Tag: breast cancer
Organic foods can reduce cancer risk, finds JAMA study
The fact that pesticides are not used in organic foods could be the reason for their anti-cancer properties
If you swear by organic food, this...
A protein can predict whether breast cancer would recur, spread
Researchers identify a new way to determine whether metastatic cancer cells in breast cancer patients are dormant or soon to turn deadly
In a latest...
Weight loss lowers breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women
Weight loss may help lower postmenopausal women's risk of developing high grade breast cancer
In a study of postmenopausal women, participants who lost weight had...
70% breast cancer patients don’t need chemotherapy
New gene assay widens the scope of patients to be treated only with a hormone therapy
Many breast cancer patients could forego toxic chemotherapy, if...
Depriving malignant breast tumour of key nutrient could arrest spread
A substance found in sea foods, soy etc, asparagine is crucial for metastasis of breast cancer
A protein unit (amino acid) called asparagine is essential...
Immune cells could play a role in breast cancer metastasis
Normal immune cells in the breast, it seems, help in the spreading of cancer outside of the breast tissue
US researchers have discovered that normal...
Birth control pills may up breast cancer risk
Women using hormonal contraceptives have a 20% higher risk of developing breast cancer
A study on all women of Denmark in the reproductive age group...
