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Policywise

Breaking the myths of breast screening and cancer

October 6, 2023 Breast Cancer,  Breast Imaging,  Breast Pain,  Breast Screening,  Cancer,  mammogram,  radiology

In the breast clinic, I hear many women say the same thing. What they say and think is very logical, however, they often are wrong.

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A pink breast cancer ribbon laying on a wooden table
The Stitch

Duchess of York – Why she had a mastectomy and why mammograms matter

June 28, 2023 Breast Cancer,  mammogram,  mastectomy

During a regular mammogram screening, Sarah, the Duchess of York, discovered that she had breast cancer. She recently underwent a successful surgery to treat the

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From The Labs

Eliminating gene SRC-3 in immune cells triggers effective long-lasting anti-cancer response

June 8, 2023 Breast Cancer,  cancer treatment,  Prostate Cancer,  Research,  SRC-3,  Tregs,  tumor microenvironment

The findings in animal models warrant continuing investigations to develop a novel, more effective and longer-lasting cancer therapy.

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From The Labs

Breast cancer tumors remotely disrupt immune response that could stop their own growth

May 23, 2023 anti-tumor response,  bone marrow microenvironment,  Breast Cancer,  MMP-13,  remote immunosuppression,  Research

The researchers identified ways to accelerate the restoration of the normal immune response and the efficacy of immunotherapies in animal models.

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Metastatic cancer cells tagged with a green fluorescent protein reveal their localization around the site of a bone fracture in a mouse model.
From The Labs

Dissemination of bone metastasis linked with bone remodeling

November 16, 2022 bone metastasis,  bone remodeling,  bone repair,  Breast Cancer,  NG2,  Research

This work opens new ways of thinking about how to prevent bone metastasis.

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A grey microsopy image with several dark grey circular blods, representing breast cancer spheroids.
From The Labs

How breast cancer cells can become resistant to therapy

October 20, 2022 14-3-3τ,  Breast Cancer,  ERα36,  estrogen receptor,  Research,  resistance to therapy

The findings may one day help overturn some breast cancer cells’ resistance to therapy.

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Judy Howell, smiling while sitting in her living room
The Stitch

A Team Approach to Breast Surgery

October 12, 2022 Breast Cancer,  breast reconstruction,  Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center

Judy Howell, a breast cancer survivor and patient at Baylor Medicine, shares her experience with breast reconstruction surgery.

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A display of three light-pink cloth ribbons. Each is looped at the top and folded over itself in the traditional breast cancer ribbon style. The three ribbons sit on a darker pink surface. The middle ribbon is larger, and the ones on either side are smaller.
The Stitch

Breast Cancer Early Detection: How and Why

October 5, 2022 Breast Cancer,  Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center,  early detection

“The earlier we can catch a cancer, the better the chance we have to beat it,” says Dr. Alastair Thompson, professor and section chief of breast surgery in Baylor’s division of surgical oncology.

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Microscopy-based image of human breast cancer cells, seen as blues circle with red and green circling around each.
From The Labs

Image of the Month: Human breast cancer cells

October 4, 2022 Breast Cancer,  HER-2,  High resolution deconvolution microscopy,  microscopy core,  Research

From the Labs joins Breast Cancer Awareness Month by featuring human breast cancer cells as our Image of the Month.

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From The Labs

A potentially more effective treatment for HER2 mutant metastatic breast cancer

June 23, 2022 Breast Cancer,  cancer treatment,  HER2 mutations,  lobular breast cancer,  Metastasis,  neratinib,  poziotinib,  Research

A phase II clinical trial is on its way to assess the value of poziotinib in the treatment of this devastating condition.

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

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