U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Archives
Surgeons to lead multisite study of procedure to limit blood loss by partially blocking aorta
Sep. 20, 2023—Vanderbilt care surgeons are leading a two-year, multicenter observational study of a minimally invasive technique to control life-threatening blood loss by inserting a balloon inside the aorta to restrict blood flow below the heart.
Breast cancer survivors: eat nuts
Nov. 1, 2021—Breast cancer survivors who reported eating nuts regularly had 50% reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence, metastasis or mortality, Vanderbilt epidemiologists found in Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study.
Team to explore using nanoparticles to fight cancer
Sep. 24, 2015—Three Vanderbilt researchers have received a federal grant to study the use of nanoparticles to deliver potential therapies for breast cancer that has spread to the bone.
iPOND method goes fishing for proteins
Mar. 19, 2012—A new tool will allow researchers to identify proteins involved in DNA replication and damage repair, processes that go awry in cancer.
Folate may lower breast cancer risk for some
Sep. 29, 2011—Low folate levels may increase a premenopausal woman’s risk of developing breast cancer.
