breast cancer Archive — Page 8 of 11
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August 14, 2014
Growth factor blockade targets breast tumors
Inhibition of BMP growth factor signaling reduces breast tumor burden and metastasis. -
July 31, 2014
VICC investigators land Komen breast cancer research grants
Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have received multi-year breast cancer research grants from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation. -
July 31, 2014
New target for breast cancer therapy
The protein MTBP is overexpressed in an aggressive type of breast cancer, and it regulates another protein implicated in many cancer types, suggesting that it may be a good target for new therapeutics. -
July 24, 2014
Gene study focuses on breast cancer in East Asian women
A new study in East Asian women has identified three genetic changes linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. The research, led by Vanderbilt University investigators, was published online this week in Nature Genetics. -
July 17, 2014
Breast tissue growth protein may promote cancer: study
A protein essential for growth of normal breast tissue also may play a role in breast cancer, Vanderbilt University researchers have found. -
July 17, 2014
VICC’s Abramson lands breast cancer clinical research award
Vandana Abramson, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine and a breast cancer specialist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has received the Advanced Clinical Research Award in Breast Cancer from the Conquer Cancer Foundation (CCF). -
April 17, 2014
VICC’s Arteaga assumes presidency of AACR
Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology and Donna S. Hall Professor of Breast Cancer Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), assumed the presidency of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for 2014-2015 during the group’s annual meeting last week in San Diego.