Latest breast cancer news from medicineworld.orgMedicineWorld.Org brings daily breast cancer news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world of breast cancer. Medicineworld cancer news service is the most comprehensive cancer news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items.Gene profiling and resistance to Herceptin- June 13, 2007 Using gene chips to profile tumors before therapy, scientists at Harvard and Yale Universities found markers that identified breast cancer subtypes resistant to Herceptin, the primary therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer. They say this advance could help further refine treatment for the 25 to 30 percent of patients with breast cancer with this class of tumor........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/2-2007/gene-profiling-and-resistance-to-herceptin.htm... Social Isolation Has Its Toll In Breast Cancer- June 13, 2007 A new research has found that women who have few close friends or family members at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to die from breast cancer compared to those who have better social support structure. Study author Dr. Candyce H. Kroenke, of the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco says that social support is very important in breast cancer. Social isolation can lead to a limitation of access to health care, and can lead to inadequate care and may affect...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2006/social-isolation-has-its-toll-in-breast-cancer... |