Breast Cancer
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Protein Expression Marker May Predict Response to Anthracyclines
Major Finding: Overexpression of TOP2A protein in breast cancer was found to be predictive of response to anthracyclines, independent of HER2 gene...
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Screen Breast Cancer Patients for Depression
Major Finding: Women whose depression scores improved during a 1-year treatment trial for metastatic breast cancer lived a median 53.6 months...
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Carboplatin Adds No Benefit to Standard Therapy for Basal-Like Breast Cancer
Major Finding: The pCR rate in basal-like breast cancer was 35% for standard chemotherapy with epirubicin, cyclophosphamide, and docetaxel, and 30...
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Study: Flaxseed Bars Not Effective in Reducing Hot Flashes
Major Finding: Mean hot flash scores decreased by 4.9 units (about 33%) in the flaxseed arm, and by 3.5 (about 29%) in the placebo arm (P = .29)....
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Bevacizumab Shows Promise for High-Risk Ovarian Cancer
Major Finding: Relative to chemotherapy alone, chemotherapy plus bevacizumab was associated with a nonsignificant 15% reduction in the risk of...
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Exemestane Prevents 65% of Invasive Breast Cancers in Postmenopausal Women
Major Finding: The annual incidence of invasive breast cancer was 0.19% with exemestane vs. 0.55% with placebo (hazard ratio 0.35, P = .002).Data...
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Exemestane Prevents Breast Cancers in Postmenopausal Women
Major Finding: The annual incidence of invasive breast cancer was 0.19% with exemestane vs. 0.55% with placebo (hazard ratio 0.35, P = .002).Data...
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Added Regional Nodal Irradiation Cuts Breast Cancer Recurrence
Major Finding: Whole-breast irradiation plus regional nodal irradiation significantly reduced the risk of locoregional recurrence of breast cancer...
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PARP Inhibitors: Usurping DNA Repair to Target Cancer
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Two Studies Find Beta-Blockers Help Combat Breast Cancer Progression
Major Finding: In the first study, the cumulative probability of breast cancer–specific mortality was significantly lower among propranolol users...