A landmark new study has found that breast cancer is not one but 10 different diseases, a discovery that could eventually revolutionise treatment. ...
09:24 AM, Apr 20, 2012
London: Breast cancer is "not one disease, but 10 different diseases", according to a "landmark" study that could revolutionise its treatment. An international team of researchers that analysed breast cancers from 2,000 women said the classifications could help improve treatment by tailoring drugs for patients' exact type of breast cancer and also predict survival more accurately. It will take at least three more years for the findings to be used...
03:24 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Washington: Scientists have discovered a gene which they claim can determine more accurately whether a woman has an increased risk of developing breast cancer. An international team, led by University of Melbourne, says its has used new technology to fast track the discovery of the breast cancer risk gene, called XRCC2, which could in turn assist in the discovery of other cancer genes. Prof Melissa Southey, who led the study,...
12:07 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Mumbai: A landmark study published in The Lancet has found that cancer hits Indians much earlier than Westerners. Cancer claimed 6 lakh Indian lives in 2010 and contrary to popular perception, cancer is no longer a disease of the rich. It killed twice as many as poor and illiterate Indians as their educated, wealthy urban counterparts, according to the new Million Death Study in The Lancet that used research from...
09:02 AM, Mar 29, 2012
Mumbai: A new concern has come to light for those battling breast cancer. A drug commonly used in India to treat the condition has been found to decrease bone density in older women. Considered a 'wonder drug' for breast cancer treatment, Exemestane, sold under the brand name, Aromasin, is commonly used in India. It is often prescribed for daily use to breast cancer patients for a period of five years....
09:51 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Caracas: Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, whose struggle with breast cancer was closely followed by Venezuelans, has died at age 28. Her family said Ekvall died on Saturday at a hospital in Houston. Ekvall was crowned Miss Venezuela at age 17 in 2000, and the following year she was third runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico. She went on to work as a model, actress and television...
02:30 AM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: A new study says drinking alcohol can increase the risk of breast cancer. That is a good enough reason why women should not knock back too many drinks, be it beer, wine or other alcoholic drinks. While a glass of wine may help females unwind, it may also put them at a higher risk for breast cancer. A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
09:27 AM, Nov 04, 2011
BANGALORE: 6,583 people came together to form a human awareness ribbon on Sunday at Sullivan Police Grounds to create more awareness on breast cancer. Organised by HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited, a cancer care network, the participants wearing pink t-shirts and pink head gear formed the human ribbon and stood for ten minutes. In India, there is lack of awareness on health and people do not undergo regular preventive health checkups....
08:56 AM, Oct 31, 2011
First Lady Betty Ford beat cancer in more ways than one. In the 1970s, when the c-word was fearfully whispered and only weeks moving into the White House, Ford announced she had cancer. Her motivation was to increase awareness to save at least one person " maybe more. She had a huge effect on early breast cancer detection, something epidemiologists call the Betty Ford blip. She went all out to...
11:45 AM, Oct 24, 2011
London: In a major breakthrough, an Indian- norigin scientist-led team has discovered a molecule which it claims can block the development and spread of breast cancer. Prof Shankar Balasubramanian and colleagues at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute says the naturally occurring molecule -- thiostrepton -- "clamps" on to a cancer -causing protein called FOXM1, preventing it from working. The scientists say that one of the main challenges is to...
12:31 PM, Aug 22, 2011
London: Women taking a couple of alcoholic pegs a day may be reducing their chances of survival in case they develop breast cancer, a new study has found. The study, conducted by researchers from the National Cancer Institute in Milan, suggests women, who drank as little as two small glasses of wine on a daily basis were more likely to die from the disease if they later developed it than...
12:34 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Doctors may eventually be able to tell whether a woman will face breast cancer by looking at her breast milk. ...
10:25 AM, Apr 06, 2011
New York: Older women who are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer can expect to live just as long as peers without breast cancer, according to a new study. That's "a very encouraging message," said Dr. Elena Elkin, a breast cancer researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center who was not involved with the study. "More of the breast cancers we find are very small and diagnosed at an early stage. For...
11:36 AM, Mar 15, 2011
Srinagar: Terrorism is not the only worry for the people of Kashmir, the number of cancer cases especially breast cancer is on the rise. The doctors say that the alarming rise in cancer in Kashmir is due to sedentary lifestyle and thoughtless food habits. Thirty-five year Saira Bano is suffering from blood cancer, when the fatal ailment was diagnosed in 2010, she was already in the last stage. The family...
11:07 AM, Mar 14, 2011
New Delhi: It's ironic that Letrozole, a drug meant to cure breast cancer and also used for infertility is causing genetic malformations, and even cancer in babies. It's a drug used to treat breast cancer world over. But in India, Letrozole is also approved and popularly used for treating infertility in young women. Research shows that it causes genetic malformations of the bone, cardiac disease and even cancer in babies...
05:18 PM, Mar 04, 2011
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