Fighting Cancer With a Pen (HealthDay)
March 15, 2008
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- When 69-year-old Carl Irwin
arrived at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
for treatment of lymphoma, he was handed a blank notebook and asked to
write about how his cancer had changed him and how he felt about those
changes.
Obesity Linked to Poor Prognosis for Some Breast Cancer Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer face a higher chance of recurrence and a shorter life expectancy than either normal or underweight patients, a new study suggests.
U.S. and Mexico seek to cut Mexican breast cancer deaths (Reuters)
Reuters - First lady Laura Bush and Mexico's first lady Margarita Zavala launched on Friday a joint effort to try to reduce breast cancer deaths in Mexico and improve early detection of the disease.
Study shows way to predict lung...
Reuters - It may be possible to predict whose
lung cancer is likely to come back after surgery has apparently
cured it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Obesity tied to higher pancreatic...
Reuters - New research suggests that
obesity may raise older adults' risk of developing pancreatic
cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease.
03/12/08
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Late Use of Aromatase Inhibitor Still...
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- There's good news for the
60 percent of women with breast cancer whose malignancies are
estrogen-driven: Researchers say...
03/12/08
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A Conversation With Dr. Terri...
Dr. Terri Brentnall has identified a gene that may be one cause of an inherited form of pancreatic cancer.
03/18/08
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Colorectal Cancer Testing on the Rise...
American Cancer Society - New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
shows that colorectal
cancer testing in the US has been rising steadily
since 2002,...
03/18/08
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Frank talk about family breast cancer...
Reuters - Women from families who openly talk
about their family history of breast cancer are more
knowledgeable about genetic counseling and testing, U.S.
researchers said...
03/18/08
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Women's Risk for a Certain Skin Cancer Varies by Geography (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- An American woman's risk of developing the skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma appears to increase if she lives in areas where UV radiation is high, such as in the South, a new study found.
Gene discovery raises hopes of new treatment for breast cancer
A discovery that has "profound implications" for the diagnosis and treatment of aggressive breast cancer has been made by scientists who believe they have found a critical gene that causes a tumour to spread.
TIMELY SCREENING FOR CANCER CAN SAVE...
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: America is making steady progress in the war against colon cancer. It's largely because of early detection and improved treatments. However, there's more...
03/11/08
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Factors behind head and neck cancer...
Reuters - There are two distinct culprits
behind head and neck cancer -- the long-recognized heavy
tobacco and alcohol use as well as a common sexually
transmitted virus,...
03/11/08
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Environmental Toxins, Radiation May...
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- In the decades following
World War II, both breast cancer rates and the use of synthetic chemicals
soared in the United...
03/19/08
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Environmental Toxins, Radiation May...
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- In the decades following
World War II, both breast cancer rates and the use of synthetic chemicals
soared in the United...
03/20/08
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Cancer sufferers given experimental...
Terminally-ill cancer patients are being used as human guinea pigs to test experimental drugs which may give them one last chance of beating the disease.
03/21/08
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Family Discussion Plays Role in...
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- The willingness of relatives
to discuss a family's cancer history has a major impact on the awareness
of genetic counseling and...
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Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene (AFP)
AFP - Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs.
Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene (AFP)
AFP - Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs.
Family Discussion Plays Role in...
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- The willingness of relatives
to discuss a family's cancer history has a major impact on the awareness
of genetic counseling and...
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Aspirin 'can cut breast cancer...
Taking aspirin could reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by a fifth, according to a major new study.
03/07/08
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'It Was Just Utter Shock': Student...
Duke U. student learns that Duke is only place which focuses on his rare cancer.
03/07/08
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Test tracks down source of mystery...
A new test that analyzes genetic material can tell doctors the source of some mysterious cancers and perhaps help provide a short-cut for treating them, Israeli researchers...
03/23/08
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Test tells source of mystery cancers:...
Reuters - A new test that analyzes genetic
material can tell doctors the source of some mysterious cancers
and perhaps help provide a short-cut for treating them, Israeli ...
03/23/08
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Medical groups recommend new, less...
Medical experts are recommending that a less invasive procedure known as a virtual colonoscopy and a stool DNA test join the arsenal of screenings for colon cancer in the hopes...
03/06/08
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