Discovery could lead to treatment for triple negative breast cancer

Sanchita Bhatnagar, PhD – Photo credit UVAHealth

CANCER DIGEST – Nov. 20, 2020 – Researchers think they may have found a way to treat a form of breast cancer, called triple negative breast cancer, meaning the tumor does not have any of the receptors commonly found in breast cancer.

These receptors are proteins on the cell surface that allow hormones into the cell. The three most common are estrogen, progesterone and HER-2 or human epidermal growth factor. 

Triple negative breast cancer is the most aggressive type of breast cancer and accounts for 40,000 deaths each year in the US.

Promising personalized vaccine trial expands to phase II

CANCER DIGEST – Nov. 14, 2020 – An early clinical trial of a new therapeutic vaccine approach to cancer has shown promising results and will be expanded, according to researchers at the University of Arizona.

How does exercise protect against cancer?

CANCER DIGEST – Nov. 9, 2020 – It has long been known that exercise provides a protective effect against a number of illnesses including cancer, but exactly what the biological mechanism is that underpins that effect has not been identified.

In new research in the journal eLife, Swedish researchers have shown that exercise stimulates certain metabolites that increase T cell activity, which could explain the protective effect of exercise.

'Fast MRI' detects significantly more breast cancer in women with dense breasts

CANCER DIGEST – Nov. 3, 2020 – Should women with dense breasts be routinely referred for simplified MRI technique following a negative 3D mammogram? That is the question researchers at Penn Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania asked following results of a February 2020 JAMA Network study.