The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ixempra (ixabepilone) for patients with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer which hasn’t responded to other cancer drugs. In a priority review, the FDA approved Ixempra for use in combination with capecitabine in patients who no longer benefit from chemotherapy treatments including an anthracycline and a taxane. [...]

Research conducted at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center has found that a natural compound helps break down treatment-resistant pancreatic cancer. The compound, known as triptolide, is a toxic agent which has been used as a natural medicine in China for hundreds of years. In the Minnesota study, Ashok Saluja, PhD, discovered triptolide had the [...]

Representative Jo Ann Davis (Republican-Virginia) died of breast cancer in her home on October 6th, 2007. She was 57 years old. Congresswoman Davis was first diagnosed with cancer in 2005 and suffered a recurrence earlier this year. Her treatments at Duke University appeared to be progressing well until her condition took a sudden turn for [...]

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are collecting saliva samples from thousands of women to further studies on breast cancer. UAMS’ Spit for the Cure campaign is being conducted with support from the Arkansas chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The samples and questionnaires collected from volunteers will be [...]

Scientists from the University of Chieti in Italy have found that a gene which normally functions in the placenta during the early stages of pregnancy is also expressed in most human cancers. Professor Saverio Alberti and his team discovered that the Trop-2 gene was involved in the formation of invasive cells needed during the stage [...]

Thanks to earlier detection and better treatments, millions of people can now call themselves cancer survivors. But once the strict regimen of blood tests, chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery is over and the patient leaves the cancer center, what do they need to do to keep that precious title? The stark reality is that many survivors [...]

Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc (NASDAQ: MYGN) recently launched an advertising campaign that’s generating debate among cancer professionals. The campaign includes television, radio and magazine ads promoting a genetic testing product, BRACAnalysis®, which is designed to detect mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. These inherited mutations have been shown to significantly increase the risk of [...]

No, it’s not a tiny bird. Or the latest step on Dancing With The Stars. Actually, mini-Whipple is the nickname of a surgical procedure used to treat pancreatic cancer. The proper medical term for the procedure is pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy and the technique is used to remove tumors in the head of the pancreas while sparing [...]

The non-profit organization FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered is putting out a new kind of calendar showcasing women’s chests. Unlike other calendars famed for hanging in the back of garages and tool sheds, this one features women who have undergone double mastectomies because of breast cancer or hereditary BRCA2 mutations. The novel photographs [...]

Ladies, before you decide to skip today’s workout, you might want to listen to this motivating and informative podcast from Discovery Health. During this final segment of Discovery’s series on women’s health and nutrition, Dr Pam Peeke explains how strength and cardio training help reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. The doctor [...]