Women's Health Weekly

Breast Cancer - Identification of all sentinel nodes may reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence

Gynecological Cancer - Nedaplatin exhibited strong antitumor activity in gynecological carcinomas

Human Papillomavirus - Human papillomavirus in adolescents could lead to genital abnormalities

Obesity - Smoking during early pregnancy increases risk of obesity in young children

Venous Thromboembolism - Longer endogenous estrogen exposure increases risk of venous thromboembolism

Addiction Medicine - Cash for sterilization program for drug and alcohol addicts increases paid incentives to $300

Adverse Drug Reaction - CYP17 polymorphism may influence tamoxifen-induced hepatic steatosis

Awards - Komen Tulsa affiliate awards $340,000 to local organizations to aid breast cancer fight

Barrett Esophagus - Progression to high-grade dysplasia in women with Barrett esophagus is similar to men

Bioethics - Human embryo cloning prohibited in Hong Kong

Bone Loss - Impact exercise may lower incidence of fall-related fractures in elderly women

Bone Metastases - (18)FDG-PET should complement bone scintigraphy for detecting bone metastases

Bone Mineral Density - New research in the area of bone mineral density detailed

Breast Cancer - Adiponectin expression induced apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer - Adjuvant breast cancer therapy needs to move away from one-fits-all mentality

Breast Cancer - Androgen receptor activity reduces cancer risk in African-American women

Breast Cancer - Calcium signaling in cancer and vitamin D examined

Breast Cancer - Clinical trial tests delivery of chemotherapy directly to breast ducts

Breast Cancer - Combined gene therapy effect revealed in syngeneic murine breast cancer models

Breast Cancer - Declines in mortality from breast cancer represent progress in disease control

Breast Cancer - Dependable social relationships predicted survival in breast carcinoma patients

Breast Cancer - High-dose chemotherapy improved survival in breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer - Mapping for sentinel lymph node biopsy is enhanced with combined diagnostic modalities

Breast Cancer - Multicenter phase II study of MKC-1 initiated in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - New breast magnetic resonance imaging technique endorsed

Breast Cancer - Positron emission tomography for breast cancer deemed cost-effective in Canada

Breast Cancer - Prognostic factors in breast cancer change over time

Breast Cancer - Recent studies add new data to breast cancer research

Breast Cancer - Reports add new data to breast cancer research

Breast Cancer - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Role of autoimmunity in breast cancer has broad implications in therapy target discovery

Breast Cancer - Solid-state gamma camera used to depict sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Spanish-preferring Latinas experienced delays in care for breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Spleen tyrosine kinase mediated breast tumor suppression

Breast Cancer - Study examines participation in online support groups for breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer - Survival after diagnosis of breast cancer varied in Switzerland

Breast Cancer - Ultrasonography detected infraclavicular lymph node metastases in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Unsatisfactory coping and defending mechanisms linked to risk of breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Vaginal estrogen may pose risks to patients taking new breast cancer drugs

Breast Cancer Prevention - Physician education would enhance recruitment of Asian-American women into cancer research

Breast Cancer Prevention - Review examines therapeutic value of selective estrogen receptor modulators in breast cancer

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Breast cancer risk for Hispanic women increases with length of residency in U.S.

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Dietary calcium/dairy consumption have slight inverse association with breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Dietary factors may influence mammographic density and breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Some foods in traditional southern diet may reduce risk of invasive breast cancer

Breast Cancer Screening - Breast cancer survival is linked more to early diagnosis than to differential treatment

Breast Cancer Survival - Extended benefit for women after 5 years of tamoxifen therapy is observed with letrozole

Breast Cancer Survival - Regional differences in breast cancer survival are explained by low diagnostic activity

Breast Cancer Therapy - Report advocates use of epirubicin for adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy

Breast Cancer Therapy - Risk of recurrence is reduced in women treated with letrozole for breast cancer

Breast Cancer Therapy - Studies add new findings to breast cancer therapy body of knowledge

Breast Disease - Body fat at young age may reduce incidence of breast disease in premenopausal women

Breast Feeding - Women need strong support systems to continue breast-feeding

Business Update - Circulating tumor cells are predictive of outcome for breast cancer patients

Cancer Cell Biology - icb-1 gene expression is inducible in breast and ovarian cancer cells

Cancer Diagnostics - Tumor markers and (18)FDG-PET could detect tumor recurrences

Cancer Incidence - Extra X chromosome does not appear to increase cancer incidence, mortality in women

Cancer Prevention - Lipid peroxidation was examined as possible chemoprotective mechanism for breast cancer

Cancer Research - Pennsylvania may opt to give tax refund to breast, cervical cancer research

Cancer Risk Factors - BRCA1 deficiency is linked to aberrant estrogen biosynthesis associated with cancer risk

Cancer Risk Factors - Inconclusive BRCA1/2 testing results create anxiety in women about cancer risk

Cancer Survivors - Psychosocial problems faced by adult cancer survivors analyzed

Cancer Therapy - Antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing activity of Brucea javanica shown

Cancer Therapy - Cancer treatment system non-invasively focuses heat on drug-injected region

Cancer Therapy - Long-term side effects of adjuvant chemotherapy reviewed

Cardiology - Fetuses with hydrops bear increased cardiac vascular endothelial growth factor

Cardiovascular Disease - Beneficial effect of soy isoflavones appears restricted to C-reactive protein levels

Cardiovascular Disease - Moderate alcohol consumption is related to lower arterial stiffness in women.

Cardiovascular Disease - Soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 is marker of increased heart disease mortality

Celiac Disease - HLA genotyping may exclude celiac disease in groups with unbiased distribution of HLA alleles

Cervical Cancer - HPV typing from paraffin-embedded sections of cervical cancers deemed feasible

Cervical Cancer - Life sciences company inks MOU through U.S. State Department's Bio-Industry Initiative

Cervical Cancer - New data illuminates research in cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer Screening - Human papillomavirus-DNA testing may be useful to triage patients for colposcopy

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - Study examined pediatricians' intention to administer HPV vaccine

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - Transcutaneous immunization protects against HPV-induced tumors

Collaborations - Deal signed with Kodak for mammography products

Colon Cancer - Estrogen receptor-beta gene in women is associated with increased colorectal cancer risk

Contraception - Research shows birth control pills, patches don't lead to major weight gain