Treatment

Pfizer’s Advanced Breast Cancer Drug Ibrance Approved for Sale

4 February 2015

The U.S. federal health regulators have given accelerated approval for Pfizer Inc.’s Ibrance to treat advanced breast cancer.

New test could detect breast cancer signs in just three hours

10 June 2014

A blood test that can detect early signs of breast cancer within three hours is to be launched in Britain next year, offering an alternative to X-ray mammograms.

New drug in development to reverse spread of breast cancer

28 January 2014

A new drug is being developed that could potentially stop the spread of breast cancer in its tracks.

Yoga can reduce inflammation for breast cancer patients

28 January 2014

Yoga can re-energise women who have battled breast cancer within just three months, cutting down fatigue in cancer survivors by more than half.

New procedure might help prevent lymphedema

21 January 2014

Doctors are halfway through a small clinical trial testing the effectiveness and safety of a new technique that could spare patients the discomfort of lymphedema.

‘Quicker’ Herceptin treatment approved for breast cancer patients

15 January 2014

People in Scotland with a particular kind of breast cancer are set to benefit from quicker drug treatment, having it as an injection rather than via a drip.