The study looked at 2,260 women treated for breast cancer, assessing whether they had lumpectomy or mastectomy, and whether they would be strong candidates for radiation therapy. Women who have particularly large tumors or cancer in four or more of their nearby lymph nodes are recommended to have radiation after mastectomy. The study found that among [...]
“We observed some significant inverse associations between concentrations of several estrogens and the use of aspirin, aspirin plus non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and all analgesics combined,” said Margaret A. Gates, Sc.D., research fellow at the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. “Our results suggest that among postmenopausal women, regular users of aspirin [...]
Jubilee Brown, M.D., associate professor in M. D. Anderson’s Department of Gynecologic Oncology, presented the findings at the plenary session of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists’ 41st Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. While early-stage endometrial cancer typically responds well to standard therapies, low survival rates for advanced or recurrent disease result from limited and ineffective chemotherapy and hormonal [...]