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03/27/2014

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Unlike any other Digital Mammography imaging center in Miami Florida, CBC is a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. CBC offers a comprehensive breast imaging evaluation that includes digital mammography, breast and pelvic ultrasound, ultrasound and stereotactic biopsies, and breast MRI and MR guided...

03/17/2014

New Prognostic Test for Breast Cancer Could Improve Patient Treatment

A study by researchers in Nottingham has developed a new clinical test for breast cancer which aims to improve patient treatment.

The Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus (NPI+) could be available to patients within two years.

The findings, published in the British Journal of Cancer, could significantly improve the way in which breast cancer patients are treated by giving clinicians more detailed information about a patient's breast cancer type and its likely behaviour, which will help them create a more personalised treatment plan.

The research, funded by the Medical Research Council, was led by Professor Ian Ellis in The University of Nottingham's Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, in collaboration with colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nottingham Trent University's John van Geest Cancer Research Centre.

The current Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI) was developed over 30 years ago and is a world-recognised tool used by clinicians treating patients with breast cancer to decide on the risk of the disease returning. However, breast cancer is now known to be a biologically complex disease and its various forms can have very different outcomes so the more information that doctors have about each patient's cancer, the better they can plan effective treatments. The new NPI+ test has been developed from the existing NPI by incorporating the measurement of 10 proteins (biomarkers) found in breast cancer cells. These biomarkers include ER and HER2, the two biomarkers currently tested for in clinics, but also others that are not currently tested.

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A study by researchers in Nottingham has developed a new clinical test for breast cancer which aims to improve patient treatment.

03/03/2014

Health history can affect the risk of developing breast cancer.

Anything that increases your chance of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Having a risk factor does not mean that you will get cancer; not having risk factors doesn't mean that you will not get cancer. Talk with your doctor if you think you may be at risk. Risk factors for breast cancer include the following:

- Menstruating at an early age.

- Older age at first birth or never having given birth.

- A personal history of invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), or benign (noncancer) breast disease.

- A family history (first-degree relative, such as mother, daughter, or sister) of breast cancer.

- Having inherited changes in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.

- Treatment with radiation therapy to the breast/chest.

- Having breast tissue that is dense on a mammogram.

- Taking hormones such as estrogen and progesterone for symptoms of menopause.

- Having taken the hormone diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy or being the daughter of a woman who took DES while pregnant.

- Obesity.

- Not getting enough exercise.

- Drinking alcoholic beverages.

- Being white.

NCI's Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool uses a woman's risk factors to estimate her risk for breast cancer during the next five years and up to age 90.

02/20/2014

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02/10/2014

FYI

Young women who smoke may have an increased risk of a common type of breast cancer, according to a new study.

02/07/2014

02/03/2014

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. In this animation we explain what cancer is and how it can develop in the breasts. Furthermore, we ...

01/31/2014

What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer

The Breasts

Inside a woman's breast are 15 to 20 sections (lobes). Each lobe is made of many smaller sections (lobules). Lobules have groups of tiny glands that can make milk.

After a baby is born, breast milk flows from the lobules through thin tubes (ducts) to the ni**le. Fibrous tissue and fat fill the spaces between the lobules and ducts.

Cancer Cells

Cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up all tissues and organs of the body, including the breast.

Normal cells in the breast and other parts of the body grow and divide to form new cells as they are needed. When normal cells grow old or get damaged, they die, and new cells take their place.

Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when the body doesn't need them, and old or damaged cells don't die as they should. The buildup of extra cells often forms a mass of tissue called a lump, growth, or tumor.

Tumors in the breast can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer):

Benign tumors:

- Are usually not harmful
- Rarely invade the tissues around them
- Don't spread to other parts of the body
- Can be removed and usually don't grow back

Malignant tumors:

- May be a threat to life
- Can invade nearby organs and tissues (such as the chest wall)
- Can spread to other parts of the body
- Often can be removed but sometimes grow back

Breast cancer cells can spread by breaking away from a breast tumor. They can travel through blood vessels or lymph vessels to reach other parts of the body. After spreading, cancer cells may attach to other tissues and grow to form new tumors that may damage those tissues.

