Articles tagged with 'breast cancer' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Women who test negative for BRCA gene mutations may still be at greater risk of developing breast cancer than the general population, according to a study led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators. The findings, published in JAMA …

A team led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators has developed a tool for matching breast cancer patients with the most effective presurgical treatments. Called BRIDGE, the tool is the first of its kind and is described in  Annals …

The new Cedars-Sinai Cayton BRCA Center is helping women and men with BRCA genetic mutations manage their risk of developing cancer. The center, which will open in early July, thanks to a $30 million gift from the Cayton Goldrich Family Foundation, …

A team led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators has created a faster, cheaper way to determine the genes expressed in cancerous tumors. The AI-based tool, which they describe in Cell, could make personalized cancer treatment …

Philip and Linda Simmons have loved each other in sickness and in health—mostly health—for decades. Cancer dealt them a double blow that made recent years difficult, but after treatment at Cedars-Sinai, they are celebrating Valentine’s Day …

Cedars-Sinai has received a $30 million gift from the Cayton Goldrich Family Foundation to establish the Cedars-Sinai Cayton BRCA Center, a first-of-its-kind in Southern California. The state-of-the-art center will concentrate on the research, …

Cedars-Sinai experts are presenting leading-edge research about the latest advances in breast cancer treatment at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio Dec. 9-12.As a highlight of the symposium, Armando E. Giuliano, MD, division …

In 2022, Wendy Sanchez’s trauma care team emphasized that she should pay close attention to her body and come back if she ever noticed anything concerning.“We’ll take care of you,” they told her.Sanchez, 29, had been a patient at Pasadena-based …

Professional dancer Mataya Dade remembers the morning two years ago when she felt a lump in her breast. At 30, she wasn’t expecting breast cancer. But Dade turned out to be part of a growing trend of breast cancer diagnoses in young women.According …

After her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, independent filmmaker Kailee McGee decided not to leave her director’s chair. Instead, she leaned in and produced an award-winning short film about her experience. And, thanks to her care team at …