FDA approves new breast cancer test
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Women with early stage breast cancer may soon get another gene test to help predict whether they'll relapse in five or 10 years, information that could influence how aggressively they fight the initial tumor.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a genetic test that, when conducted soon after a woman learns she has breast cancer, can predict the odds of the disease returning and worsening.
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Dec.10, 2004 (San Antonio) -- A test that characterizes each breast tumor by its unique genetic fingerprint could spare tens of thousands of American women from the discomfort and misery of chemotherapy, researchers report.
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The test could help about 80,000 women a year make better choices about how to treat their breast cancer, federal officials said. Half could safely skip chemotherapy, they said.
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BOSTON - Researchers in the United States have developed a simple urine test that appears to detect breast cancer early and accurately track tumour growth.
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A blood test to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages could be made available in the UK next year.
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WASHINGTON -- Women with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option yesterday with the approval of a novel drug -- but how much benefit it offers is unclear.
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Scientists in the United States are  developing a screening test for breast cancer that checks a  woman's saliva for evidence of the disease to help find tumors  early, when they are most treatable.
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A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists have identified a protein in urine that has shown some effectiveness as a diagnostic test for breast cancer. But breast cancer experts who have seen the study, to be published soon
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WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials approved a genetic test on Tuesday that can give women with early breast cancer an estimate of whether the disease is likely to return in five to 10 years.
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Scientists in Oxford say they have a new method of identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
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A new test that counts cancer cells in the bloodstreams of patients with advanced breast cancer best tells whether treatment is working, according to a study led by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new chemotherapy drug called Ixempra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat women with advanced breast cancer who haven't responded to three other types of chemotherapy.
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A new breast cancer drug is significantly better at preventing the spread and return of the disease than the current treatment, according to a new study in the Lancet medical journal.
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Women with advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option Tuesday with the approval of a novel drug made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC.