by Vera Gruessner | Oct 3, 2017
This October we need to be more aware of cancer research that won’t just treat the disease but prevent breast cancer as a whole. Geneticist and cancer biologist John Joseph Bittner first discovered the Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus in 1939. Ever since, researchers like...
by Vera Gruessner | Aug 21, 2017
The end of August is upon us. Autumn is right around the corner. Parents are buying school supplies for their kids and getting them ready for the first day of school. When the summer changes to a new season, the foods in grocery stores also change. Fruits and...
by Vera Gruessner | Aug 7, 2017
Obesity in women increase their risk of developing breast cancer by 20 to 40 percent when compared to women at a healthy weight, reports the National Cancer Institute. There are a number of different studies that have found reasons for the link between obesity and...
by Vera Gruessner | Aug 2, 2017
Women who were diagnosed in late stages of breast cancer may feel that there is very little hope left for them. Breast cancer treatment is never easy, but it is especially heart-breaking when someone has been found to have late-stage cancer. However, men and women in...
by Vera Gruessner | Jul 24, 2017
New research was published in JAMA Oncology last week finding that Ashkenazi Jewish women with breast cancer may carry a different mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes than commonly shown to cause the disease. Another percentage of Ashkenazi Jewish patients also hold...
by Vera Gruessner | Jul 14, 2017
New research has found that there may be a link between natural and synthetic progestins, which are hormones, to the production of cancerous cells in the human body, according to Science Daily. These particular cancer cells begin in the breast and continue...
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