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Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk
risk of breast cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK published in Genetics in Medicine... occur in people who are at an increased risk. Cancer Research UK has helped to double breast cancer survival over the last 40 years. Dr... Cancer Research UK Press...
Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
and pancreatic (Note 2). Dr Julie Sharp, Cancer Research UK’s head of health information, said: “This study further highlights that how...
Excess weight linked to 8 more cancer types
the United States. In 2002, the same group of cancer researchers found sufficient evidence linking excess weight to higher risks of cancers...
New research confirms obesity link to 11 cancers
research funded by the World Cancer Research Fund International, published in the British Medical Journal, concluded that...
New review concludes evidence for alcohol causing cancer is strong
undertaken in the last 10 years by the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, the International Agency for...
False-positive mammograms may indicate increased risk of breast cancer later
a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Common hormone could help treat breast cancer
added to their treatment, according to Cancer Research UK-funded research published in Nature today... been unable to pinpoint why. Scientists at Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge Research Institute and the University of Adelaide revealed how t... Cancer Research UK Press...
Men with high oestrogen levels could be at greater risk of breast cancer
by an international collaboration including Cancer Research UK published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology... part of an international collaboration between Cancer Research UK, the National Cancer Institute and others. The aim was to study a large... Cancer Research UK Press...
Genetic screening could improve breast cancer prevention
of research institutions led by The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The University of Cambridge, showed that a test for differences... of Cancer Research (ICR) Press...
Poor metabolic health increases risk for postmenopausal breast cancer irrespective of BMI
counterparts, according to a study published in Cancer Research. This was the case for both overweight and normal-weight... healthy but overweight postmenopausal women. Cancer Research 2015. doi:...
Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck”, says IARC
have serious negative consequences from both cancer research and public health perspectives. IARC experts point to a serious...
Vaccine targeting breast cancers produced robust immune response
according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research... with stable metastatic breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2014; 20(23): 5964–5975. doi: 1...
Postmenopausal breast cancer risk decreases rapidly after starting regular physical activity
per week and it is consistent with the World Cancer Research Fund recommendations of walking at least 30 minutes daily,” said Agnès Fo...
Smoking linked with increased risk of most common type of breast cancer
Christopher Li, MD, PhD, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and his colleagues conducted a population-based study...
IARC warns 'cancer burden growing at an alarming pace'
40 countries, describing multiple aspects of cancer research and control...
Cancer prevention
Cancer Research...
Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50
Cancer Research UK scientists have identified a link between higher levels of sex hormones and... one-third. Professor Tim Key, lead author and Cancer Research UK epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, said: “This analysis combined t... Cancer Research UK Press...
New anti-cancer compound shows promise for breast cancer
established Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research (TransBCR) could contribute to future clinical trials of the novel combination...
Early mammograms in young women at increased breast cancer risk may save lives
Calbert Warner (pexels.com) Leading breast cancer research charity Breast Cancer Campaign, has funded the first ever study into...
Genetic ‘fine tuners’ control body’s own attack against cancer
Link Looking at 1,300 breast cancer samples, Cancer Research UK scientists found that the influence of these microRNAs, which help control... Cancer Research UK Press...
Tamoxifen class drugs reduce breast cancer rates by more than a third in women at high risk
an increased risk of the disease according to a Cancer Research UK study published in The Lancet... of heart disease and stroke.” Hazel Nunn, Cancer Research UK’s head of health information, said: “These results provide some of the cle... Cancer Research UK Press...
Scientists find promising new target for aggressive breast cancer
Sharp, senior science information manager at Cancer Research UK, said: “Triple negative breast cancer can be very difficult to treat but t...
Heart disease risk after breast cancer radiotherapy smaller than previously thought
University Clinical Trial Service Unit from Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, and the Medical Research Council and by... Cancer Research UK Press...
Blood test reveals women’s response to breast cancer treatment
is responding to treatment, according to a new Cancer Research UK study published in the New England Journal of Medicine... work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute at the University of Cambridge took regular blood... Cancer Research UK Press...
Lab research suggests more women could benefit from Herceptin
Center discovered. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Ithimakin, S., Day, K. C. et al. (2013). HER2 drives... Cancer Research...
APOBEC3B is an enzymatic source of mutation in breast cancer
cancer cells. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Burns, M. B., Lackey, L. et al. (2013). APOBEC3B is an... Cancer Research...
Study finds no evidence to link work stress to cancer risk
Helga Groll, health information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: "These findings add to the evidence that stress doesn't directly... Cancer Research...
