IBC Presents Grant for Brain Metastasis

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On Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 9:30 am, The IBC Network Foundation will present a grant in the amount of $50,000, to Dr. Bisrat Debeb, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...

Who is Heather?

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Rare? I am Heather The David and Heather Ryan FamilyI got the call, “…she will not last much longer, I just wanted you to know”.  The drive from Friendswood, Texas to Tuscaloosa, Alabama is long, 9+ hours.  I got there as quickly as I could, but it was too late.   I...

It’s A Cancer Thing!

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Holiday gatherings can sometimes be difficult when you are ill, but not looking ill, it can be really confusing to family and friends. It’s a Cancer thing!  In a support group that I moderate, many of the ladies found Christmas gatherings difficult, so I shared...

Inhibition of PARP

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Interesting… When a healthy cell is damaged, there are two paths it can take. The first is a rapid quest of survival and repair, the other is cell suicide called apoptosis to prevent passing on “flawed genetic information”. PARP1...

Comparison of molecular subtype distribution in triple negative inflammatory and non inflammatory breast cancers

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer, otherwise known as IBC, has a very poor prognosis due to its high rate of metastasis. Seven (7) sub-types of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) have been identified in a recent study by Lehmann and colleagues. “Our data show that,...

Statin and Inflammatory Breast Cancer

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The following is an introduction written by Dr. Ueno director of the Morgan Welch Clinic at MD Anderson commenting on an article ran in Science November 29, 2013.   We are very familiar with the desire of Dr. Ueno to research how statin can impact recurrence of breast...