BCC Quarterly is out! (2013, Issue 3) - Gayle Sulik PhD, August 20th, 2013
The past three months have seen significant changes not only in the breast cancer arena but in science and medicine more generally.
Barbara Brenner, one of my personal she-roes, who led the group Breast Cancer Action, died on May 10 at her home in San Francisco. She was 61. Angelina Jolie surprised the public . . . → Read More: BCC Quarterly is out! (2013, Issue 3)
Book Review and Analysis — From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage 0 Breast Cancer - Bonnie Spanier PhD, August 1st, 2013
At age 52, Jackie Fox was diagnosed with DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ, a form of breast cancer labeled stage zero, compared to stages 1 to 4. This slim book is an up-close and personal story of Fox’s roller coaster journey — from the moment her doctor gave her the diagnosis, telling her it was . . . → Read More: Book Review and Analysis — From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage 0 Breast Cancer
“Carcinoma”: What’s in a name? - Gayle Sulik PhD, July 31st, 2013
As part of a National Cancer Institute working group, Dr. Laura J. Esserman MD, MBA of Mt Zion Carol Franc Buck Breast Cancer Center along with colleagues Ian Thompson MD of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Brian Reid MD, PhD of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, . . . → Read More: “Carcinoma”: What’s in a name?
NIH scientists identify molecular link between metabolism and breast cancer - Posted By BCC Admin, February 11th, 2013
“NIH scientists identify molecular link between metabolism and breast cancer.” Press Release, National Cancer Institute
A protein associated with conditions of metabolic imbalance, such as diabetes and obesity, may play a role in the development of aggressive forms of breast cancer, according to new findings by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part . . . → Read More: NIH scientists identify molecular link between metabolism and breast cancer
NCI Cancer Bulletin Suspends Publication - Posted By BCC Admin, January 8th, 2013
“NCI Cancer Bulletin Suspends Publication, National Cancer Institute.
As of January 8, 2013, the NCI Cancer Bulletin has suspended publication. A searchable archive of more than 5,000 news and feature stories published since 2004 will remain on NCI’s website. Featured clinical trials and summaries highlighting recent results from cancer clinical trials will continue to be . . . → Read More: NCI Cancer Bulletin Suspends Publication
Research Brief — “The Right Trials” - Posted By BCC Admin, November 1st, 2012
Dr. Patricia Steeg
Patricia S. Steeg, chief of the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute, argues in Nature [2012, 485, S58a] that most people with breast cancer die as a result of metastases (spread). Clinical trials, however, are only designed to evaluate a drug’s ability to shrink established tumors rather . . . → Read More: Research Brief — “The Right Trials”
Book Review — “Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History” - Kathi Kolb, October 7th, 2012
Exhaustively researched and highly readable, science journalist Florence Williams’ latest book describes the remarkable and largely uncharted ecology of women’s breasts. Yes, ecology. It turns out that human breasts are in fact a complex and adaptable ecosystem, with a unique ability to tune in and respond to the world around them. Research has only . . . → Read More: Book Review — “Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History”
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