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Colorado study points immune system at triple-negative breast cancer

Colorado study points immune system at triple-negative breast cancer

by Garth Sundem | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Research

Postdoctoral researcher, Michelle Williams, PhD The lab of CU Cancer Center investigator, Jennifer Richer, PhD, has been hot on the trail of new treatments against triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an especially dangerous form of the disease. Recently, the lab has...
Tucatinib “game changing” against stage IV HER2+ breast cancer, especially with brain metastases

Tucatinib “game changing” against stage IV HER2+ breast cancer, especially with brain metastases

by Garth Sundem | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Patient Care

Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc Phase III clinical trial results reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented concurrently at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2019 show the combination of the investigational drug tucatinib with standard...
CU Cancer Center Education Work Group Lunch and Learn Speaker: Diane Simard

CU Cancer Center Education Work Group Lunch and Learn Speaker: Diane Simard

by Taylor Abarca | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured, Patient Care

Contributing writer: Deb McCollister, PRMS Program Director at the University of Colorado Cancer Center The Cancer Center Education Work Group is going strong and held its 10th Lunch and Learn event of the year. The group has brought on a variety of expert speakers on...
Combined breast and gynecologic surgery: Study says not so fast

Combined breast and gynecologic surgery: Study says not so fast

by Garth Sundem | Jul 15, 2019 | Featured, Patient Care

Sarah Tevis, MD Breast cancer patients and women undergoing cancer-preventive breast surgeries may consider combining these procedures with hysterectomy and/or ovarian removal. However, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Breast Journal argues...
Knowing BRCA status associated with better breast cancer outcomes for women who decide against preventive surgery

Knowing BRCA status associated with better breast cancer outcomes for women who decide against preventive surgery

by Garth Sundem | Jul 9, 2019 | Latest News, Research

Rachel Rabinovitch, MD Ashkenazi Jewish women have a 1-in-40 chance of carrying the BRCA mutation and these BRCA-positive women have an 80 percent lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. A study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and  Shaarei Zedek...
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