2025 in Vienna

DeepHealth, Inc., a global leader in AI-powered health informatics and a wholly-owned subsidiary of RadNet, Inc., will introduce next-generation AI-powered radiology informatics and population screening solutions at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2025 in Vienna.

3 Mar 2025

Groundbreaking scanner could revolutionize breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

A groundbreaking new scanner developed by scientists at the University of Aberdeen could change the way breast cancer is diagnosed and treated, meaning patients could receive fewer surgeries and more individually-tailored treatments.

2 Mar 2025

Tandem Health launches AI medical scribe to ease UK doctors' administrative burden

2 Mar 2025

Mediterranean diet reduces risk of obesity-related cancers

Greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with a modest reduction in obesity-related cancer risk

2 Mar 2025

Tomatoes and lycopene: Can eating more reduce your cancer risk?

Higher dietary and blood lycopene levels are linked to a reduced risk of cancer, with the strongest protective effects seen against lung cancer mortality. However, these findings are observational and require further research.

2 Mar 2025

Sweet potato extracts slow breast and lung cancer growth, study finds

Researchers found that methanolic extracts from sweet potato leaves and stems significantly inhibit breast and lung cancer cell growth, with some effects comparable to tamoxifen.

2 Mar 2025

Future of cancer coverage for women federal firefighters uncertain under Trump

It took nearly three years to win presumptive workers' compensation coverage for breast, cervical, and other cancers that firefighters who work for federal agencies may develop because of hazardous exposures on the job.

28 Feb 2025

New deep-learning framework improves spatial transcriptomics analysis

Biological tissues are made up of different cell types arranged in specific patterns, which are essential to their proper functioning.

27 Feb 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': House GOP plan targets Medicaid

The House GOP's budget proposal, which narrowly passed on Tuesday, likely would result in major cuts to Medicaid, the health program primarily for those with low incomes or who are disabled, to help pay for tax cuts.

27 Feb 2025

Breast-conserving therapy linked to better sexual well-being compared to mastectomy

For women with breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy (BCT) is associated with improved sexual well-being, compared to mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction, reports a study in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

26 Feb 2025

Breast Cancer News and Research

Latest Breast Cancer News and Research

AI-enhanced doctors: How new technology is transforming patient care, cutting errors, and freeing up NHS

Research poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy tumor cells

New clinical trial aims to optimize pain management and reduce opioid use after mastectomy

Diabetes changes the biology of breast cancer, study shows

Breast cancer mortality rates plateau in women under 40 and over 74

Scientists uncover structure of key enzyme to block cancer cell energy supply

UC San Diego researchers discover new way to predict breast cancer spread

TUM scientists develop new protein purification method using UV light

Diabetes drug could reduce heart failure in cancer survivors

Anti-malarial drug pyronaridine could be repurposed to treat cancer

DeepHealth brings AI-powered radiology informatics to ECR 2025 in Vienna

Groundbreaking scanner could revolutionize breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

Tandem Health launches AI medical scribe to ease UK doctors' administrative burden

Mediterranean diet reduces risk of obesity-related cancers

Tomatoes and lycopene: Can eating more reduce your cancer risk?

Sweet potato extracts slow breast and lung cancer growth, study finds

Future of cancer coverage for women federal firefighters uncertain under Trump

New deep-learning framework improves spatial transcriptomics analysis

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': House GOP plan targets Medicaid

Breast-conserving therapy linked to better sexual well-being compared to mastectomy

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Breast Cancer News and Research

Latest Breast Cancer News and Research

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The evolution of OCT for retinal imaging and disease intervention

Supercharging Next-Gen Antibody Discovery with AI and High-Throughput Experimentation

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