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Can A Gluten-free Diet Reduce Breast Cancer Risk?
Gluten-free diets are a must for people with celiac disease. When a person with celiac disease eats gluten, a protein found in grains, it triggers an autoimmune response that damages...
I Assumed My Breast Cancer Risk Was Average … I Was Wrong
I’d always assumed my breast cancer risk was average and, weighing the risks and recommendations, had decided to wait until age 50 for my first mammogram. My paternal grandmother had...
Novel drug combo shows promise against triple-negative breast cancer
City of Hope scientists have combined a checkpoint inhibitor with an anti-parasitic drug, ivermectin, to successfully treat triple-negative breast cancer in preclinical research, according to a study published March 2...
New tool predicts chemo side effects in older breast cancer patients
Researchers at City of Hope have developed a tool that could predict if older adults with early-stage breast cancer will develop a severe or deadly reaction to chemotherapy.   This...
Study details how breast cancer becomes resistant to treatment
City of Hope has identified how cancer cells in patients with early-stage breast cancer change and become resistant to hormone or combination therapies, according to a new study published in...
Two mighty molecules may kill cancer cells others can't
City of Hope scientists have identified and developed two potent small molecules that appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers even when other treatments cease to work, possibly due...
Mom, son cancer survivors join Walk for Hope as ambassadors
The Seigel family knows the tumultuous emotions that come with a cancer diagnosis, as well as the courage it takes to fight the disease.   Leslie Seigel is a two-time...
Common diabetes drug may prevent breast cancer in those at risk
If everything goes as hoped, Victoria L. Seewaldt, M.D., may find a way to turn back the clock on cancer.   Seewaldt, City of Hope’s Ruth Ziegler Chair in Population Sciences...
COVID-19 Vaccines and Breast Cancer Screening: What You Need to Know
Early this year, Laura Kruper, M.D., M.S., chief of the Division of Breast Surgery at City of Hope, started seeing more women whose lymph nodes looked suspiciously enlarged on routine...
2020 Walk for Hope: Meet Walker Millie Lopez-Snyder
For Millie Lopez-Snyder, 46, getting an annual mammogram has always been part of her health routine, particularly because her mother is a breast cancer survivor. In fact, Lopez-Snyder says she...