Harvard Medical Research: Breast Cancer
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- Discovery of gene linked to breast cancer
Using a novel three-part screening process, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a gene that is made inappropriately in about a third of all breast cancers.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:38:36 -0400 - Molecular signature may identify cisplatin-sensitive breast tumors
Harvard Medical School faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a subgroup of hard-to-treat breast cancers that may be sensitive to the drug cisplatin, rarely used in the treatment of breast tumors.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:36:44 -0400 - Why are African American women more likely to die from breast cancer?
Researchers propose that the excess mortality occurs partly because black women are more likely than white women to develop breast cancer before menopause, when surgery to remove the tumor may pose a higher risk of stimulating cancer growth.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:34:43 -0400 - Breast Tumor Study Challenges Cancer Therapeutic Strategy
Treatments aimed at purported cancer stem cells may miss the deadly metastases that kill patients.
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