Inherited gene fault influences breast cancer survival
shutterstock.com The scientists, funded by Cancer Research UK, found that women with the fault, and who had the... Cancer Research UK Press...
A simple blood test could be used to detect breast cancer
pioneering new clinical study – funded by Cancer Research UK in collaboration with the University of Leicester and Imperial College... Cancer Research UK Press...
Post-menopausal women with diabetes at greater risk of breast cancer
Ledwick, head information nurse at Cancer Research UK, said: “From this study, it’s not clear whether there’s a causal link betwe...
Study highlights potential drug target for one in ten breast cancers
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered how a key protein fuels breast cancer growth by... [1]. Earlier this year the same team, from Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge Research Institute, published a groundbreaking study showing t... Cancer Research UK Press...
Exposure to X-rays raises risk of breast cancer in young women with BRCA faults
international study, part-funded by Cancer Research UK, looked at almost 2,000 women with BRCA faults in the Netherlands, France... Cancer Research UK Press...
An active lifestyle helps lower breast cancer risk
Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC), a Cancer Research UK co-funded study and one of the biggest studies into the links between diet,... Cancer Research UK Press...
More heart problems with 2 chemo drugs for breast cancer
shown in previous studies, according to a new Cancer Research Network study by Group Health researchers and others in the Journal of the...
World’s largest cancer and lifestyle database revealed
credit: shutterstock.com World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) will be... Cancer Research Fund Press... Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), World Cancer...
Obese and overweight women face increased risk of recurrence of most common type of breast cancer
Oncology Group (now part of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group). All of the trials (E1199, E5188, and E3189) required participants...
‘Post-it note’ on breast cancer gene signals risk of disease spreading
credit: shutterstock.com Cancer Research UK scientists at Imperial College London showed that high levels of a...
‘Master switch’ experimental drug could treat different cancers
according to research published in Clinical Cancer Research today... credit: shutterstock.com Cancer Research UK-funded work at The Institute of Cancer Research in London shows that... Cancer Research UK Press...
Scientists re-write rule book on breast cancer in landmark global study
major study carried out by Cancer Research UK scientists could revolutionise the way women with breast cancer will be... of research into the disease. The team at Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge Research Institute, in collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency V... Cancer Research UK Press...
Triple drug combination effective in HER2-positive breast cancer
positive disease. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Gianni, L., Pienkowski, T., et al. (2011). Efficacy and... Cancer Research...
Role of fat in assessing breast cancer risk
New research published in the journal Breast Cancer Research [1] separates the breast cancer risks associated with dense, fibroglandular... fat surrounding the fibroglandular tissue Breast cancer research DOI:...
Antibiotic molecule found in bacteria stops breast cancer
credit: shutterstock.com Scientists at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological...
Drug prolongs lives of patients with hormone-sensitive breast cancer
still functioning.” Professor Jack Cuzick, a Cancer Research UK epidemiologist based at Queen Mary, University of London, said: "This... Cancer Research...
Weight has strongest influence on breast cancer hormones in post menopausal women
also appear to affect hormone levels. The Cancer Research UK funded study examined how levels of sex hormones - known to affect breast... Cancer Research UK Press...
New digital method for breast cancer prognosis
Cancer researchers at the University of Calgary are investigating a new tool to use for the...
The future of breast cancer prevention
Oncology today (Monday) the panel - including Cancer Research UK’s Professor Jack Cuzick - agreed that all women with a greater than four p... Cancer Research UK Press...
Trial results confirm five years of tamoxifen boosts breast cancer survival
following long-term results from a major Cancer Research UK-funded trial which showed the cancer was less likely to come back in women... trial - led by researchers based at the Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre - is the first large study to compare the... Cancer Research UK Press...
Scientists identify avoidable breast cancer risk factors
a result calculated by scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg... have no influence. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center in the team of Associate Professor Dr Karen Steindorf and Professor Dr....
Healthy lifestyle can reduce breast cancer risk even in women with family history
new study published online by the journal Breast Cancer Research, many women who have a close relative with breast cancer fear their risk for... Cancer Research...
Relatives of young breast cancer patients could face increased risks of other cancers
other cancers in their families. In the 1990s Cancer Research UK scientists led the world in tracking down the BRCA1 and BRCA2...
Calcium deposits could improve breast cancer diagnosis
Hiom, director of health information at Cancer Research UK, said: “The NHS screening programme is important in detecting breast cancer ...
Drinking alcohol ‘may increase risk of some types of breast cancer’
at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre followed 2,944 postmenopausal women, all of whom took part in the wider... Cancer Research...
Genes associated with aggressive breast cancer
results, published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, are based on analyses of breast tumours from 97 female breast cancer...
