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Tag: Breast Cancer

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24 February 2020

Natural substances as a risk factor for breast cancer?

A team of researchers from Vienna has developed methods of deciphering precisely how plants and medicinal substances affect the body’s own hormone balance. Initial analyses show that in high doses some natural substances promote the growth of breast cancer cells. Continue reading “Natural substances as a risk factor for breast cancer?”

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11 March 2019

New diagnostic technique improves breast cancer screening

Flexible coils for magnetic resonance imaging are being designed to search for breast cancer faster and with less disadvantages. In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a prototype is now being developed in Vienna. Continue reading “New diagnostic technique improves breast cancer screening”

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20 November 2017

A protein indicating higher breast cancer mortality risk

With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, oncologists found a biomarker for breast cancer having a poor prognosis and developed two viable methods to detect it in tissue samples. Continue reading “A protein indicating higher breast cancer mortality risk”

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