Items Tagged ‘Edith Perez’
July 26, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 26, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Kelley Luckstein Public Affairs Associate Guest Editor […]
Tags: Alzheimer's Treatment, Associated Press, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dr. David Hayes, Dr. Michael Joyner, Dr. Ron Petersen, Edith Perez, heat-related medical problems, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Pfizer, Post Bulletin, Reader's Digest Canada
February 20, 2012
Flashy props draw attention to marathon’s cause
… “Our hair is always pink to celebrate for the cause,” Bob Liner said Sunday at the fifth annual event that begins and ends at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. Founded by First Coast News anchor Donna Deegan and Mayo oncologist and cancer researcher Edith Perez, the race raises money for breast cancer research and to financially […]
Tags: Bob Liner, Donna Deegan, Edith Perez, First Coast News, pink hair
February 13, 2012
Donna Deegan, Edith Perez heartened by progress, but they’re not finished
Edith Perez and her Mayo Clinic research team think they’re on the verge of a significant breakthrough in their mission to finish breast cancer. Donna Deegan wants to make sure they get there. Deegan and Perez joined forces five years ago to create the 26.2 with Donna The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer, which […]
Tags: 26.2 with Donna, Donna Deegan, Edith Perez, Mayo Clinic's Breast Cancer Translational Genomics Program, The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer
January 16, 2012
HER2 proteins do not predict breast cancer patient’s outcome after Herceptin treatment
Precisely quantifying the amount of three different HER growth proteins, along with several other proteins believed linked to breast cancer, did not predict a patient’s outcome after treatment for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer with Herceptin, say Mayo Clinic researchers. HER2-positive breast cancer gets its name from a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 that […]
Tags: Edith Perez, Herceptin, M.D.
December 8, 2011
Two drugs significantly extend the time that women with metastatic breast cancer can live without their tumors growing, potentially changing the landscape for 80% of patients with the disease, according to two separate studies released Wednesday…”The magnitude of the impact seen in these trials is sufficient to incorporate the medicines in day-to-day practice,” said Edith […]
Tags: Breast Cancer, Edith Perez
December 2, 2011
Study Adds Support to Mammograms Starting at Age 40
In the latest findings to fuel the debate on when to start getting mammograms, new research adds support to those suggesting that annual breast X-rays should begin at age 40… The new findings are unlikely to put an end to the debate, says Edith Perez, MD, a breast cancer specialist at the Mayo Clinic in […]
Tags: Edith Perez, mammograms, MD
July 15, 2009
A conversation with Dr. Edith Perez
Dr. Edith Perez is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, and the co-principal investigator and North American coordinator for the Adjuvant Lapatinib and/or Trastuzumab Treatment Optimization (ALTTO) clinical trial, an international phase III clinical trial that aims to define the optimal treatment for early stage HER2-positive breast cancer. The National […]
Tags: Add new tag, ALTTO, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Edith Perez, Jacksonville, MCJ