Research Highlights
Vitamin A inhibits breast cell growth, and a drug based on Vitamin A could potentially prevent breast cancer. See "Breast Cancer Chemoprevention by Retinoids," read more…
Physicians who interpret a high number of mammograms are more likely to find cancers when they are present and less likely to falsely identify a non-cancerous area as cancer. Centralizing mammogram interpretation could save money, increase cancer detection, and reduce biopsy rates. See "Harnessing Technology to Improve Mammography Effectiveness," read more…
Graduate students are testing a prototype miniature gamma camera to detect breast cancer and methods for reducing breast compression during mammograms. See "UCLA Biomedical Physics Graduate Training Program," read more…
Diet and exercise during childhood and adolescence may affect a woman's risk of getting breast cancer as an adult. See "Physical Activity, Diet and Menarche in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort," read more…
Women who had high exposure to x-rays in childhood (in the past, when radiation doses were greater than today) have a higher than average risk of getting breast cancer before age 40, if they also have both benign breast disease and a family member with breast cancer. See "Radiation, Reproductive & Menstrual Factors & Breast Cancer," read more…
Relatively inexpensive organizational changes can improve breast cancer care for women at public hospitals. See "The Breast Care Center: Innovative Care for the Underserved," read more…
Delivering chemotherapy drugs directly to tumors using microscopic fat particles could potentially reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. See "A New System for Breast Cancer Drug Delivery," read more…
A protein derived from snake venom is a potential breast cancer treatment. See "Mechanism of Novel Anti-Angiogenic Therapy for Breast Cancer," read more…
Extracts of some Chinese herbs inhibit cells growth; researchers are trying to isolate compounds that inhibit cell growth from these extracts. See "Treating Breast Cancer with Chinese Herbs: A Pilot Study," read more…
A compound derived from Chinese herbs also greatly enhances the effect of chemotherapy drugs. See "A Novel Drug Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells," read more…
Fish oils decrease breast tumors' ability to spread to other body parts by keeping the tumor from growing blood vessels and decreasing certain crucial proteins. This research strengthens the theory that altering fat in the diet can be used as an additional therapy at any stage of breast cancer. See "Alteration of Dietary Fat to Reduce Breast Cancer Metastasis," read more…
