11-03-02 Postmenopausal women who smoke or used to smoke have up to a 16% higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who have never smoked, finds research published on bmj.com today. The study also says that women who have had extensive exposu...

11-02-26 A specialist ice cream parlor plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat. 伦敦一家冰淇淋专卖店将向顾客出售母乳制冰淇淋，并表示人们应将其看作有机和天然美味。 The breast milk concoction（...

11-02-17 When doctors discover high concentrations of regulatory T cells in the tumors of breast cancer patients, the prognosis is often grim（冷酷的，糟糕的） , though why exactly has long been unclear. Now new research at the University of California, San...

11-01-19 Researchers have identified how the hormones progesterone（黄体酮，孕酮） and estrogen（雌性激素） interact to increase cell growth in normal mammary（乳腺的） cells and mammary cancers, a novel finding that may explain why postmenopausal（绝经后的...

10-12-13 The presence of one to four circulating tumor cells ( CTCs肿瘤细胞 ) in the blood of early-stage breast cancer patients almost doubled patient's risk of cancer relapse and death, and five or more CTCs increased recurrence by 400 percent and death by...

10-12-13 Do not delay treatment of breast cancer just because a woman is pregnant, said lead researcher Sibylle Loibl, Dr. med, of the German Breast Group. This suggestion is based on study results detailing the effects of different treatment options on the...

10-11-24 Breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), the aggressive cells thought to be resistant to current anti-cancer therapies and which promote metastasis（转移，新陈代谢） , are stimulated by estrogen（雌性激素） via a pathway that mirrors normal stem cell develo...

10-11-10 Hormones, growth factors and several proteins ensure that development occurs in the right way, at the right time. The components that cause breast development in mammals, for example, were thought to be largely known. However, as a team of scientist...

10-10-31 Women with dense breasts and no lobular（小叶的，小裂片的） involution（退化，纠缠） were at a higher risk for developing breast cancer than those with non-dense breasts and complete involution, according to a study published online in The Journal o...

10-10-29 An international study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has identified genetic variants in women with BRCA2 mutations（突变，变化） that may increase or decrease their risk of developing breast cancer. The study was publi...