Cancer warCancer warAll about cancer! cancer prevention, treatment, research, news, etc. Articles
Hormone Therapy And Mammography For Breast Cancer Patients
2007-08-10 05:05:00 Trends in breast cancer incidence parallel the patterns of mammography screening and use of menopausal hormone therapy, according to a report in the August 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “There have been a number of recent studies, including our own, that point to a close link between use of hormone therapy and the development ... More About: Breast Cancer , Breast , Patients , Therapy
Prior Testicular Cancer Diagnosis And Second Cancer Survival
2007-08-09 07:41:00 Testicular cancer survivors diagnosed with a second cancer had mortality rates similar to men diagnosed with a first cancer, except among some diagnosed with testicular cancer between 1973 and 1979. Most testicular cancer patients are cured, but survivors are at a higher risk for second cancers later in life. There is little data on mortality rates ... More About: Cancer , Cancer Research , Survival , Diagnosis , Viva
Hormone Deficiency Links To Colon Cancer
2007-08-05 07:39:00 Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have found new evidence suggesting that colon cancer is actually a disease of missing hormones that could potentially be treated by hormone replacement therapy. Reporting August 1, 2007 in the journal Gastroenterology, clinical pharmacologist Scott Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics ... More About: Links , Cancer Research , Colon Cancer , Colon
Kidney Cancer: Two drugs work better than either alone
2007-08-05 07:37:00 According to reseachers at Duke, a combination of two drugs works better than either drug for patients with renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer. This study was published in the August 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and was funded by the National Cancer Institute. The two drugs used in ... More About: Drugs , Chemotherapy , Work , Kidney cancer
Age And Hormone Therapy
2007-08-05 07:35:00 Five years ago this summer the National Institutes of Health’s stopped early a major portion of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), a large and ambitious study to address the most common causes of death, disability and impaired quality of life in postmenopausal women. One part of the WHI sought to determine whether hormone therapy has a ... More About: Cancer treatment , Cancer Research , Therapy , Erap , Thera
Cancer Treatment: The role of antioxidant supplements
2007-08-05 07:31:00 Dr. Richard Wender, president of the American Cancer Society, took questions from readers as part of the New York Times feature on cancer last week. Here is an interesting question from a reader about the role of antioxidants. Leanne asks about the use of antioxidants and other supplements during cancer treatment, specifically whether they are harmful ... More About: Diet , Treatment , Cancer treatment , Nutrition
Best breast cancer screening - MRI
2007-08-04 04:52:00 by Jacki Donaldson I have dense breasts. I’ve had breast cancer. And I’ve had just about every test available for monitoring my breast health. Clinical exams, self-exams, traditional mammograms, digital mammograms, ultrasound, and MRI. They’re all on my rotation, and I’m happy for that. In light of recent research, though, MRI may be my best bet ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Brea , Cree
Stress Reduction: Listen, write, breathe, and talk
2007-08-04 04:49:00 When you’re knee deep in the mess of stress, anxiety, disappointment, panic, fear — you name it — isn’t it nice to escape for a moment, to feel relief from the burden of heavy emotion? I think so. And I happen to know from personal experience a few techniques that have a calming effect on ... More About: Write , Talk , Listen , Stress , Tres
Medical fund for woman with colon cancer in West Virginia
2007-08-04 04:48:00 Mary Ann Kelly, an employee of a West Virginia hospital who has been battling colon cancer for the past six years, was informed last week that her insurance benefits for the current year have run out. Due to her illness, she is unable to continue working. A medical fund has been established to help cover ... More About: News , Medical , Cancer
Tomatoes May Reduce Cancer Risk?
