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Being pregnant while young is known to protect a women against breast cancer. But why? Research in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research finds that Wnt/Notch signalling ratio is decreased in the breast tissue of mice which have given birth, compared to virgin mice of the same age. Early pregnancy is protective against breast cancer in humans and in rodents. In humans having a child before the age of 20 decreases risk of breast cancer by half. Using microarray analysis...

National Events Generate Awareness and Benefit Young Women with Breast Cancer NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kicking off the largest national outdoor cycling effort in the country to meet the unique needs of young breast cancer survivors, Young Survival Coalition (YSC) has opened registration for its three annual YSC Tour de Pink(®) outdoor events. Participants who sign up for the rides help ensure that no woman diagnosed under 40 faces breast cancer alone....

Voices Against Brain Cancer (VABC) responds to an article posted by Cancer Research UK detailing key cancer research New York, NY (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 On April 26, Voices Against Brain Cancer (VABC) responds to an article posted by Cancer Research UK detailing how researchers may have discovered a new tactic that will help predict whether or not cases of breast cancer will spread to the brain. The Cancer Research UK article states that a team of researchers based at Baylor College of...

Drinking coffee could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the widely used drug Tamoxifen, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found. Patients who took the pill, along with two or more cups of coffee daily, reported less than half the rate of cancer recurrence, compared with their non-coffee drinking, Tamoxifen-taking counterparts. The team followed over 600 breast cancer patients from southern Sweden for an average of five years. Approximately 300 took...

Breast and buttock augmentation can help you to make a spectacular impression, but great results require a great plastic surgeon LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As women contemplate the arrival of Memorial Day in May and then the truly warm weather after July 4th, their thoughts often turn to their appearance in bikini or bathing suits. The fact of the matter is that not all doctors performing breast augmentation and butt lift surgery are working at exactly the same level...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) today announced that the company will host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its first quarter 2013 financial results. The call and webcast will follow the release of the first quarter financial results after market close. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130425/SF01493LOGO) Conference Call Details To access the live conference...

A prospective study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) observed an association between risk of second primary cancer and history of non-melanoma skin cancer in white men and women. The researchers found that people with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer had a modestly increased risk of getting cancer in the future, specifically breast and lung cancer in women and melanoma in both men and women. Non-melanoma skin cancer, which includes basal cell and squamous cell...

White people who have types of skin cancer other than melanoma (non-melanoma skin cancer) may be at increased risk of having other forms of cancer in the future, according to a study by US researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The analysis, led by Dr. Jiali Han, an Associate Professor from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in the US, found that men and women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancers—the most common form of cancer in the United States...

BioMed Central Microwave imaging can be used to monitor how well treatment for breast cancer is working, finds new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research. Microwave tomography was able to distinguish between breast cancer, benign growths, and normal tissue. Eight women with breast cancer were treated with chemotherapy until surgery, as part of their normal therapy. During treatment, magnetic resonance image was supplemented with microwave...

Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage and less-aggressive disease, and now a University of Rochester Medical Center team has shown how to exploit tamoxifen’s secondary activities so that it might work on more aggressive breast cancer. The research, published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine, is a promising development for women with basal-like breast cancer, sometimes known as triple-negative disease. This subtype has a poor...