Research News for August 2012
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Most Older Women Seem to Benefit from Radiation After Lumpectomy
Contrary to current treatment guidelines, a new study suggests that radiation therapy after lumpectomy may help most older women diagnosed with early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer avoid a later mastectomy.
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Research Suggests How Metastatic Cancer Becomes Resistant to Chemotherapy
A very early study on cancer cells in petri dishes in the lab has found that a type of cell called a fibroblast also is damaged by chemotherapy. Damaged fibroblasts make a protein called WNT16B that may help metastatic cancer cells become resistant to chemotherapy and grow.
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Injectable Herceptin Shows Promise
A study suggests that an injectable form of Herceptin works just as well as and is as safe as the standard IV form of Herceptin to treat HER2-positive, early-stage breast cancer before surgery.
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Fertility Drugs Seem to Affect Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women
A study suggests that women younger than 50 who use fertility drugs to successfully conceive a child may see their risk of breast cancer go up. But this higher risk is about the same as the average woman's risk.
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