1. Among other things, surgeons are also using it to ensure they remove breast tumors completely without taking healthy tissue. 2. And since then, researchers largely have failed to find the mutation present in other breast tumors. 3. AUSTIN, Texas -- Like many women, Jaquelin Dudley and Shelly Payne look at the available treatments for breast cancer tumors and shudder. 4. Both tamoxifen and raloxifene are synthetic drugs that block the action of the female hormone estrogen, which is known to encourage the growth of breast tumors. 5. A biopsy proved one of them to contain malignant cells that had escaped the original breast tumor. 6. A nuclear probe used to detect heart disease also appears useful in detecting breast tumors in patients whose mammograms are inconclusive or difficult to read, doctors said Monday. 7. Building on that work, Jordan and his colleagues showed that tamoxifen can stop estrogen from feeding human breast tumors grown in the laboratory. 8. Columns A detection method for breast tumors may add to the debate over patents for medical procedures. 9. Cody said the sentinel node biopsy seemed less accurate in women with larger breast tumors. 10. During Victorian times, physicians tried to detect breast tumors by illuminating the breast with candlelight. |