Breath test could help to detect cancer
Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: “It is important to say at the outset that this is a small study at a...
Gene target may block breast cancer recurrence and boost survival
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a gene called POLQ is linked to an... shutterstock.com Scientists based at the Cancer Research UK/MRC Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology at Oxford University,... Cancer Research UK Press...
New molecular marker could predict if breast cancer patients need chemotherapy
istockphoto.com The study, part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday), shows for...
Study does not prove link between household cleaning products and breast cancer
Nordelch - Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link But Cancer Research UK said that the results do not prove a link between cleaning products and... Cancer Research...
Fish oil may reduce risk of breast cancer
a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, adds to the growing evidence that fish oil supplements may play a role in... at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, USA, led by Dr Emily White, a member of the public health...
New drug for inherited breast and ovarian cancers shows promise in early trials
led by scientists at the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at King's College London [1,... Cancer Research...
Cell test could predict DCIS breast cancer recurrence
these, the researchers – part funded by Cancer Research UK – discovered common traits in cells from the most aggressive form of... Cancer Research UK Press...
Sea sponge drug may extend advanced breast cancer survival
ability to divide. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Twelves, C et al. A phase III study (EMBRACE) of... Cancer Research...
New research on hormone link to breast cancer
likely to develop breast cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in the Lancet Oncology... of breast cancer that responds to oestrogen. Cancer Research UK’s Professor Tim Key, lead author from the University of Oxford, said: “Over ... Cancer Research UK Press...
Twice as many lives saved than overdiagnosed by breast screening
breast cancer, the researchers – part funded by Cancer Research UK – set out to uncover how effective the programme is at saving l... Cancer Research UK Press...
Osteoporosis drugs may help prevent breast cancer
long. Dr Polly Newcomb of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, USA, led the study, which was funded by the US... Cancer Research UK Press...
‘Junk DNA’ could spotlight breast and bowel cancer
Cancer Research UK funded scientists have found that a group of rogue genetic messengers,... at the University of Nottingham supported by Cancer Research UK, said: “This study has generated new research tools to investigate the role ... Cancer Research UK Press...
Study finds isolation and stress may increase breast cancer risk in rats
and is supported by the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center. The study published in PNAS found that isolation led to a higher...
Breast density linked to cancer recurrence
for breast cancer. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Cil T, Fishell E, et al. Mammographic density and the... Cancer Research...
Study confirms impact of lifestyle on breast cancer risk
cancer each year, but researchers at the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) have shown that thousands of these cases could be prevented by... Cancer Research...
Study confirms risks and benefits of long-term tamoxifen treatment
credit: shutterstock.com However, Cancer Research UK said that the benefits of taking tamoxifen after a first diagnosis of... Cancer Research...
Breast screening saves lives, say experts
to most women. Read the whole article at Cancer Research... Cancer Research...
New drug may help women with hereditary breast cancer
cases of the disease. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Fong PC, Boss DS, et al. Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose)... Cancer Research...
US scientists identify genes involved in spread of breast cancer to brain
brain metastasis'. Professor Sir David Lane, Cancer Research UK's chief scientist, described the findings as 'very exciting'. He said that... Cancer Research...
Walnuts lower tumour rates in cancer-prone mice
study presented at the American Association of Cancer Research conference showed that specially bred 'cancer-prone' mice fed the equivalent... useful in protecting against cancer, although a Cancer Research UK spokesperson pointed out that the study was too small to draw any firm... Cancer Research...
Test-tube model of breast cancer to replace animal experiments
of animals used and improve the quality of cancer research... rest of the breast. Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK Reference Holliday DL, Brouilette KT, et al. Novel multicellular... Cancer Research... cancer research, three-dimensional model, breast...
‘Gene hunters’ find two new breast cancer genes
Cancer Research UK scientists have found two new regions of the genome that alter a woman's... cancer risk to 13 – eight of which were found by Cancer Research UK funded studies. The increased risks acquired through these genetic... Cancer Research...
Red and white wine have ‘no benefit’ for breast cancer risk
Pixabay Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre carried out the largest study* of its kind to determine the effect of... Cancer Research...
One or two drinks a day increase the risk of cancer in women
several cancers according to a new report from Cancer Research UK published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... to women’s consumption of alcohol. Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Oxford's cancer epidemiology unit analysed... Cancer Research UK Press...
Breast cancer rates fall as women abandon HRT
(HRT) has halved – according to Cancer Research UK... online today in the European Journal of Cancer. Cancer Research UK statisticians have calculated that breast cancer rates* among women aged... Cancer Research UK Press...