Breast Cancer: How to Prepare for Radiation

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Radiation is used to kill cancer cells and can often be an effective treatment for those struggling with breast cancer. It can be administered alone, or with a combination of other treatments Read more »

How to Check Yourself for Breast Cancer

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Doing a self-examination for breast cancer can be daunting and awkward. Not much of us know how to check yourself for breast cancer. Read more »

MCF-7 Cell Line

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MCF-7 cell line was first derived from a pleural effusion of a post menopausal 69 years patient with metastatic breast cancer in 1970. The MCF-7 cell line is the most widely used and best characterized of all the human breast cancer cell lines. Read more »

Tamoxifen – Breast Cancer Treatment

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Tamoxifen plays an essential role as adjuvant drug in breast cancer treatment. Many people do not know the mechanism of it to prevent the progression of cancer. Read more »

Hormonal Therapy to Treat Breast Cancer

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Hormone is one of the key factors of the development of breast cancer. Hormonal therapy is a therapeutic strategy to control development of breast cancer. Read more »

Things to Know Before Breast Cancer Treatment

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Did you know the things before treatment of breast cancer? We need to know it so that we will not panic when facing on this disease especially for the women. Read more »

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My name is Chen. I'm 23 years old. I'm working in University Malaya Medical Centre as Pediatric Oncology research assistant. I took Bachelor of Science Genetics and Molecular Biology in University of Malaya before this. Genetics is my favourite subject since i was 16. I feel very curious on how the formation of a complex organism from a seeming formless zygote. How could a single cell gives rise to many kinds of different cells like muscle cells, brain cells and so on? Hope you all enjoy reading my blog. Thanks Read more »