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). Four papers were invited.