New advances in breast cancer
Knowledge about breast cancer has advanced significantly in recent years. This progress has occurred both in the area of early diagnosis and treatment.
Early diagnosis and more effective treatments for breast cancer
We can attribute the excellent cure rates for this disease, with increasingly less aggressive treatments, to these two pillars: early diagnosis and advances in treatment.
This is largely due to the great progress that has been made in understanding the various causes that pose a risk factor for the disease.
Whether these are environmental or genetic, this has allowed for more specific and effective treatment for each type of cancer.
In addition to carrying out preventive treatments in patients at high risk of disease due to the expression of certain genes that may condition the appearance of said pathology.
The expression of these genes may be conditioned from the fetal stage, which may open new expectations in the prevention and treatment of this pathology in the future.
Study conducted by researchers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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