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AI algorithm used to measure breast density
The algorithm has the potential to standardise and automate routine breast density assessment, with AI being central to breast cancer risk assessment...
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Chemotherapy could lead to mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle
Chemotherapy drugs commonly used in breast cancer leads to a decrease in muscle mitochondria, and could result in fatigue after treatment...
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Cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients ‘should be prioritised’
Cardiac monitoring of high-risk breast cancer patients should be prioritised, after research revealed low rates of heart monitoring seen in the patients receiving trastuzumab.
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Watson system increases clinical trial enrolment by 80 percent
Watson for Clinical Trial Matching, an AI platform, has shown an increase of 80 percent in enrolment for breast cancer clinical trials, along with reduced screening times for patients...
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Immunotherapy using tumour infiltrating lymphocytes for metastatic cancer
A novel approach to immunotherapy developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has led to the complete regression of breast cancer in a patient who was unresponsive to all other treatments.
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Talazoparib shows promise for early-stage BRCA+ breast cancer patients
Once-daily oral pill could replace preoperative chemotherapy in patient population if validated in larger trials...
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Scientists identify cause of resistance to breast and ovarian cancer drug
Scientists have identified a mutation that gives cancer cells resistance to the breakthrough cancer treatment olaparib and other PARP inhibitors...
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Zoledronic acid could be used to treat basal-like breast cancer
Researchers have discovered that an enzyme called UGT8 drives the progression of basal-like breast cancer...
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Pill for breast cancer diagnosis may outperform mammograms
Researchers are developing a pill that makes tumours light up when exposed to infrared light...
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Edelfosine prevents breast cancer cells from activating in the brain
Researchers have used computer modelling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukaemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer...
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Acoustic Cluster Therapy drives drug therapies to cancer cells
Researchers are testing the use of pulsed sound waves to direct and focus cancer drug therapies...
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Blood test predicts effectiveness of palbociclib in breast cancer patients
A new study has found a blood test for cancer DNA could predict if a woman is responding to the new breast cancer drug palbociclib, months earlier than current tests...
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Diffusion kurtosis imaging differentiates benign breast lesions from malignancies
An MRI technique that requires no contrast agent, combined with sophisticated data analysis, could reduce the number of unnecessary breast biopsies...
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First comparison of common breast cancer tests finds varied accuracy of predictions
Commercially-available prognostic breast cancer tests show significant variation in their abilities to predict disease recurrence...
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NIR identifies breast cancer patients who will benefit from chemotherapy
Scientists have developed a new optical imaging system that uses red and near-infrared light to identify breast cancer patients who will respond to chemotherapy...
