Male Breast Cancer Survival Rates Better Than Women’s

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Not only is male breast cancer much rarer than female breast cancer, researchers from the National University of Singapore found that men who develop breast cancer also have a lower risk of death, even though they are more likely to have advanced disease. Their findings have been published in the ...

Breast Cancer Risk Lower Among Regular Coffee Drinkers

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Women who drink coffee regularly have a significantly lower risk of developing antiestrogen-resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, revealed in Breast Cancer Research. Breast cancer may be sub-divided into hormone-responsive (estrogen receptor (ER) positive) and non-hormone-responsive subtypes (ER-negative). The scientists compared the lifestyles of females ...

Tissue “Highways” May Give Breast Cancer Insight

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

In a potential breakthrough for breast cancer, researchers have identified that the way tissue is arranged in and around tumors can help predict the path of the deadly disease, thereby aiding in treatment architecture. Patricia Keely, an associate professor of cell and regenerative biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

Important Breakthrough In Origins Of Aggressive Breast Cancer

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Researchers have made a major breakthrough in finding out how aggressive cancers originate, raising hope of novel targeted therapies for future breast cancer patients, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Stem Cell. The scientists say this is the first study to show that the most aggressive ...