Health News and Information - News Medical - Breast Cancer - Feb 5, 2018 Edition

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February 5, 2018     Breast Cancer     The latest breast cancer news from News Medical

Exploring the Future of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment   An interview with Dr Gareth Evans about the future of breast cancer screening and the implementation of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) profiling.

Study finds specific protein that plays role in breast cancer metastasis   Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found an explanation for how breast cancer spreads to the lungs, which could potentially hold the key to preventing the progression of the disease.         Researchers evaluate need for biopsies during follow-up care for breast cancer patients   In an analysis of more than 120,000 women diagnosed with and treated for early-stage breast cancer, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center determined the rate of additional breast biopsies needed for these patients during their follow-up care.

Breast cancer treatments increase the risk of heart disease, warns the AHA   The American Heart Association highlights the need to monitor cardiovascular health in women receiving treatment for breast cancer.       Direct-to-implant breast reconstruction provides good outcomes in elderly patients   For older women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer, direct-to-implant breast reconstruction provides good outcomes in a single-step procedure, while avoiding some of the inconvenience and risks of staged approaches to breast reconstruction, reports a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.       High levels of body fat in women with normal BMI linked to increased breast cancer risk   Among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index, those with higher body fat levels had an increased risk for invasive breast cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes, held Jan. 27-30.       New test predicts which BRCA2 gene mutations lead to breast, ovarian cancers   A new test developed by researchers at Mayo Clinic shows which mutations in the BRCA2 gene make women susceptible to developing breast or ovarian cancers. The research behind the test was published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics.       YCC researchers propose new patient selection methods for breast cancer clinical trials   Many clinical trials for breast cancer fail to give clear answers on the efficacy of new therapies, despite enrolling thousands of patients and painstakingly tracking their outcomes for years.       Interactive online tool can help breast cancer patients better understand treatment options   Breast cancer patients face complex decisions about their treatment. "Knowledge is a key component of decision making, and yet it's consistently low even among patients who have received treatment. We need better tools to make these decisions more informed," says Sarah T. Hawley, Ph.D., MPH, professor of internal medicine at Michigan Medicine.       Study uncovers potential targets for treatment of aggressive triple-negative breast cancers   As part of a breast-cancer diagnosis, doctors analyze the tumor to determine which therapies might best attack the malignancy.       Microbubbles increase radiotherapy success against breast cancer   A new study found that injecting microbubbles filled with oxygen into breast cancer tumors makes them three times more sensitive to radiotherapy.

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