Sunday, April 21, 2013

New Breast Cancer Prognosis Model

Scientists have found a better way to predict survival chance from breast cancer. The article from HealthDay and reposted on US News shares the findings and generally explains the research article from the group from Columbia University. They found that many cancer types contain certain gene signatures that are shared amongst them. With this information, the scientists found that when these gene signatures were properly combined, there were strong indicators for breast cancer survival. The specific genes get initiated together in tissues of patients that have many different cancer types, which make them so unique. The scientists believe that from their breast cancer model, and type of cancer can have a model created for them to help with diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment. Hopefully, in the future this technology can spread to every type of cancer and be able to be used in every day medicine.

3 comments:

  1. I really hope this is a break through for people fighting breast cancer and individuals with relatives of breast cancer victims. My mother beat breast cancer twice, reading this gives hope that hopefully no one else will have to fight with this terrible disease, and if so, the treatments will be not as harsh.

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  2. Cancer affects so many loved ones and lessening the pain caused on the patient and their families would be key to starting the true fight against stopping cancer. Diagnosis and prognosis of cancer is mentally and emotionally exhausting for all involved. Once doctors begin treating the patient, it typically becomes a terrible whirlwind of emotions and physical pain. Treatments can be brutal on the body and prognosis can be bring the spirits of a fighter down. Any scientific steps towards helping the cause of breast cancer patients are truly welcomed.

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  3. [...] Knowledge of breast cancer: breast cancer causes, symptoms and treatment Causes Janet Lane Claypon ...aypon orchestrated the first study Scientific breast cancer in the mid-1920s. Eighty years later, we still lack a full understanding of what the exact cause of cancer breast. We know that all cancers are caused by certain types of DNA damage. Exposure to radiation, estrogen hormones, diet, and geography are factors that could contribute to DNA mutation, leading to several types of cancer. Our inability to find a cure results of our inability to determine the cause of breast cancer. The increased risk of breast cancer with age. Women who are lucky enough to live to be ninety-seven has a chance of breast cancer. Family history is another important factor. Women whose mothers, grandmothers, aunts and suffered from breast cancer are more likely to have breast cancer too. Symptoms Breast exams and mammograms are so important because breast cancer symptoms are not painful and difficult to detect. Heads in the chest under the arm or above the collarbone that does not go away is a sign. Breast discharge, skin discoloration of the nipple and investment of are also warning signs. Please see our guide to self-test below. Treatment Surgery remains the treatment more popular. Hormone therapy is often used in conjunction with surgery. The severity of the patient, whether high or low risk: the specific cycle of hormone treatment. Patients are subjected to X-rays or gamma rays that bombard the tumor with radiation cancer powerful. This is done with a machine called an accelerator linear. This treatment is often used in combination with surgery. Sometimes radiation is used after surgery to clean up any material that cancer is not was removed by surgery. Sometimes, radiation is used as a precursor to surgery to prepare the ground for the entry of invaders. Radiotherapy is performed for about fifteen minutes each day for five days a week. This lasts from five to seven weeks. Since normal cells repair themselves more quickly cancer cells, radiation can be used without the risk of permanently damaging normal tissue. Chemotherapy can also be made before and after surgery. Here are some common types of chemotherapy: Tamoxifen is used to block estrogen receptors, common in cells, to stop the transport of cells between estrogen. Aromatase inhibitors decrease the number of estrogen in postmenopausal women. GnRH analogues can be useful during the early stages of breast cancer. Removing the ovaries or repression can be used to prevent ovaries to produce hormones in premenopausal women About the Author [...]

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