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Operation: an ultrasound (ultrasound) guided surgery full breast cancer tumors seem better able to to remove and save more healthy tissue than a standard operation led by palpation (feeling of the surgeon). Afterwards, were less additional treatments needed. This is evidenced by Dutch randomized long-term study. Article posted 28 March 2012

Mammaprint-genes test that can predict what treatment a cancer patient needs can now be applied also with preserved tissue tumor.

General: Patients with Breast Cancer DICS (ductal in situ, tumor cells are confined to the milk ducts) - still survive longer without recurrence by adequate treatment, shows significant long-term randomized study. Article updated August 3, 2011

General: Biopsy of sentinel node in breast cancer metastases in lymph nodes was not significantly more or elsewhere in the body without biopsy, thus randomized study in 2502 women. Article updated August 3, 2011

General: even minute metastases often lead to recideif of breast cancer. Treatments are therefore necessary, according to researchers nederladnse. Article updated August 3, 2011

Chemotherapy in breast cancer: here a summary of articles and studies.

Bisfosphonaten as Zometa significantly decrease risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women according to studies conducted primarily in 6000 women with osteoporosis. Article updated August 3, 2011

Dendritic Cell therapy also seems an appropriate treatment for breast cancer. Click here for more information on dendritic cell therapy.

Breast cancer and early diagnosis: When the second breast cancer is detected early and treated in time, the risk of death 27% to 47% less compared to later discovery of a recurrence. Article updated March 28, 2011

Gene Testing: Oncotype DX - Gene test predicts chances of recurrence in hormone-sensitive breast cancer with metastases by treatment with chemotherapy. Thus, two ten-year study published in the NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine on December 10, 2004. This seems standard chemotherapy for breast cancer should be reduced to necessary and useful for only a small group of women with hormone sensitive breast cancer. Article updated August 3, 2011

breast cancer and resistance to chemotherapy and hormone therapy remains clinically cancer free now 33 months after combination treatment of hyperthermia, irradiation and intra-arterial administration of herceptin. A special case study and therefore published in int. j. Clinical Oncology. Article update 24 may 2012

Iressa - gefinitib added to Arimidex - anastrozole provides significantly longer disease-free and median survival for patients with hormone-sensitive breast cancer. Thus, placebo-controlled randomized study. Article posted April 1, 2010

Breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node procedure provides 10% more positive axillary nodes in breast cancer after launch late nineties. Article updated March 28, 2011

Breast Cancer: Stem cell treatment (autologous stem cell rescu) plus chemotherapy in breast cancer provide superior 2 and 5 year survival compared to a single stem cell treatment. Article updated March 28, 2011

General: in women with metastatic breast cancer, ER status, PR and HER2-Neu often different and often changing and sometimes requires treatment by new treatment strategy. Thus, randomized study. Article updated August 3, 2011

Herceptin - Trastuzumab in breast cancer: click here for an overview of recent developments and important articles and studies.

Autologous stem cell transplantation with pre-selected and cleaned blood cells (HSC) after chemotherapy allows patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer to unexpected success. 5 of the 22 participants after 12 years still alive, four of them cancer. Article updated August 11, 2011

Supplements and some extra vitamins increase survival and reduce side effects significantly in women with invasive breast cancer. Article updated August 13, 2011

Breast cancer and immune therapy: Immunotherapy with injections of "oxidized mannan-MUC1" Early diagnosed and treated breast cancer provides excellent outcomes (100% after five years) to better five year survival, said placebo randomized phase III study. Article updated August 13, 2011

General: scientific research in breast cancer: overview of current phase I, II and III studies in breast cancer in Netherlands and Europe.

Diagnosis: MRI screening with breast cancer gives little to no impact on treatment results as disease-free time and overall survival in women with breast cancer. Only women with BCRA 1 and 2 mutations can benefit from bljikt, 10 year old meta analysis.

General: Metastases of primary breast cancer or tumors at the emergence of a relapse of former primary breast cancer can have a different receptor status and so have other treatment is necessary. This shows a new Canadian study.

Lapatinib-Tykerb besides herceptin-trastuzumab gives significant longer disease-free time and better overall survival than patients with breast cancer with herceptin in Her2-Neu positive expression, but fails at novice breast cancer.

Breast cancer: chemo-embolization-TACE = Transarteriële with breast cancer patients for their leveruitzaaiïngen prolongs significantly these patients.

Breast Cancer: Find a number of studies and articles on recent developments in the treatment and regular coping with breast cancer.

Breast cancer - regular developments

Under regular date we mention results of surveys and studies on current developments in chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, aromatase inhibitors, monoclonal agents, angiogenesis inhibitors, vaccines and other conventional cancer treatments. With some additional comments, other as we found on the Internet.

Scroll down left column for studies and publications, all with breast cancer have to do. Learn more about breast cancer found among cancers - breast and under complementary among breast cancer and then in alphabetical list.

Experiences of breast cancer patients can be found in experience stories and / or video button top left on this page.