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Looking for the Optimal Treatment Schedule for Taxanes
By Beverly A. Caley

The first generation of studies involving a group of chemotherapy drugs known as taxanes established their role in the adjuvant... [MORE]

DAILY BLOGS

	>> Debu Tripathy, MD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CURE I reminded myself this year to stay at SABCS until the very last lecture, since much of the most important information is sometimes kept for the end. The morning session was in the futuristic realm and covered laboratory studies on a new class of drugs that target ... [MORE]
	>> Susan McClure VICE PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER, CURE The 31st annual SABCS has officially concluded, and what a great few days it’s been!  I hope that our updates provided new information to help battle your cancer, motivated you to be an advocate for yourself and others, and made you appreciate the war being waged on breast cancer by... [MORE]
	>> Joan Venticinque ADVOCATE & GUEST BLOGGER As I am waiting for my flight back to California from San Antonio, I have time to reflect on my days here at the SABCS. Quite a few doctors were commenting on the “exciting” news from San Antonio, but from the patient point of view, I don’t think I heard the same exciting ... [MORE]

BRIEFS

• Doxil Delays Disease Without Increasing the Risk of Heart Damage: Women who had received doxorubicin before or immediately after surgery and later progress with advanced disease can benefit from Doxil, a liposome-encapsulated form of the anthracycline doxorubicin, without an increased risk of... [MORE]

•Postmastectomy Radiation Recommended To Prevent Recurrence in Certain Early-Stage Cancers: Researchers announced Sunday morning at SABCS that radiation given after chemotherapy and mastectomy seems to prevent local recurrence—the reappearance of cancer in or around the chest wall—in certain patients with early-stage, but aggressive breast cancer...[MORE]

• Factors and Regimens That Could Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy Identified: Neoadjuvant therapy, giving chemotherapy and/or targeted agents before surgery, has been used more and more frequently to reduce tumor size and thus improve the chances of being able to perform breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients. A German group collected... [MORE]

ADVOCACY STORY

Advocacy Begins at Home: Riding the Rollercoaster of Metastatic Disease
This summer during her tour of the French and Italian Riviera, Brenda Hutchinson was walking through the Jardin Exotique in Monte Carlo when she came across a Yew tree, the tree from the drug Taxol is... [MORE]