Research Highlights
A hand-held Laser Breast Scanner could detect breast cancer using near-infrared light. See “Non-Invasive Optical Characterization of Breast Physiology,” read more…
Asian women who ate tofu at least 4 times a week as teenagers had a 35% lower risk for breast cancer than those who ate tofu less often than once a month. See “Gene-Diet Tobacco Interactions in Breast Cancer in Asians,” read more…
Tibetan herbal medicine is being tested as a breast cancer treatment. See “Tibetan Medicine for Advanced Breast Cancer,” read more…
Women who have previously had breast cancer are taking a compound derived from vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage in an experiment to see if this will prevent a recurrence of the disease. “Dietary Indole Effect on Estrogen Urinary Metabolites,” read more…
Researchers are attempting to develop a way to use the fluorescent protein produced by fireflies and a type of video camera to externally detect very small tumors produced experimentally in living animals. See “Metastasis Suppressor Genes for Breast Cancer,” read more…
Exercise alone prevented tumors more effectively than exercise and Vitamin E together. See “Exercise, Hormones and Cancer Prevention,” read more…
Can Essiac tea, a widely-used herbal mixture, prevent tumors in mice and rats? See “Evaluation of Essiac Tea to Prevent Mammary Tumors,” read more…
Twenty-nine percent of women who had breast cancer surgery felt they were harassed on the job as a result. See “Perceived Support in the Work Place and Return to Work,” read more…
