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Longer night fasting tied to reduced breast cancer recurrence

2016-04-01 00:57:36| Biotech - Topix.net

For breast cancer survivors, the risk of recurrence may be tied to how many hours they fast at night, a new study suggests. Women in the study were more likely to have their breast cancer come back if they fasted overnight for less than 13 hours, researchers found.

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NIST develops measurement standard for breast cancer MRI.

2016-03-24 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Researchers at NIST have developed the first widely useful standard for magnetic resonance imaging of the breast. NIST phantom will help standardize MRIs of breast tissue and ensure quality control in comparing images within and between medical research studies. Phantom mimics response of human tissue to help test performance of medical imaging systems. It supports quantitative MRI, which is increasingly used for breast cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment monitoring.

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FDA clears expanded use of Pfizer's breast cancer med IBRANCE

2016-02-20 09:04:41| Biotech - Topix.net

The FDA approves Pfizer's supplement New Drug Application for IBRANCE . It is now cleared for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive , human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative advanced/metastatic breast cancer in combination with fulvestrant [AstraZeneca's FASLODEX ] in women with disease progression following endocrine therapy.

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DNA repair factor linked to breast cancer may also play a role in Alzheimer's disease

2015-12-01 04:37:33| Biotech - Topix.net

IMAGE: Scientists reduced levels of BRCA1 in mouse brains and in neurons in a dish to investigate the role of the protein in dementia. view more Mutant forms of breast cancer factor 1 are associated with breast and ovarian cancers but according to new findings, in the brain the normal BRCA1 gene product may also be linked to Alzheimer's disease.

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Alcohol's association with breast cancer - International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 174

2015-11-25 13:01:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Most observational epidemiologic studies have shown a slight increase in the risk of breast cancer for women who consume alcohol; the degree of increase is usually small for light-to-moderate drinkers (between 5% and 15% increase for consumers of no more than one drink/day), but the risk may be higher for women consuming greater amounts of alcohol.

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