Those GREAT Canadians!!! Breast cancer breakthrough!

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KathiM
KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Watch the news...they have developed a way to follow the entire DNA chain for breast cancer...it will lead to a change in treatment and diagnosis, as well as possibly working for other cancers!

Maybe the day of no more bald is fast approaching!!!

I'm dancing!!!

Hugs, Kathi

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  • jennytwist
    jennytwist Member Posts: 896
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    WOW!
    Kathi,
    That's great! I'll be watching for the news! Hopefully it will be something that can benefit everyone soon! Thanks for such great news!
    -Jenny
  • chickad52
    chickad52 Member Posts: 497
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    Kathi
    That would be AWESOME!!
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    jennytwist said:

    WOW!
    Kathi,
    That's great! I'll be watching for the news! Hopefully it will be something that can benefit everyone soon! Thanks for such great news!
    -Jenny

    I only caught a bit....
    But I'm sure it's going to be gone over in depth!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    chickad52 said:

    Kathi
    That would be AWESOME!!

    I agree!!!!
    Especially if it can predict reoccurances, based on the current tumor's DNA!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • rjjj
    rjjj Member Posts: 1,822 Member
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    KathiM said:

    I agree!!!!
    Especially if it can predict reoccurances, based on the current tumor's DNA!

    Hugs, Kathi

    Thanks Kathi
    I will be watching and hoping and praying,
    jackie
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    rjjj said:

    Thanks Kathi
    I will be watching and hoping and praying,
    jackie

    Me, too.....
    more for the reoccurance rate than anything...lol...I'd HATE to lose my hair again...who knows how it would come back this time!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
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    KathiM said:

    Me, too.....
    more for the reoccurance rate than anything...lol...I'd HATE to lose my hair again...who knows how it would come back this time!!!

    Hugs, Kathi

    Thanks for this info, but, I
    Thanks for this info, but, I can't find it anywhere. Where did you see it?
  • Dawne.Hope
    Dawne.Hope Member Posts: 823
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    survivorbc09 said:

    Thanks for this info, but, I
    Thanks for this info, but, I can't find it anywhere. Where did you see it?

    I found it!
    I found it! http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/08/2709016.htm?section=world

    if the link doesn't work, google "breast cancer DNA" and the story is on one of the first mentioned.

    It just came out today.

    Here's a copy of what I found:

    Scientists decode breast cancer DNA
    By Dan Karpenchuk

    Posted Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:11pm AEDT

    Canadian scientists have made a breakthrough in medical science, becoming the first to decode the DNA of breast cancer cells.

    The British Columbia Cancer Agency study represents a major step towards determining how cancer begins and what makes it spread through the body.

    Researchers have decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a spreading breast cancer tumour.

    They have also identified the mutations that caused the original cancer to spread.

    Until now scientists have not been able to to find all the mutations present in a given tumour.

    Medical experts say the finding brings unprecedented information about breast cancer; there were genetic distinctions between an original tumour and after it spread, and that could lead to new cancer drugs and more personalised medicine.
  • meena1
    meena1 Member Posts: 1,003
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    Dawne.Hope said:

    I found it!
    I found it! http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/08/2709016.htm?section=world

    if the link doesn't work, google "breast cancer DNA" and the story is on one of the first mentioned.

    It just came out today.

    Here's a copy of what I found:

    Scientists decode breast cancer DNA
    By Dan Karpenchuk

    Posted Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:11pm AEDT

    Canadian scientists have made a breakthrough in medical science, becoming the first to decode the DNA of breast cancer cells.

    The British Columbia Cancer Agency study represents a major step towards determining how cancer begins and what makes it spread through the body.

    Researchers have decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a spreading breast cancer tumour.

    They have also identified the mutations that caused the original cancer to spread.

    Until now scientists have not been able to to find all the mutations present in a given tumour.

    Medical experts say the finding brings unprecedented information about breast cancer; there were genetic distinctions between an original tumour and after it spread, and that could lead to new cancer drugs and more personalised medicine.

    This is awesome, very
    This is awesome, very exciting news! My cancer spread, so this is great news to me. Thank you for this news.
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
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    This is great. Maybe it will
    This is great. Maybe it will bring them closer to a cure too. Too many people getting cancer.

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