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LMTK3 Tyrosine Kinase Found to Impact Breast Cancer Survival and Drug Resistance

May 23, 2011

The orphan tyrosine kinase LMTK3 has been identified as a potential biomarker of response to endocrine therapy in patients with breast cancer, as well as a possible new therapeutic target. Scientists claim the protein plays a key role in regulating estrogen receptor α (ERα) activity; in breast cancer patients high nuclear LMTK3 [...]

Thank you note for 2011 Tampa Bay walkers

If you’ve walked in a Susan G. Komen 3-Day For The Cure breast cancer walk before, you are well aware of the joy, the pain, the blisters, dehydration, friends, crew and all the ups and downs of walking 60 miles. One of the best parts and motivating factors to get back back to camp is [...]

Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer May Raise Risk of Falls

Study Shows Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapy May Affect Balance of Patients

March 4, 2011 – Breast cancer treatments such as chemotherapyand hormonal therapy may affect the patients’ balance, increasing their risk of falls, a new study shows.

Researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University Knight Cancer Institute studied 59 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors who had received treatment [...]

53 Little Known Facts About . . . Breast Cancer

Original post: February 7, 2011

The youngest known survivor of breast cancer is Aleisha Hunter from Ontario, Canada. At only three years old, Aleisha underwent a complete mastectomy in 2010 to treat her juvenile strain of breast cancer.k Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among American women after skin cancer. It is [...]