Cancer - breast-metastatic

breast-metastatic Breast cancer is a cancerous tumor that develops in the breast. This is the most common type of cancer in American women. About one in every eight women develops breast cancer. As tumors grow, they can shed cancerous cells that spread (or metastasize) to other parts of the body through the bloodstream and the lymph system.

Herceptin: a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer There is a a new biologic approach for the treatment of breast cancer that attacks breast cancer at its genetic origins. This new medicine, Herceptin (trastuzumab) is approved...

Protein indicates wether Breast Cancer will spread Scientists have discovered a biomarker in women with breast cancer. Biomarkers are proteins found in varying levels in early breast cancers that can indicate whether the cancer is likely to spread...

Metastatic tumors trigger new vessels early Metastatic tumors -- tumors that arise secondary to an original tumor -- form new blood vessels at a very early stage in mice and rats, when the tumor consists of only 60 to 80 cells, researchers report...

Mammography reduces risk of advanced breast cancer Women in their 70s can lower their risk of advanced-stage breast cancer through regular screening mammography, US researchers report...

Breast cancer not helped by bone marrow transplant Bone marrow transplant is ineffective when breast cancer has spread to other organs in the body, according to a nationwide study released on Friday by the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine...

Early Chemotherapy Improves Breast Cancer Survival Using high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant to hit metastatic breast cancer early and hard leads to a significantly better outcome than the "wait and see" approach generally taken now...

Advanced Breast Cancer May Not Respond To Stem Cell Transplant A regimen of high-dose chemotherapy coupled with a transplant of stem cells fails as a treatment for advanced breast cancer in certain groups of women...

Breast Cancer Study Reveals Which Women Are Unlikely To Benefit From Transplants Of Their Own Stem Cells A major international study of patients with advanced breast cancer identified several groups unlikely to benefit from high dose chemotherapy followed by infusion of their own stem cells or autotransplantation...