Mind the (breast cancer) gap
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has arrived and with it comes the spotlight that will inevitably fall upon researchers and their work in the field. Significant… Read more »
Latest posts by Surayya Johar (see all)
- Mind the (breast cancer) gap - 1st October 2013
- Breast cancer takes the night shift - 3rd July 2013
- The use of nanoparticles in improving breast cancer cell detection - 28th October 2011
Breast cancer takes the night shift
Today’s work place has notably shifted from the typical nine-to-five day enjoyed by previous generations. Be it the advent of new forms of technology or the… Read more »
The use of nanoparticles in improving breast cancer cell detection
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close, I would like to take the opportunity to highlight some key ways of supporting research into breast cancer, as… Read more »
Sizing up Alzheimer’s disease
Despite being the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and costing the country over $100 billion a year, there remain no proven disease-modifying… Read more »
Wrangling in RANKL
Recent reports have suggested that inhibition of RANK ligand (RANKL) – essential in the development of osteoclasts – may also play a role in the management… Read more »
Does genetic test allow prediction of patients’ response to tamoxifen?
Various studies have suggested that a genetic test for the efficacy of the commonly used breast cancer drug, tamoxifen, is an effective predictor of how… Read more »
Marking 30 years of critical care medicine
The International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2010, and to acknowledge this milestone… Read more »
Breast Cancer Research now the leading breast cancer-specific oncology journal
The release of the 2009 Impact Factors has seen Breast Cancer Research become the top-ranked breast cancer-specific oncology journal with an Impact Factor of… Read more »