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Family doctors can take more than a month to record ovarian cancer, once diagnosed by a specialist, in one in 10 cases, indicates research published in the launch issue of the new online journal BMJ Open. Ovarian cancer was also incorrectly or prematurely classified in 11% of cases, the data show. The authors base their findings on the “free text” data available in patient...
read moreSEATTLE – Full-term pregnancy has long been associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but a new study finds that the more times a woman gives birth, the higher her risk of “triple-negative” breast cancer, a relatively uncommon but particularly aggressive subtype of the disease. Conversely, women who never give birth have a 40 percent lower risk of such breast cancer,...
read moreIRVINE, California and AMSTERDAM, February 23, 2011 — Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that the company has received its fifth U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for MammaPrint(R), its widely used breast cancer recurrence assay. The new clearance is comprised of two additional Agilent Microarray scanners and two Agilent...
read moreResearchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nonsurgical methods for identifying critical lymph nodes to help doctors determine courses of treatment for breast cancer patients. The “sentinel lymph node” is routinely biopsied or removed and dissected to determine the likelihood that the cancer has spread beyond the breast. Dr. Andrew Goodwin, a post...
read moreEAST LANSING, Mich. — As thousands of breast cancer survivors battle persistent fatigue, a Michigan State University nursing researcher is studying whether acupressure – a technique where physical pressure is applied to acupuncture points by the hand, elbow or various devices – can help alleviate symptoms. Gwen Wyatt will study 300 breast cancer survivors to examine the effects of...
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