Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
June 19, 2008
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with
high blood levels of vitamin D boost their survival odds by 48 percent, a
new study suggests.
Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment
An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors.
Skin cancer patient 'cured' using his own blood cells
A 52-year-old man with advanced melanoma, the lethal form of skin cancer, has been successfully treated using just his own blood.
CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a...
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- While CT screening may help
reduce lung cancer deaths among current and former smokers, it won't
reduce the risk of death from...
06/20/08
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New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a
new group of compounds that might one day be added to the armamentarium of
therapies designed to...
06/17/08
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Cancer deaths 'higher in north'
Death rates from cancer are higher among people living in the north of England than the rest of the country, research shows.
06/17/08
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CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a...
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- While CT screening may help
reduce lung cancer deaths among current and former smokers, it won't
reduce the risk of death from...
06/21/08
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New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a
new group of compounds that might one day be added to the armamentarium of
therapies designed to...
06/16/08
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Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers boosted the
level of early-stage ovarian cancer detection by 20 percent through use of
a blood test to detect a...
06/23/08
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Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment (AP)
AP - An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors.
Vitamin D helps colorectal cancer patients: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Vitamin D may extend the lives of people with colon and rectal cancer, according to a study published on Wednesday suggesting another health benefit from the so-called sunshine vitamin.
Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low socioeconomic status
increases a cancer patient's risk of dying, say U.S. researchers who
analyzed data on almost 14,000...
06/23/08
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Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found ...
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Five proteins linked to early
development of pancreatic cancer have been identified by U.S. researchers,
who said the finding is...
06/14/08
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Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers boosted the level
of early-stage ovarian cancer detection by 20 percent through use of a
blood test to detect a...
06/24/08
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Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low socioeconomic status increases
a cancer patient's risk of dying, say U.S. researchers who analyzed data
on almost 14,000...
06/24/08
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Study suggests colon cancer vaccine...
Reuters - A protein found only in the
intestines may help lead the way to a vaccine that can treat
colon cancers and perhaps other tumors too, U.S. researchers
reported on...
06/24/08
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Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found ...
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Five proteins linked to early
development of pancreatic cancer have been identified by U.S. researchers,
who said the finding is...
06/13/08
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Smoking and poverty blamed as cancer kills 20 per cent more in the North
People living in the North of England have a 20 per cent higher chance of dying from cancer than those living elsewhere, according to new evidence underlining stark divides in the nation's health.
Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment
An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors.
Gene fuels deadly prostate cancer
A faulty gene closely associated with breast cancer is also responsible for a particularly dangerous form of prostate cancer, research shows.
06/25/08
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Raloxifene Cuts Risk of Certain Type...
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- A drug already approved to
reduce the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women also seems to cut the
risk for other women.
06/12/08
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Genetic test will identify those most...
The chances of getting breast cancer vary more than sixfold among women because of their genetic inheritance but the breast screening programme fails to target those at highest...
06/26/08
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Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising...
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with metastatic
breast cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational
vaccine lived twice as long as those...
06/26/08
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Outreach Programs Help African...
American Cancer Society - Emory University researchers have developed a two-pronged
outreach program that appears to significantly improve early-stage breast
cancer detection...
06/26/08
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Gene chemicals 'cancer warning'
People vulnerable to cancer may have subtle differences in cell chemicals that could be detected.
06/11/08
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