STAT : reported that Mammograms plus genomic testing identify best breast cancer treatments

Half of the participants are randomly selected to have screening mammograms, and the other half do not have screening mammograms. The best way to avoid overtreatment of less-aggressive breast cancers is to more accurately characterize the biologic type of every breast cancer. Treatment options for breast cancer treatment were once determined by the stage of the disease. Analyses of completed randomized trials have clearly demonstrated a benefit for screening mammograms, with a 15 to 20 percent reduction in breast cancer deaths. For example, we know that breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) is just as effective as mastectomy for most women with breast cancer.

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Study identifies protein in tumor microenvironment that promotes breast cancer spread

A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center identifies a protein in that microenvironment that promotes the spread of breast Cancer cells. There are a whole host of cells in the Cancer microenvironment, including immune cells, vasculature and mesenchymal stem cells. The researchers are continuing to study what happens when DDR2 is activated in breast Cancer cells and how it promotes metastases. To understand what makes breast cancer spread, researchers are looking at where it lives - not just its original home in the breast but its new home where it settles in other organs. "When we inhibit this receptor in the mesenchymal stem cells, it tricks the cancer cells.

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