How Breast Cancer Usurps the Powers of Mammary Stem Cells
August 11, 2014
…mammary gland are related to stem cells found in breast cancer.
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AI Tool Spots Breastfeeding Complications from Phone Photos for Streamlined Lactation Care
July 18, 2024
In a step toward using artificial intelligence to provide faster and more accurate lactation care to breastfeeding mothers, engineers at UC San Diego developed a tool to identify breastfeeding-related conditions from simple phone images.
What I’ve Learned as a Breast Cancer Survivor
October 20, 2022
During October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a breast cancer survivor and UC San Diego Health employee shares her personal experiences from the moment of diagnosis and receiving life-saving care, to the important lessons she has learned along the journey.
$2.1 Million Gift Launches Comprehensive Breast Cancer Database
October 25, 2021
Philanthropists Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg have committed $2.1 million to develop and maintain the Dean-Hertzberg Breast Cancer Database System Initiative at UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center to support the work of Anne Wallace, MD and her collaborators at Moores Cancer Center.
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to High Risk of Premenopausal Breast Cancer
January 24, 2013
A prospective study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found that low serum vitamin D levels in the months preceding diagnosis may predict a high risk of premenopausal breast cancer.
Pandemic Upends Breast Cancer Diagnoses
February 15, 2022
UC San Diego Health researchers surveyed and compared early- and late-stage breast and colorectal cancer diagnoses in patients in pre-pandemic 2019 and in 2020, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, discovering fewer of the former and more of the latter as patients delayed care.
Short Overnight Fasting Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
March 31, 2016
In patients with breast cancer, a short overnight fast of less than 13 hours was associated with a statistically significant, 36 percent higher risk of breast cancer recurrence and a non-significant, 21 percent higher probability of death from the disease compared to patients who fasted 13 or more hours per…
Four Breast Cancer-Related Studies Seeking Participants
January 25, 2012
An active lifestyle and a healthy diet can help you feel more energetic, control your weight, help you sleep better, and reduce your risk of many diseases.
Enzyme Controlling Metastasis of Breast Cancer Identified
September 2, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified an enzyme that controls the spread of breast cancer. The findings, reported in the current issue of PNAS, offer hope for the leading cause of breast cancer mortality worldwide.
Vitamin D Increases Breast Cancer Patient Survival
March 6, 2014
Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the March issue of Anticancer Research.
