Sentences with phrase «effected by breast cancer»

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Effect of media coverage and physician advice on utilization of breast cancer screening by women 40 years and older

Because of this double effect, it remains unknown whether isoflavone consumption should be encouraged or avoided by breast cancer patients.

Kontos adds that a greater role for aspirin would be welcomed by many at - risk patients, as current drugs aimed at reducing risk, such as tamoxifen and raloxifene, have significant side effects and do not prevent ER - negative breast cancer.

Olaparib had no effect on tumors formed by breast cancer cells containing functional BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

Researchers used IL - 15 to develop a whole tumor cell vaccine to target breast (TS / A) and prostate (TRAMP - C2) cancer cells in animal models; results showed that tumor cells stopped growing after the vaccine was introduced and that beneficial effects were enhanced further when IL - 15Rα was co-produced by the vaccine cells.

Higher BMI also increased the overall risk of liver (19 % increase), colon (10 %), ovarian (9 %), and breast cancers (5 %), but the effects on these cancers varied by underlying BMI and by individual - level factors such as sex and menopausal status.

In this study, the researchers tested the effects of Olaparib on the tumors formed by human breast cancer cells injected into mice.

The drug Gefitinib is used to treat breast, lung, and other cancers by inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling, but it has only a limited effect on prostate cancer.

The net effect of this complex ruling is to validate gene patents as a legal concept but reject claims made by Myriad for diagnostically using the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 to identify mutations that carry a high risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

To illustrate potential mutation - specific effects on absolute cancer risks, we used the hazard ratio estimates to derive approximate absolute risks and 95 % confidence intervals, based on published estimates for the overall risks of breast and ovarian cancer by age 70 years.26 These estimates are for illustration and do not represent absolute risk estimates that would be required in a genetic counseling setting, as they do not account for noncancer outcomes that may influence a woman's life expectancy, the effects of family history, and nonrandom ascertainment of mutation carriers in this sample and depend on assumptions about the prevalence of different mutation classes in the population.

Research by the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute's Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center suggests that the use of HIV drugs can allow for lower doses of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer, reducing side eCancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center suggests that the use of HIV drugs can allow for lower doses of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer, reducing side ecancer, reducing side effects

Multiple effects of a novel epothilone analog on cellular processes and signaling pathways regulated by Rac1 GTPase in the human breast cancer cells.

Injections of iPSC - EPCs did not however have significant effect on tumor growth or on overall survival, but transducing cells with a baculovirus expressing CD40L, a member of the TNF gene family which can induce apoptosis [6, 7], and injection into the breast cancer lung metastasis, increased levels of pro-apoptotic cytokines in lung tissues, indicating the induction of apoptosis by CD40L carried by the EPCs (See figure).

Various types of meditation have been shown to improve well - being among different populations such as physicians and the general public.14, 15, 16 Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation - based interventions may slow cellular aging rates by increasing telomerase activity, but many such studies lacked an active control group.17, 18 Recent randomized trials in breast cancer suggest that long - term intensive meditation interventions might have positive effects on telomerase activity.

TRAIL - enhanced apoptosis as measured by cleavage of caspase - 3 (Fig. 4I), and knockdown of ABL kinases increased the sensitivity of 1833 breast cancer cells to the proapoptotic effects of TRAIL (Fig. 4, G to I).

: We conclude that treatment of triple negative breast cancers with growth hormone - releasing hormone antagonists reduces tumor growth and potentiates the effects of cytotoxic therapy by nullifying drug resistance.

[53] We have also demonstrated similar effects of GHRH antagonists on in vivo cytokine gene expression by HCC1806 and MX - 1 triple negative human breast cancer.

Specifically, my research proposal addresses the mechanisms by which the kinase 3 - phosphoinoside dependent protein kinase - 1 (PDK1) mediates resistance to cell cycle related CDK4 / 6 inhibition in ER + breast cancer and explores the in vivo effects of inhibiting PDK1 in combination with CDK4 / 6 inhibitors toward ER + breast cancer growth.

For severe cases, doctors sometimes prescribe Danazol, a steroid derivative that decreases levels of the reproductive hormones FSH and LH, or tamoxifen, a breast - cancer drug that helps relieve breast pain by blocking estrogen receptors, thus preventing estrogens effect on breast tissue.

The cancer promoting effects of estrogen on breast tissue are restricted by lignan compounds which bind to estrogen receptors.

Second, tamoxifen — one of the most commonly prescribed breast cancer drugs (its also used preventively by some high - risk women)-- may have heart - protective effects for breast cancer patients and survivors, according to some research.

Next, we found that the increase of p21Cip1 / WAF1 expression, which occurs upon LA exposure in a p53 - independent manner, is involved in the apoptotic effects prompted by LA in both breast and endometrial cancer cells.

According to the FDA, other concerns can include disguising / leaving untreated symptoms that are really caused by another illness (such as an autoimmune disorder or dietary intolerance) or potential side effects like raising the risk for blood clots, stroke, gallbladder disease, vision changes, skin changes, mood swings, and possibly heart disease or breast cancer.»

You can not only help yourself by avoiding side effects of medical treatment, but also potentially prevent breast or other cancer recurrence.

(Source) Another study found lyophilized strawberries to inhibit oral tumorogenesis in hamsters (source), while a different study investigated the effects of strawberry extract on leukemia and breast cancer cells, and discovered the extract to inhibit tumor proliferation by causing cell death.

For example, the anti-estrogen drug tamoxifen, prescribed for breast cancer treatment, has been used by men to oppose the estrogenic effects of anabolic steroids.

This summer the Foundation drew the FDA's attention to a July 2005 health advisory issued by the Israeli Health Ministry which warned that soy infant formula should not be given to infants, that children should be fed soy foods no more than once per day to a maximum of three times per week and that adults should exercise caution because of increased risk of breast cancer and adverse effects on fertility.

The media is riveted by Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy to address her doctor's prediction that she had an 87 % risk of breast cancer due to defects in her BRCA1 and / or BRCA2 genes, yet I've seen no mention of epigenetics and its effects on cancer development in relation to this story, thus no mention of the power of diet or lifestyle in cutting one's breast cancer risk.

Please note: «Because raspberry leaf is thought to have a slight effect like the female hormone, estrogen, it should not be used by women who have endometriosis, uterine fibroids, or cancers of the breast, ovaries, or uterus.

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