How to Explore Biological Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment

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Targeted therapy for breast cancer More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Mark Throssell | permalink
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Targeted drugs like Herceptin or Avastin work differently on breast cancer than standard chemotherapy drugs. They often have different (and less severe) side effects.
Tags: Targeted therapy for breast cancer, Breast cancer treatment with targeted therapies, Herceptin, Avastin
For further reading: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-treating-targeted-therapy ^[1]

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Treating Breast Cancer With Biological Therapy More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by drew hiduke | permalink
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WebMD looks at a treatment for breast cancer known as biological therapy, which uses the body's own immune system to act on cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells unaffected.
Tags: breast cancer, treat, treatment, treating, biological therapy, herceptin, angiogenesis inhibitors, molecule, immune system, antibody, antibodies, Taxol, HER-2, Tykerb, signal transduction inhibitors, small-molecule, small molecules, taxane, taxanes

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/guide/biological-therapy-breast-cancer ^[2]

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Biologic Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer: Johns Hopkins Breast Center More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Pak A Bowl Blue Fox 420 | permalink
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The Johns Hopkins Breast Center offers biologic targeted therapy for the treatment of breast cancer.
Tags: Breast cancer targeted biologic biological therapy drugs
For further reading: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/breast_center/treatments_services/medical_oncology/biologic_targeted_therapy.html ^[3]

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Treating Breast Cancer in the 21st Century: Emerging Biological Therapies More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Preston Kauk | permalink
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For many years, the medical treatment of breast cancer was reliant solely on cytotoxic chemotherapy. However, over the past twenty years, treatment has evolved to a more target-directed approach. We now employ tailored therapy based on the presence or ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563073/ ^[4]

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Clinical trials update: endocrine and biological therapy combinations in the treatment of breast cancer More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Cicha Woda | permalink
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A greater understanding of the biological mechanisms responsible for de novo and acquired endocrine resistance has led to the rational design of clinical trials exploring the benefit of combining hormonal therapies with novel biological agents in an effort ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242654/ ^[5]

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Angiogenesis Inhibitors More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Dick Marsh | permalink
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A fact sheet that describes the process of eliminating the blood supply to tumors. Lists the cancers in which this approach is being tested.
Tags: angiogenesis,trials,blood,vessel,therapy,7.42,treatment,VEGF
For further reading: http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/immunotherapy/angiogenesis-inhibitors-fact-sheet ^[6]

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1. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-treating-targeted-therapy

2. http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/guide/biological-therapy-breast-cancer

3. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/breast_center/treatments_services/medical_oncology/biologic_targeted_therapy.html

4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563073/

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242654/

6. http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/immunotherapy/angiogenesis-inhibitors-fact-sheet