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Category: Breast Cancer

Nanotechnology targets cancer through breast ducts

March 17, 2025 No Comments

Breast cancer remains a significant health challenge worldwide. While advancements in treatment have improved survival rates, the search for more targeted and effective therapies continues. Nanotechnology-based intraductal drug delivery aims to revolutionize local treatment and prevention of breast cancer by delivering nanocarriers with therapeutic agents directly to the site of the disease.

Hormone therapy is safe for treating menopause symptoms

October 17, 2024 No Comments

Many women approaching menopause are concerned about the safety of hormone therapy. That’s because in 2002, researchers reported that hormone replacement therapy — or HRT — was related to increased risk of breast cancer. However, experts now report that hormone therapy in early menopause is safe and beneficial.

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At-home breast cancer monitor on the horizon

January 8, 2024 No Comments

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a wearable ultrasound “bra” as a breast cancer monitor that can be used from the

Noninvasive treatment for breast ductal carcinoma effective in mice

June 23, 2022 No Comments

Increased use of mammography has led to increased diagnoses of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which refers to noninvasive cancer cells in the milk ducts

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Androgens hold promise for breast cancer treatment

January 19, 2021 No Comments

Androgens, such as testosterone, are commonly considered male hormones but they are also present in lower levels in women. Researchers from the University of Adelaide

All progestins are not the same for menopausal hormone therapy

December 4, 2020 No Comments

Hormone therapy alleviates symptoms of menopause, but fear of an increased risk of breast cancer deters some women and physicians from its use. Research has

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Connection between postmenopausal breast cancer and heart disease

June 20, 2019 No Comments

Current treatments for breast cancer result in an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, as reported in the journal Menopause. A group of postmenopausal women who survived

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Understanding stress and breast cancer metastasis

March 18, 2019 No Comments

Researchers from the University of Basel have helped to unravel the relationship between stress hormones and cancer metastasis. Using a rodent model of triple negative

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Hope for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

February 21, 2019 No Comments

Breast cancer is a very active area of research, and we regularly review publications about new treatments. But experience shows that early-stage, preclinical research results

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How diet can influence breast cancer

February 1, 2019 No Comments

Diet and exercise play a role in the development of a number of chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and heart disease. Cancer and diet