For example, breast cancer cells may spread first to nearby lymph nodes. Groups of lymph nodes are near the breast under the arm (axilla), above the collarbone, and in the chest behind the breastbone.

When breast cancer spreads from its original place to another part of the body, the new tumor has the same kind of abnormal cells and the same name as the primary (original) tumor. For example, if breast cancer spreads to a lung, the cancer cells in the lung are actually breast cancer cells. The disease is metastatic breast cancer, not lung cancer. For that reason, it's treated as breast cancer, not lung cancer.

Types

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the United States (other than skin cancer). In 2013, more than 232,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma. This cancer begins in cells that line a breast duct. See the picture of breast ducts. About 7 of every 10 women with breast cancer have ductal carcinoma.

The second most common type of breast cancer is lobular carcinoma. This cancer begins in a lobule of the breast. See the picture of lobules. About 1 of every 10 women with breast cancer has lobular carcinoma.

Other women have a mixture of ductal and lobular type or they have a less common type of breast cancer.

FYI: Breast cancer also develops in men. In 2013, more than 2,200 American men will learn they have breast cancer.

12/24/2013

11/25/2013

What Is Breast Cancer? What Causes Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer is a kind of cancer that develops from breast cells. Breast cancer usually starts off in the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply them with milk. A malignant tumor can spread to other parts of the body. A breast cancer that started off in the lobules is known as lobular carcinoma, while one that developed from the ducts is called ductal carcinoma.

The vast majority of breast cancer cases occur in females. This article focuses on breast cancer in women. Click here to read about breast cancer in men (male breast cancer).

Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide. It accounts for 16% of all female cancers and 22.9% of invasive cancers in women. 18.2% of all cancer deaths worldwide, including both males and females, are from breast cancer.

Breast cancer rates are much higher in developed nations compared to developing ones. There are several reasons for this, with possibly life-expectancy being one of the key factors - breast cancer is more common in elderly women; women in the richest countries live much longer than those in the poorest nations. The different lifestyles and eating habits of females in rich and poor countries are also contributory factors, experts believe.

According to the National Cancer Institute, 232,340 female breast cancers and 2,240 male breast cancers are reported in the USA each year, as well as about 39,620 deaths caused by the disease.

mature human female's breast consists of fat, connective tissue and thousands of lobules - tiny glands which produce milk. The milk of a breastfeeding mother goes through tiny ducts (tubes) and is delivered through the ni**le.

The breast, like any other part of the body, consists of billions of microscopic cells. These cells multiply in an orderly fashion - new cells are made to replace the ones that died. In cancer, the cells multiply uncontrollably, and there are too many cells, progressively more and more than there should be.

Cancer that begins in the lactiferous duct (milk duct), known as ductal carcinoma, is the most common type. Cancer that begins in the lobules, known as lobular carcinoma, is much less common.
What is the difference between invasive and non-invasive breast cancer?
Invasive breast cancer - the cancer cells break out from inside the lobules or ducts and invade nearby tissue. With this type of cancer, the abnormal cells can reach the lymph nodes, and eventually make their way to other organs (metastasis), such as the bones, liver or lungs. The abnormal (cancer) cells can travel through the bloodstream or the lymphatic system to other parts of the body; either early on in the disease, or later.

Non-invasive breast cancer - this is when the cancer is still inside its place of origin and has not broken out. Lobular carcinoma in situ is when the cancer is still inside the lobules, while ductal carcinoma in situ is when they are still inside the milk ducts. "In situ" means "in its original place". Sometimes, this type of breast cancer is called "pre-cancerous"; this means that although the abnormal cells have not spread outside their place of origin, they can eventually develop into invasive breast cancer.

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11/18/2013

Worta McCaskill-Stevens, MD, Program Director of the Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), speaks to Af...