With all the attention focused on treating breast cancer lately, it is perplexing that many do not recognize the great gains to be made by addressing breast cancer prevention. The main approach in the medical community is geared towards waiting until the disease is present and then dealing with...
How is breast cancer treated? The treatment for breast cancer depends on the type of cancer and whether it has spread within the breast or to other parts of the body. Many people with the disease get more than one treatment, the CDC says. Treatments generally either target the cancer at ...
The World Health Organization will designate October every year as breast cancer prevention month. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor with high incidence in the world. Its incidence rate ranks first among female malignant tumors, and is known as "beauty killer". What are the high-risk factors o...
Although melatonin (MLT) is best known for its sleep aid properties and as a natural remedy to prevent jet lag, extensive experimental studies have shown that melatonin possesses anticancer activity through several biological mechanisms: anti-proliferative action, stimulation of anti-cancer immunity,...
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- China is moving to promote a package of breast cancer prevention and treatment standards across the country, hoping to further prolong patients' survival time and narrow the diagnosis and treatment gap between urban and rural areas. A series of guidelines covering ...
of our treatment decisions and choices are made on the basis of the underlying biology. The anatomy is still important, and local therapy issues are still going to be with us. There are still older trials that don't reflect that biology, but we have made the leap. Today, breast cancer ...
If you had treatment for cancers like Hodgkin's lymphoma before age 40, you have an increased risk of breast cancer. Diethylstilbestrol (DES). Doctors used this drug between 1940 and 1971 to prevent miscarriage. If you or your mother took it, your breast cancer odds go up. Breast Cancer ...
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- China is moving to promote a package of breast cancer prevention and treatment standards across the country, hoping to further prolong patients' survival time and narrow the diagnosis and treatment gap between urban and rural areas....
Cyclooxygenase-2: a target for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), an inducible prostaglandin synthase, is normally expressed in parts of the kidney and brain. Aberrant COX-2 expression was first ... LR Howe,K Subbaramaiah,AM Brown,... - Endocrine-relate...
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