breast cancer

October 18, 2018

Grant enhances study of new chemotherapy targets

Vanderbilt chemists have been awarded $7.2 million over the next five years from the National Cancer Institute to lead an initiative to better understand how a combination chemotherapy for breast cancer targets DNA.

By Tom Wilemon
October 11, 2018

Cancer Center investigators awarded Komen grants

Four Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators have received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research.

By Tom Wilemon
June 28, 2018

Team identifies new gene candidates for breast cancer risk

Jun. 28, 2018—An international coalition led by scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Herston, Australia, has identified 48 candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer risk, including 14 genes at loci (chromosome regions) not yet reported for breast cancer.

By Bill Snyder
May 4, 2018

New breast cancer targets

A special genetic analysis has revealed candidate genes associated with increased risk of breast cancer.

By Bill Snyder
May 3, 2018

New breast health clinic in Cool Springs makes debut

Patients at high risk for developing breast cancer can now be seen by a team of breast health experts in Cool Springs. The VU Breast Health Cool Springs clinic, located at 324 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite B, Franklin, provides a range of medical services for high-risk individuals.

By VUMC News and Communications
African American woman in pink crossing her hands over her breast
February 8, 2018

Study seeks to boost breast tumor immune response

Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system, is one of the most promising forms of cancer therapy and has been shown to work well against some types of cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 9, 2017

Mathis strives to make her cancer journey meaningful

Amanda Mathis, chief financial officer of Bridgestone Americas, was just 35 when she first felt a lump in her right breast.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 26, 2017

Study to test combination therapy for breast cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has received $2.3 million to fund a clinical research trial testing a combination of three immunotherapy compounds for patients with a specific type of advanced breast cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 20, 2017

My Southern Health: How to assess your breast cancer risk

Do you know what it means to be at “high” or “elevated” risk for developing breast cancer? Do you know if you are at high risk?
By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2017

Breast Cancer Genomic Profiling Reveals Clues to Treatment Resistance

Thanks to advances in treatment, the relative five-year survival rate from all combined subtypes of breast cancer now exceeds 90 percent and yet the disease remains the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States after lung and colorectal cancers.
By Bill Snyder
August 9, 2017

Stress may switch on bone “mets”

New findings could explain the link between chronic stress and reduced survival in women diagnosed with breast cancer, and could lead to new strategies to improve treatment outcomes.
By Bill Snyder
August 3, 2017

Investigators match novel cancer mutations with potential therapies

Research led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators may have solved a mystery about why a targeted therapy stops working in a small group of breast cancer patients.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2017

Drivers of breast cancer metastasis

Signaling through a complex of proteins called mTORC2 plays a role in breast cancer migration, invasion and metastasis, Vanderbilt researchers reported.
By Leigh MacMillan
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