From A News Release from Science Daily Brazilian researchers have developed a strategy that slows the growth of triple negative breast cancer cells by cutting them off from two major food sources. Triple-negative breast cancer, or TNBC, makes up approximately 15% to 20% of all breast cancers and is most common in African American women. …

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Improving metabolic factors may help improve survival in postmenopausal women with triple-negative breast cancer, according to research presented at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. These factors, which include weight gain, reduced activity and insulin resistance, can be an issue for women diagnosed with TNBC and may have serious repercussions for health overall.  Researchers compared …

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Thanks, Louise Penny, for reminding us of what’s warm,  welcoming and a bit silly. It’s usually winter in Three Pines, a village hidden in a forested Canadian valley somewhere between Quebec City and Montreal. The enchanting hamlet doesn’t actually exist, although it should, and many of us prefer to think it does. Author Louise Penny created this tiny …

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It’s maddening that come patients are being denied the hope they need when diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Mind you, TNBC is nothing to mess with, but my mantra through my 13 years living through and writing about the disease is, “Most women with TNBC survive and go on to live full lives.” I’ve …

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Hundreds of thousands of women’s lives have been saved by mammography and improvements in breast cancer treatment since 1989, according to a study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. According to the report,,female breast cancer mortality rates in the United States increased by 0.4% per year from 1975 to 1990. Since 1990, …

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In a study of postmenopausal women, participants who lost weight had a lower risk of developing triple-negative breast cancer than those who maintained or gained weight. The research was published online in CANCER, a journal of the American Cancer Society. The findings suggest that weight loss may help lower postmenopausal women’s breast cancer risk. [NOTE: I was …

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