TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The start of October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women. In 2011, 220,097 women and 2,078 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer.
Florida State University’s internationally recognized experts are available to offer commentary to the media on updates in medical technology and treatment options.
Lynn Panton, associate professor, Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences: (850) 644-4685; [email protected]
Panton’s research focuses on how breast cancer patients can recover lost bone density and muscle mass following their treatments.
“Bone density and muscle mass decrease when women go through menopause, but those losses are heightened when breast cancer patients go through chemotherapy. If we can prevent that decrease through weight training, that’s a step in the right direction."
Steven Lenhert, assistant professor, Department of Biological Science: (850) 645-9401; [email protected]
Lenhert is an expert in bionanothechnology and studies ways to make drug discovery and development more efficient and accessible. As part of his work, he has developed a process where doctors could examine a patient's cells on a chip and test out drug compounds on those cells, leading to a more personalized medical treatment, something that could be key for cancer patients.
“Nanotechnology has the potential to remove uncertainty from medicine, providing doctors and the medical industry with information about how a treatment will work on an individual before it’s given to the patient.”
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