Tag Archive: tumour

Cancer discovery offers hope of tackling spread of disease

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Scientists have discovered how cancerous cells can “elbow” their way out of tumours, offering clues for new drugs to prevent cancers spreading. They say they have identified a protein called JAK which helps… Continue reading

New hope for women with hereditary breast cancer

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A small clinical trial of a new drug designed to treat hereditary breast cancer has achieved promising results, UK scientists have said. The scientists recruited 54 women from the UK, Europe, the US… Continue reading

Breast MRI finds “unsuspected” cancers

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Nearly 20% of patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer had additional malignant tumors found only by MRI, according to a study performed at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.  A total of 199 patients with… Continue reading

Early detection of second breast cancers improves prognosis in breast cancer survivors

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A group of international researchers has found the first reliable evidence that early detection of subsequent breast tumours in women who have already had the disease can halve the women’s chances of death… Continue reading