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For the first time, researchers identify and isolate adult mammary stem cells...
identify SEATTLE – For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have identified and isolated adult mammary stem cells in mice. Long-term implications of this research may...
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'Basal-like' breast cancer does not originate from basal stem cells
New research uncovers a case of mistaken identity that may have a significant impact on future breast cancer prevention and treatment strategies. The study, published by Cell Press in the September...
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Consuming vegetables linked to decreased breast cancer risk in...
(Boston) - Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who consume more vegetables are less likely to...
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Rictor protein offers scientists a new molecular target for cancer therapies
BOSTON – The discovery that a protein called Rictor plays a key role in destroying a close cousin of the AKT oncogene could provide scientists with a new molecular target for treating certain cancers,...
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Lasofoxifene reduces breast cancer risk in postmenopausal osteoporotic women
Lasofoxifene statistically reduced the overall risk of breast cancer, as well as ER positive invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with low bone density, according to a study published online...
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Sporadic breast cancers start with ineffective DNA repair systems, Pitt...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29 – Breast cancers that arise sporadically, rather than through inheritance of certain genes, likely start with defects of DNA repair mechanisms that allow environmentally triggered...
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Drop in breast cancer rates directly tied to reduced hormone therapy
In a new UCSF study of more than 2 million mammogram screenings performed on nearly 700,000 women in the United States, scientists for the first time show a direct link between reduced hormone therapy...
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Researchers reveal aggressive breast cancer's metastatic path
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered the molecular switch that allows aggressive triple negative breast cancer cells to grow the amoeba-like protrusions they need to crawl away...
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Cancer stem cells the target in new clinical trial
Breast cancer often returns as chemotherapyterm is designed to target the tumor but not the cancer stem cells that are often the root of the disease. It is this focus that drives a new clinical trial...
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New target combined with Tamoxifen aids in ER-positive breast cancers
Researchers have identified compounds used in some leukemiaterm treatments that may have an application towards ER positive breast cancer that is unresponsive to traditional treatments. The discovery...
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