breast cancer Archive — Page 5 of 22
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September 30, 2021
Everyone deserves to be healthy
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September 30, 2021
Study shows how a protein coding gene confers breast cancer susceptibility during DNA transcription
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center research is providing new insights into how genetic variants convey breast cancer susceptibility by altering the transcription factor proteins that convert DNA strands into RNA. -
September 16, 2021
Structural variants in breast cancer risk genes
Vanderbilt epidemiologists conducted in-depth whole genome sequencing of breast cancer risk genes in Black women, who die at higher rates and have more aggressive disease, to discover mutations that may improve testing and treatment selection. -
August 12, 2021
Study identifies biomarker for breast cancer response to immunotherapy
A biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients, according to a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. -
July 27, 2021
Prediction models for breast cancer
Vanderbilt researchers developed new prognostic models for breast cancer outcomes and found that adding postdiagnostic weight change as a factor improves the prediction. -
July 26, 2021
Mood and cognition after chemotherapy
Validation of cognitive complaints appears to improve mood in patients with persistent chemotherapy-cognitive impairment, Vanderbilt researchers report. -
June 23, 2021
Study shows benefit of scheduling lung screens with mammograms
Women who are longtime smokers could potentially save their lives by undergoing lung screens on the same day they schedule mammograms, according to a study by Vanderbilt researchers published in the Journal of Medical Screening.