Harvard Medical School - Breast Cancer Research

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS OF 2004

Two papers published by Breast-Cancer-Research were downloaded over 25,000 times. One was subject of a press release by BCR.

Research Article: Hypothesis: Induced angiogenesis after surgery in premenopausal node-positive breast cancer patients is a major underlying reason why adjuvant chemotherapy works particularly well for those patients

Research Article: Menopausal status dependence of the timing of breast cancer recurrence after surgical removal of the primary tumour

Biomedcentral Press Release: Mastectomy may speed breast cancer recurrence in young women

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS OF 2005

A paper published by International Journal of Surgery was the subject of press releases by IJS and Harvard Medical School. The paper was also the subject of a 1200 word write-up in Wall Street Journal by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Amy Marcus.

Ascend Foundation: Probing Surgery's Link To Cancer Recurrence

Children's Hospital Boston: Does Surgery Induce Angiogenesis in Dormant Breast Cancer?

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS OF 2006

This research proposes a new explanation for the racial differences in breast cancer outcome. See Retsky et al. International Journal of Surgery, 2007, 5:300-3004.

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/news/pressreleases/ch/0207african_american_women.html

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS OF 2007

A new method of treatment for early stage breast cancer was proposed and published (Patent pending).

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS OF 2008

Support builds for our observations on bimodal relapse patterns and theory that dormancy is common in breast cancer. Our theory that the first relapse peak is iatrogenic is becoming more accepted.