Following are links to some of the latest news about breast cancer:
Cochrane Collaboration Releases Two New Reviews* of Breast Cancer Research
Post-operative radiotherapy for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (Radiation Benefits Women With Early Breast Cancer):
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD000563/pdf_abstract_fs.html
Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection after breast cancer surgery:
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD005360/pdf_abstract_fs.html
* What is a systematic review?
Pregnancy Has No Impact on Breast Cancer Survival, Delays Treatment & Diagnosis
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209075643.htm
When Informed, All Women Do Not Prefer Breast Conservation
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/484
New Genomic Test Can Personalize Breast Cancer Treatment
"Unlike a widely used genomic test that applies only to lymph-node negative, estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, this new genomic test is broadly applicable for all women diagnosed with breast cancer," says breast cancer specialist Matthew Ellis, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University.
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"They found that luminal A was not sensitive to the chemotherapy, suggesting that patients with this good-prognosis type can forgo chemotherapy in favor of hormone-based therapy. They showed that among the poor-prognosis tumor types, basal-like breast cancer was the most sensitive to the chemotherapy and luminal B the least."
http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/13451.html
Editorial: Barriers to Delivery of Psychosocial Care for Cancer Patients
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/27/5/661
Predictors of Referral for Psychosocial Services: Recommendations From the Institute of Medicine Report—Cancer Care for the Whole Patient
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/27/5/659
Multivitamin Use and Risk of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease in the Women's Health Initiative Cohorts
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/3/294
Pathway for cancer chemotherapy unveiled
http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2009/02/05/Science/Pathway.For.Cancer.Chemotherapy.Unveiled-3616581.shtml
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