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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Why doctors need to check breast cancer for mutations : futurity





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Why doctors need to check breast cancer for mutations

Why doctors need to check breast cancer for mutations
Why doctors need to check breast cancer for mutations
Share Article FacebookTwitterEmail You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license.Follow Futurity RSSTwitterFacebookNewsletterA new breast cancer study shows that tumors can mutate in response to treatments that reduce estrogen levels in the body.While estrogen-lowering drugs are often effective in reducing tumor size, sometimes the tumors become resistant to these therapies and continue to grow and spread."The tumors are spawning new sub-clones that subsequently can survive and grow despite therapy."The findings suggest that analyzing a single sample of the breast tumor is insufficient for understanding how a patient should best be treated.


by the same token on eurekalert

Researchers restore drug sensitivity in breast cancer tumors

Researchers restore drug sensitivity in breast cancer tumors
Researchers restore drug sensitivity in breast cancer tumors
A team of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine cancer researchers has uncovered one way certain tumors resist vital medication.In the study published in Oncotarget, the researchers studied tumor biopsies collected from breast cancer patients before and after treatment with the go-to breast cancer drug trastuzumab (also known as Herceptin).Some of the tumors were treatable with trastuzumab, and others were not.By comparing genes activated in the responsive tumors to those in non-responsive tumors, the researchers uncovered several genes that may help tumors evade the drug.


let alone azcentral

State fires, cancels health policy for sick teacher with breast cancer

State fires, cancels health policy for sick teacher with breast cancer
State fires, cancels health policy for sick teacher with breast cancer
Skip Ad Ad Loading... x Embed x Share Tarah Ausburn was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and said she was terminated from Adobe Mountain School because of the length of her treatment.Diana Payan/azcentral.comThe Department of Juvenile Corrections has fired and revoked the medical benefits of an award-winning 36-year-old teacher who was unable to return to work because of her fight with breast cancer.Adobe Mountain teacher Tarah Ausburn is battling cancer and says she was fired from her job when she missed her return date for work.Juvenile Corrections confirmed it had revoked her health insurance, which covered the cost of her cancer treatment.


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