2007-08-04 04:45:00 In a review of scientific data, the Food and Drug Administration has found almost no evidence that tomatoes or the antioxidant lycopene have any effect in cancer prevention. The review, published online July 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, examined 81 studies of lycopene and concluded that none produced any credible evidence ... More About: Cancer Research , Risk , Reduce , Tomatoes
Cancer Drug: Medicare?s Restrictions on Anemia Drugs
2007-08-04 04:41:00 Medicare has eased up on some of its proposed restrictions on the use of popular anemia drugs made by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson. The decision, announced late yesterday, could provide some relief for the two companies, which have already experienced steep drops in sales of the drugs because of concerns that the products might ... More About: Drugs , Cancer , Drug , Medicare , Cancer Drug
Mammographic surveillance reduces mortality in older breast cancer survivor
2007-08-04 04:37:00 Mammographic surveillance is associated with a reduction in breast cancer mortality among older women who have survived the malignancy once, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology for July 20. Annual mammographic surveillance is currently recommended for breast cancer survivors based on the belief that it may detect an asymptomatic recurrence and, ... More About: Cancer , Surveillance , Survivor , Breast Cancer , Breast
Prostate Cancer: Seeking Out A Experienced Surgeon For Surgery
2007-08-04 04:35:00 Study: Fewer Recurrences When Surgery Done By Seasoned Doctors Men who need surgery for prostate cancer should seek out a surgeon with a lot of experience, a new study suggests. Researchers from 3 major cancer centers have found that men treated by seasoned surgeons are much less likely to have a recurrence of their prostate cancer ... More About: Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Seeking , Seek
Cancer Survivors? Stories
2007-08-04 04:23:00 By Kelly McAloon There is always a story. There are those stories we read. There are those of history, of events both beautiful and terrible that have shaped our world and communities. There are those of fiction: carefully crafted words that are whispered to help us sleep and that at night form shapes like shadow animals on ... More About: Stories , Cancer , Vivo , Survivors
Cancer Risk Factors: How Much Do You Know?
2007-08-04 04:19:00 Misplaced Beliefs Could Lead to Risk y Behavior Which is more likely to give you lung cancer, inhaling polluted city air every day, or smoking a pack of cigarettes a day? According to a telephone survey taken by American Cancer Society researchers, most of us either think pollution is more likely to cause lung cancer than smoking ... More About: Factor , Actor
A nurse researcher examines the needs of head and neck cancers patients
2007-08-02 16:48:00 A nurse researcher at the Cancer Care Research Centre, based at the University of Stirling is using a research fellowship of more than £90,000 from Cancer Research UK to provide support for people with head and neck cancers. Mrs Anne Taylor is investigating the information and support needs of people with these cancers and their carers ... More About: Patients , Nurse , Head , Patient
Cancer Screening In Breast Cancer Awareness Month
2007-08-02 16:44:00 As Brea st Cancer Awareness Month approaches, Cancer Research UK is launching a brand new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of cancer screening. All women aged 50 to 70* in the UK, around 6 million people, are eligible for breast screening (mammograms), yet currently a quarter of those who are invited do not attend. Cancer ... More About: Breast Cancer
Charity And Childhood Cancer In The UK
2007-08-02 16:42:00 Charity reassures families over childhood cancer survival stats Cancer Research UK has responded to claims that children with cancer have shorter survival in the UK than in other European countries. Professor Alex Markham, Cancer Research UK’s senior medical adviser, told the BBC that British children with cancer “won’t be getting treated better anywhere in Europe than they ... More About: Childhood , Charity , The U
Prostate Cancer: Gene ?fusions?
