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Radiation Generates Cancer Stem Cells From Less Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells

By Guest PostFebruary 19, 2012Healthbreast cancer, cancer cell, chemotherapy, dna damage, frank pajonk, ibcsc, induced pluripotent stem cells, ips, kim irwin, oncologist, radiation therapy, radiation treatment, regenerative medicine, stem cell, tumor, tumor recurrence

Breast cancer stem cells, thought to be the sole source of tumor recurrence, are known to be resistant to radiation therapy and don’t respond well to chemotherapy.

Now, researchers with the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center report for the first time that radiation treatment, despite killing half of all tumor cells during every treatment, transforms other cancer cells into treatment-resistant breast cancer stem cells. (more…)

Ovarian Cancer Study Proves Drug Delays Disease Progression

By Guest PostJanuary 3, 2012Healthamerican study, amit oza, avastin, bevacizumab, blood vessels, brain, breast, canada, canadian cancer society, caz zyvatkauskas, colorectal, disease, drug, kidney, lung, oncologist, ovarian cancer, starving the cancer, timothy perren, tumours, university of toronto, women

*U of T, U.K. study focused on Avastin*

Treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab (“Avastin”) delays the disease and may also improve survival, according to an international clinical trial co-led by Drs. Amit Oza of the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Timothy Perren of St James’s Institute of Oncology, Leeds, U.K.

The findings, published on Dec. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine, report that the drug halted the cancer’s return for two months overall. However, for women with the highest risk disease, the delay was five to six months and in this group, the findings also indicate a strong trend to improved overall survival, which is being analysed until 2013. (more…)

Is Breast Cancer No. 1 Killer of Women?

By PravdaJune 19, 2010Healthaids, brca1, brca2, breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases, estrogen, gene, ilona milova, la fornarina, mastectomy, menopause, olga budiakova, oncologist, pneumonia, portrait of a young woman, raffaello sanzio

The issue of breast cancer avoidance concerns many women. Opinion polls reveal that 98% of them overestimate the threat. Olga Budiakova, a breast physician, talked to “MedPulse.ru” to dispel certain myths about breast cancer.

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Radiation Generates Cancer Stem Cells From Less Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells

Ovarian Cancer Study Proves Drug Delays Disease Progression

Is Breast Cancer No. 1 Killer of Women?