Breast Cancer - Nov 9, 2017 Edition

November 9, 2017     Breast Cancer     The latest breast cancer news from News Medical

WISDOM trial aims to identify best way to screen for breast cancer   Since her 40s, Lilly Lidot has received yearly mammograms. Her sister did not get regular checkups, so when her cancer was diagnosed it had already spread to her brain. Lilly's sister died in 2010.       Pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer unnecessarily excluded from clinical trials   Pre-menopausal women with the most common type of advanced breast cancer are usually excluded from medical research unnecessarily, according to an expert panel at the Advanced Breast Cancer Fourth International Consensus Conference.

Hormone stimulation for fertility preservation did not increase relapse rate in women with breast cancer   Women who received hormone stimulation for fertility preservation did not have a higher relapse rate in breast cancer compared with unexposed control women in a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.         UVA examines scalpel-free surgery's potential to help the body destroy breast cancer cells   In its latest pioneering effort to harness the power of focused ultrasound to battle disease, the University of Virginia Health System is examining the scalpel-free surgery's potential to enable the body to identify and destroy metastatic breast cancer cells.         Study reveals link between circulating tumor cells and relapse in late-stage melanoma patients   A study revealing a connection between circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and relapse in stage IV melanoma patients points to liquid biopsy as a potential predictor of patients at high risk for disease progression. CTCs, tumor cells shed into the bloodstream or lymphatic system, can lead to additional tumor growth and/or metastasis to distant sites.

Researchers use gold nanoshells to effectively release cancer drugs inside tumors   Researchers investigating ways to deliver high doses of cancer-killing drugs inside tumors have shown they can use a laser and light-activated gold nanoparticles to remotely trigger the release of approved cancer drugs inside cancer cells in laboratory cultures.       Study: More than 10% of cancer patients continue to take opioids after surgery   More than two million people in the United States are dependent on prescription opioid pain relievers, a number that continues to grow as the rate of opioid prescriptions has skyrocketed in the last 25 years.       Researchers find new way to restrict ability of cancer to use glucose for energy   Cancer cells consume exorbitant amounts of glucose, a key source of energy, and shutting down this glucose consumption has long been considered a logical therapeutic strategy.

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