Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis (HealthDay)
June 23, 2008
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 breast, prostate and colorectal patients in
seven states.
Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection (HealthDay)
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 tumor marker as well as a woman's report of new-onset symptoms.
Symptoms Plus Blood Test Boost Ovarian Cancer Detection (HealthDay)
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 tumor marker as well as a woman's report of new-onset symptoms. 
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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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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Man with deadly skin cancer saved by...
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...
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Skin cancer patient 'cured' using his...
A 52-year-old man with advanced melanoma, the lethal form of skin cancer, has been successfully treated using just his own blood.
06/19/08
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Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis (HealthDay)
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 breast, prostate and colorectal patients in seven states.
Study suggests colon cancer vaccine possible (Reuters)
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 Tuesday.
Vitamin D helps colorectal cancer...
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...
06/19/08
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Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer...
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.
06/19/08
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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...
06/27/08
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Smoking and poverty blamed as cancer...
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...
06/18/08
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CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All (HealthDay)
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 other smoking-related causes, a new study reports.
Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
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.
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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Cancer cure trials move from mice to men
In a major breakthrough in the search for a cure for cancer, the first human trials are to begin using a technique that has already been shown to destroy the disease in mice....
06/29/08
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New Molecule Discovery Shows Promise...
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Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial will examine
whether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven to
be in mice, say...
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"Good" cholesterol may protect...
Reuters - Middle-aged people with low levels
of so-called good cholesterol may be at higher risk for memory
decline that could foreshadow Alzheimer's disease or other
forms...
06/30/08
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