2007-08-02 16:30:00 US researchers have shed new light on the way prostate cancers develop, in research that could one day lead to new tests and treatments for the disease. The scientists, from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre, found that two particular chromosomes - the long stretches of DNA inside every cell - are able to trade ... More About: Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Gene , Prostate
New metastatic breast cancer drugs
2007-08-02 16:27:00 The introduction of new therapeutic agents in the last decade has resulted in improved survival for women with metastatic breast cancer, findings from a population-based study suggest. As reported in the July 23rd online issue of Cancer , Dr. Stephen Chia, from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues assessed the outcomes of 2150 ... More About: Drugs , Breast Cancer , Breast , Drug
Breast cancer: sharp decline in the use of hormones
2007-08-01 15:07:00 The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a study that stated — a sharp decline in the use of premenopausal hormones was followed by a drop in the rate of breast cancer. In the recent past, large clinical trials were conducted as part of the Women’s Health Initiative that raised concerns about the health risks ... More About: Breast Cancer , Breast , Sharp , Drug
Karen Spengler- A cancer survivor has been fighting cancer for 10 years
2007-08-01 15:02:00 Karen Spengler has been fighting cancer for 10 long years. Cancer ’s taken a lot out of her–a kidney, part of her leg bone, her hair, which she’s lost nine times–but it hasn’t taken her spirit, or her love of a good mystery. Her Story is this: The owner of a Kansas City bookstore specializing in ... More About: Survivor , Fighting , Karen , Years
Promising Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment
2007-08-01 14:54:00 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have identified a protein that prevents the body’s immune system from recognizing and attacking Hodgkin lymphoma cells. Based on this finding, the researchers are now investigating targeted therapies to disable this molecular “bodyguard” and boost a patient’s ability to fight the blood cancer. If the strategy proves successful, patients might escape some ... More About: Treatment , Cancer Research , Lymphoma , Homa
Elizabeth Edwards? breast cancer
2007-08-01 14:49:00 It seems Elizabeth Edwards has a good amount of energy, despite her diagnosis of incurable cancer in March, following a previous battle with breast cancer. Perhaps her energy stems from the fact that she is asymptomatic and feeling quite well. About her health and her husband’s campaign, Edwards says, “I feel good and honestly, the campaign ... More About: News , Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast
Advanced Therapy For Cancer Recurrence
2007-07-27 15:12:00 Testicular cancer patients who do not respond to traditional therapy can be cured with high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, according to an Indiana University School of Medicine report in the July 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. About 90 percent of testicular cancer patients respond to traditional therapy, which involves ... More About: Chemotherapy , Cancer , Cancer treatment , Cancer Research , Therapy
Researchers Have Identified A New Gene Linked To Breast Cancer
2007-07-27 15:10:00 Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene linked to the development of an aggressive form of breast cancer. The researchers found that the gene, FOXP3, suppresses tumor growth. FOXP3 is located on the X chromosome, which means a single mutation can effectively silence the gene. This is unusual, as ... More About: Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research , Gene
Breast Cancer Detection: Physician?s Hand Held Device
2007-07-26 16:08:00 Sure Touch is a unique digital sensing device that assists a physician or other health care professional in screening for breast cancer during routine exams. It can increase the chance of early diagnosis of breast cancer. During the breast exam the device is placed on the breast and an image is then reflected on a computer ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Detection , Device
Prostate Cancer Surgery: Get An Experienced Surgeon
2007-07-26 16:06:00 We all want an experienced surgeon, of course, but are you sure your surgeon is experienced enough? In a recent article published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, patients with prostate cancer who have a prostatectomy performed by a more experienced surgeon tend to have better outcomes. A prostatectomy involves removal of the prostate gland ... More About: Surgery , Prostate Cancer , Prostate , Peri
Breast Cancer Information
2007-07-26 16:03:00 The Facts - Every two minutes a woman gets diagnosed with breast cancer. - This year more than 211,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected in America. - One woman of eight who lives to age 85 will develop breast cancer during her life. - Brea st cancer is the number 1 cause of death in women between the ... More About: Information , Cancer , Breast Cancer
Vitamin D And Breast Cancer
More articles from this author:2007-07-26 16:02:00 Vitamin D is one of the latest, greatest hot cancer topics. Why? Well, it seems many of us women are vitamin D deficient. Such a deficiency might be linked to breast cancer risk so it’s in our best interest to make sure we get a healthy dose of this vitamin. It’s not as easy as ... More About: Diet , Cancer , Nutrition , Breast Cancer , Breast 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
|
 |
|
 |
