Breast Cancer

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As cancer screenings plummet, physicians urge vigilance
With many Americans staying at home to help flatten the curve of the coronavirus’s spread, non-urgent medical visits are down dramatically. One report showed that in March 2020, routine screenings...
Facing a breast cancer diagnosis during a pandemic
“She’s a machine!”   Julio Sandez is speaking admiringly of his wife, Vanessa, and her keep-going, don’t-stop attitude.   “She’s super strong,” he continued. “She projects tremendous energy. She’s always...
One’s internal clock could be targeted to prevent or slow the progression of breast cancer
CONTACT Zen Vuong 626-409-9367 zvuong@coh.org   Using cell and mouse models, City of Hope scientists identified a defective part of the circadian rhythm gene that may result in accelerated breast cancer...
City of Hope-led research identifies how the most common type of breast cancer becomes resistant to treatment
CONTACT Zen Vuong 626-409-9367 zvuong@coh.org   Understanding how tumors in patients with early-stage estrogen receptor positive breast cancer evolve to resist certain combination therapies can aid in the design of...
Meet 2021 Walk for Hope Ambassador Gayle Whittemore
It was in 2011, not long after Gayle Whittemore married the love of her life, Alexandra Glickman, that she would be forced to embark on another, less romantic journey: breast...
Longtime breast cancer survivor dedicates herself to giving back
Diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in 2008 at only 33 years old, Maria Flores sought treatment at City of Hope. In the years since winning that battle, she has...
Adding an AKT inhibitor in a triple-negative breast cancer trial and a cancer-related fatigue light therapy study
Phase I trial of ipatasertib in combination with chemo- and immunotherapy options   Although metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) makes up a minority of breast cancer cases (15-20%), it is...
From Oranges, a Powerful Potential Cancer Fighter
Sharad Singhal, Ph.D. Some call it “pith,” others “albedo.”   It’s that spongy white material beneath the rind of an orange. Most people simply throw it away. But one research...
City of Hope abre ensayo clínico con virus oncolítico para pacientes con cáncer de mama
City of Hope abrió un ensayo clínico realizado por primera vez en seres humanos para evaluar el uso de un virus oncolítico que mata el cáncer para tratar a pacientes...
City of Hope ǀ Newport Beach nurse practitioner understands her patients’ breast cancer journeys—it’s one she’s been on, too
Nurse practitioner Linda Buck When Linda Buck, N.P.,  began working as a nurse practitioner, she made it a habit to spend about an hour with each of her new breast cancer patients...