Most oncologists now are thinking of breast cancer as at least four diseases based on endocrine features - luminal A, luminal B, Her2 positive and the so called "triple negative" - breast cancers that express neither estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors nor Her2 receptors. These latter breast cancers, or "triple negative" breast cancers have a reputation (deservedly so) for being difficult to treat.
Yet many oncologists, like myself, have dozens of patients with "triple negative"...
Breast Cancer News Editor's Note: Science and health news outlet EurekAlert! published yesterday an interesting summary of a Lancet study ... Read more »
I know I treat menopause as a normal stage of life and hope that most of us can take the changes it presents to us and turn them into... Read more »
Stand Up To Cancer, the much-touted TV cancer fundraiser aired last September, has raised over $100 million for cancer research over the... Read more »
If you’re a woman with HER2 positive breast cancer, stand up right now and cheer: Tykerb, a new drug approved this week by the FDA, has... Read more »
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with HER2-positive stage II breast cancer, and after surgery will be doing chemo (AC + T). After that’s done, my... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
All of the female hormones interact with your cells through estrogen receptors. There are all kinds of estrogen receptors in your body, each with... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
At a Glance ERDs keep estrogen from latching onto hormone receptors Hormone receptors are like ears or antennae on a cell. Estrogen sends signals... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Selective estrogen receptor modulators, called SERMs for short, block the effects of estrogen in the breast tissue. SERMs work by sitting in the... Read more »
Researchers say they have found new compounds that may be the next wave in helping fight estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Scientists in... Read more »
Background Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a relatively rare type of breast cancer grows in the lymph vessels of the skin of the breast. Because... Read more »
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