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BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
Chemistry World July 2, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
Genentech to buy breast cancer specialist Seragon The deal gives Genentech access to Seragon's pipeline of investigational breast cancer therapies that work by destroying estrogen receptors on the surface of cancer cells. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Catherine Arnst |
A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer. |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Headline? Bad! Unexpected? No! For a company that only has one drug on the market, stopping a failing phase 3 clinical trial that's designed to expand the market of that drug is usually a major blow. But Onyx Pharmaceuticals was able to shrug it off. |
Reactive Reports Issue 53 David Bradley |
An Underarm Review A review of health effects of organometallic compounds suggests that aluminum compounds used in the manufacture of underarm antiperspirants may somehow be involved in an increased risk of breast cancer. |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Tom Randall |
Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer. |
Chemistry World November 21, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Side-Effect-Free Chemotherapy Scientists have now developed an enzyme with the potential to eliminate the extreme fatigue, sickness and hair loss that result from this cell damage and strike fear into the hearts of cancer patients. |
Chemistry World April 7, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Polyketide ring mystery solved US researchers have worked out how some microbes produce polyketides - a class of polycyclic compounds that have antibiotic and anti-cancer properties but are difficult to manufacture. |
Chemistry World June 25, 2013 Emma Stoye |
NHS to offer breast cancer prevention drugs New guidelines for the UK National Health Service suggest that women at high risk of breast cancer should be offered a five-year course of tamoxifen or raloxifene to prevent the disease developing. |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Investing Against Breast Cancer Many companies are interested in both a cure and a large lucrative market. Which are the best investments now in this sector? |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents. |
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 |
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me? What causes breast cancer?... What genes can cause breast cancer to be inherited?... What clues in my family history might show I've inherited a risk of breast cancer?... Does everyone who has family members with breast cancer have these mutated genes?... What should I do?... |
AskMen.com September 30, 2000 Joshua Levine |
Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer is traditionally thought of as a female-related problem. Men, however, are as susceptible to the disease as women are. In many ways, the disease appears similarly in both sexes... |
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers |
Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease. |
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Catherine Arnst |
Going Broke To Stay Alive Rising prices for cancer treatments are making patients - and doctors - balk. |
Information Today |
ebrary Offers Free Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center ebrary has announced that it has collaborated with librarians from other organizations to create an open access database of breast cancer publications in honor of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Viral Nanoreactor Captures Single Molecules Researchers in the Netherlands have created a biochemical nanoreactor by cracking open a virus, removing its contents then reassembling the virus's protein coat around a single molecule of enzyme. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Breast Cancer Risk Related to Type of Hormone Therapy Although several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women taking oral hormone therapy, the risk related to each of the various forms of therapy is less clear. |
American Journal of Nursing October 2010 Eileen Thomas |
Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer among English-speaking men. |
Science News January 25, 2003 Kendall Morgan |
Curbing Cancer? Low-Fat Diet During Adolescence Cuts Hormones, Possibly Breast Cancer Risk Cutting back on cheeseburgers and French fries could spare girls more than extra pounds. A low-fat diet also reduces young girls' sex hormone concentrations, a new study finds. The adolescent drop in hormones that are known to spur breast cancer in adults might stave off the disease later in life. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 |
Screening Yourself for Breast Cancer Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Women more than 20 years of age should know the signs of breast cancer and the best ways to find it early. How do I perform a breast self-exam? When should I have my mammogram? Clinical Breast Exam. Ultrasound exam. Breast Biopsies. |
Salon.com November 10, 2000 Laurie Tarkan |
The business of breast cancer Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure... |
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Randhawa & Fink |
Screening for Breast Cancer A case study and question-and-answer group on screening for breast cancer, based on the recommendations of the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
ifeminists October 29, 2002 Rondi Adamson |
Re-Evaluating the Risk of Breast Cancer As breast cancer became a poster disease for feminism in the 1980s, the attention it began to receive took on unreasonable proportions. In short, the intensity of funding, publicity and research around breast cancer is not based on need. It is based on politics. |
AFP eWire February 24, 2006 |
Secrets of Success from a Nonprofit Pioneer Nancy Brinker, founder and self-described veteran volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation shared her secrets of success: Harness the power of one... Go for grassroots... Change the culture... etc. |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Langreth & Cortez |
When Two Cancer Drugs Are Better Than One Drugmakers are collaborating to test combinations of genetically targeted cancer drugs in hopes of boosting survival rates. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku |
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests. |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Catherine Arnst |
Cancer Superdrugs, Costly Side Effects New therapies are extending lives, but the prices could weigh down the nation. Oncologists, pharmaceutical companies, and the government will have to focus on the best way to lower prices for these drugs. |
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Nancy G. Brinker: Promise Keeper Nancy G. Brinker's Race for the Cure has been key to funding advances in breast cancer research. |
Chemistry World June 6, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Pre-childbirth solvent exposure raises breast cancer risk The timing of exposure to organic solvents -- such as those found in cleaning products and industrial chemicals -- may affect breast cancer risks in women |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Catherine Arnst |
Medicare vs. Cancer Patients Refusing to reimburse off-label treatment is far from the best way to cut costs. |
Salon.com June 20, 2000 Naomi Mendelsohn |
Choosing the knife Healthy women at high risk for breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even while doctors are advocating less invasive treatments for those who are already sick |
ifeminists October 15, 2002 Sacks & Thompson |
When Men's Health Doesn't Count Congress is sending a message to American men: men's health doesn't count. |
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Michael Arndt |
Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease. |
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Biotech, Finally The past 30 years of biological discoveries, insights into the human genome, and exotic chemical manipulation have unleashed a wave of biological drugs, many of them reengineered human proteins. |
Managed Care January 2005 Sharon Baker |
Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms. |
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005 |
The Laughter Cure Monique Spencer couldn't find what she wanted in books about breast cancer. So she wrote her own - and made it funny. |
Scientific American April 2005 JR Minkel |
Leafy Letdown Recent studies indicate that eating vegetables seems to do little in warding off cancer. Breast cancer is included in this finding. |
Science News September 27, 2008 Nathan Seppa |
Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards In Daily Life And The Science Of Epidemiology by Geoffrey Kabat Health scares come and go, but they often have a tenuous scientific basis. Kabat, a cancer epidemiologist, systematically rips through cancer alerts that overrode scientific rigor in recent decades. |
Salon.com October 12, 1999 Damien Cave |
Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk. |
American Journal of Nursing October 2010 Amy M. Collins |
'Men Get Breast Cancer, Too!' Theron Bell has made raising public awareness of male breast cancer his life's work. |
Chemistry World June 22, 2011 Sarah Houlton |
US Approves Cancer Drugs Twice as Fast as Europe Cancer drugs are, on average, approved nearly twice as fast in the US than they are in Europe. |
Health March 2008 Hallie Levine Sklar |
Your 30s Your breast-cancer risk is still very low when you are in your 30s, but there are things you can do now to help your girls. |
Wired August 2003 Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Wolff & Wilson |
Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
New Cancer Therapies As cancer research explodes, the availability of new and innovative interventions is expanding almost daily. |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
Nanotech and the War on Cancer New imaging advances in nanotechnology will help speed cancers' end. What does it mean for investors? |
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Forcing enzyme activity New research has shown that physically stretching an enzyme can trigger its activity - even when the active site is not hidden in a 'cryptic' position. Mechanical force may play a more important role in biological molecular systems than previously realized. |