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Compelling Data May Change Treatment Practice
By Laura Beil

Studies described Thursday at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium provide strong support for early-stage breast cancer treatments that do not rely on anthracycline drugs. Most oncologists, however, are not yet ready to say that the reign of the old standard has ended... [MORE]

What are some of the recent advances we've made in identifying certain risk factors for breast cancer, especially those that women can use themselves to prevent breast cancer and recurrences? [PLAY VIDEO]

Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD Investigator of medical oncology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

• High-Dose Radiation in Less Time: After a 12-year study, Canadian researchers have not discovered any difference between women who received hypofractionated radiation and those treated on a standard schedule... [MORE]

• Stem Cells in Breast Cancer: Drug resistance in breast cancer has traditionally been explained by acquired or inherent mutations in tumor cells. However, a growing body of research suggests an alternative hypothesis... [MORE]

• New Website Aims to Help Patients with Brain Metastases:
In conjunction with the symposium, a new website has been launched for breast cancer patients with brain metastases... [MORE]

• HER2 Vaccine Shows Promise in Preliminary Testing: A vaccine designed to prompt the immune system to target a specific portion of the HER2 protein in breast cancer patients has shown some promise in preliminary research, scientists reported Thursday... [MORE]

SURVIVOR STORY

Maimah Karmo
Advocacy Across an Ocean
Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Maimah Karmo left her native West Africa when civil war broke out in 1989 and came to the United States with her family, carrying one suitcase each, to start a new life. Sixteen years later, Karmo's life changed once again... [MORE]

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OTHER RELATED COVERAGE

High-Dose Chemo Doesn't Help Breast Cancer
(TIME)

Fewer Breast Patients May Need Chemo

(Associated Press )

	>> Debu Tripathy, MD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CURE & HEAL MAGAZINES Last night, a breast cancer recap featured active clinical researchers, Joyce O'Shaughnessy, MD, and Edith Perez, MD. The common theme in their lecture was the fact that everything we do is in evolution... [MORE]
	>> Kathy LaTour EDITOR-AT-LARGE, CURE & HEAL MAGAZINES In my first blog, I addressed the early '90s and the presence, or lack of, of breast cancer advocates at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium... [MORE]
	>> Karen Patterson MANAGING EDITOR, HEAL MAGAZINE Organizers expect some 8,300 attendees from more than 80 countries at the symposium this year. I'll update once attendance figures are in... [MORE]

What are some of the advances we've made in breast cancer screening and diagnostic imaging? [PLAY VIDEO]

Phil Evans, MD director, Center for Breast Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

COMING TOMORROW

Hypofractionated radiation delivers treatment in less time

Why breast cancer has become a global crisis

Recent research into how diet and hormones affect breast cancer risk

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction

CURE and Heal would like to give a special thanks to the following non-profit partners
for making this information available to their constituents:
American Cancer Society • People Living with Cancer
HER2 Support • Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Fund • Men Against Breast Cancer
National Breast Cancer Coalition • Pink-Link