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Mammogram And Breast Cancer Detection
2007-07-25 15:30:00 Mammogram readings by both radiologists and non-physician technologists improve breast cancer detection rates, according to a study in the July 24 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Studies have shown that breast cancer detection may increase when mammograms are reviewed by both a radiologist and a mammographic technologist. In The Netherlands, a breast cancer screening ... More About: Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research , Detection
Low Cholesterol Levels And Cancer
2007-07-25 15:29:00 Millions of Americans take statins to lower their cholesterol, but how low should you go” Many scientific studies support the benefits of lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and achieving low LDL cholesterol levels is one of the most important steps in preventing heart disease. New research, however, provides evidence for an association between low LDL ... More About: Cancer , Cancer Research , Cholesterol , Este , Holes
Hormone Therapy And Breast Cancer
2007-07-25 15:27:00 The medical community has been debating for many years whether, and to what extent, postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) use is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer, says Professor Amos Pines, President of the International Menopause Society. Although it is agreed that long-term HT slightly increases that risk, the definition of long-term use is ... More About: Cancer , Cancer treatment , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research
Breast cancer: Western-style diet in Chinese women
2007-07-24 15:21:00 Post-menopausal Chinese women who eat a Western-style diet heavy in meat and sweets face a higher risk of breast cancer than their counterparts who stick to a typical Chinese diet loaded with vegetables and soy, a study found. The researchers, writing on Tuesday in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, tracked about 3,000 women in ... More About: Women , Diet , Style
Breast cancer inheritance
2007-07-24 15:19:00 A woman’s likelihood of surviving breast cancer is related to the survival rates among her first degree relatives with breast cancer, according to a new report. “If the association turns out to be true … it will open a new field for prognostication,” Dr. Mikael Hartman from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, told Reuters Health. Hartman and colleagues ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research , Inheritance
Breast tumor genes and cancer survival
2007-07-24 15:16:00 Women who develop breast cancer because they carry defective genes are no less likely to survive over the long term than other breast cancer patients, Canadian and Israeli researchers said on Wednesday. Women with and without the best-known cancer genes had virtually the same overall survival rate after 10 years, the researchers reported in the ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Tumor , Cancer Research
Diet and breast cancer survival
2007-07-24 15:15:00 Among breast cancer survivors, adopting a low-fat diet high in vegetables, fruit and fiber does not prevent the cancer from returning or prolong survival, according to a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. John P. Pierce and his associates designed the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) trial, based on evidence that ... More About: Diet , Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research
Breast cancer: false-positive cancer tests
2007-07-23 15:07:00 Danish researchers, in a new study in Value in Health authored by Dr. John Brodersen, studied the effect of false-positive cancer tests, including false-positive results on mammograms. Brodersen and colleagues found that false-positives caused significant psychological harm in “six psychosocial dimensions; anxiety, behavioral impact, sense of dejection, impact on sleep, breast examination and sexuality.” Brodersen says, “Women ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Positive , Tests
Heart imaging CT scans can increase the risk of cancer?
2007-07-23 15:05:00 A recent study found that heart CT scans can increase the risk of cancer, particularly for young female patients. For example, researchers found that a 20-year-old woman’s risk of developing cancer, usually breast cancer, increased to as high as one in 114 after a single scan. In comparison, the risk for an 80-year-old after one ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Heart , Risk , Imaging
Obesity May Increase Multiple Myeloma Risk
2007-07-22 15:28:00 An obese person is more likely than a lean person to develop multiple myeloma, according to researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health. Their findings indicate that Body Mass Index (BMI) — a statistical measure that scales weight to height — provides an indicator for one’s risk ... More About: Obesity , Cancer Research , Risk , Myeloma , Ease
Prostate Cancer Drug And Sexual Function In Most Men
2007-07-22 15:27:00 Men and their physicians need not hesitate to use a drug proven effective in preventing prostate cancer out of concern that it is likely to cause sexual dysfunction, say authors of a study conducted by the Southwest Oncology Group. The authors, who surveyed more than 17,000 men 55 and older for seven years, reported their ... More About: Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Sexual , Drug
Brain Cancer: Brain Tumor Proteins Identified
2007-07-22 15:20:00 MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors, a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer that kills 99 percent of patients. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive brain tumor in adults, strikes about 15,000 people in the United States each year. GBM is currently treated ... More About: Cancer , Tumor , Cancer Research , Brain , Brain Cancer
Older cancer survivors and their work
2007-07-16 14:44:00 Older cancer survivors, those between 55 and 65 years old, who remain cancer-free for two to six years after a diagnosis, are as likely to be working as their colleagues who have not had cancer, according to a new study published in the Health Service Research Journal. However, people who have received a recent diagnosis of ... More About: Cancer , Work , Vivo , Survivors
Lifestyle changes and prostate cancer
2007-07-16 14:42:00 According to a recent study published in the July issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch, lifestyle changes can help men with newly-diagnosed prostate cancer of low to moderate grade that is localized to the prostate gland. Half of the 93 men who were in the trial were assigned to a lifestyle program, and others were not. ... More About: Lifestyle , Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Stat , Prostate
New simple bladder cancer test?
2007-07-16 14:40:00 University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Michigan, have identified proteins that appear to signal the presence of bladder cancer. They hope this discovery will lead to a simple test that can detect the disease early. “With any cancer, the earlier you find it, the better, because it’s not as aggressive ... More About: Cancer , Cancer Research , Simple , Test , Bladder Cancer
Cheap sausages may have a cancer-causing dye
2007-07-12 03:07:00 If you’re a meat eater in Europe, here’s a piece of news that might be cause for alarm: A dye used in many meats to give them that fresh-from-the-butcher look, particularly sausages, is under scrutiny after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced that they can no longer guarantee that the dye is safe to ... More About: News , Cancer , Cancer Research , Cheap , Sausages
Prostate Cancer Screening Improvement
2007-07-12 03:06:00 Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men, with an estimated incidence of 234,460 cases and 27,360 deaths in 2006. Screening for prostate cancer remains controversial due to insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening. In particular, strategies for encouraging discussion of prostate cancer in high-risk populations have not been tested. In ... More About: Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Improvement , Stat
Study Shows Key Mechanistic Insights Into Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
2007-07-12 03:03:00 Results from two new studies provide key mechanistic insights into the complex molecular events that cause a deadly type of leukemia. The research, published in the July issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, illuminates specific mechanisms involved in development of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and identifies promising new avenues to develop ... More About: Study , Cancer Research , Leukemia , Sigh , Sight
NY Times: Some doctors balk at sunscreen advertisement
2007-07-12 03:00:00 An article by Christie Ashwanden in the New York Times Science & Health section this week covers the reaction of some doctors to the American Cancer Society’s advertisements running in 15 women’s magazines this summer. The woman in the advertisement holds up a picture of a smiling blonde while the text reads, “My sister accidentally ... More About: Doctors , Advertisement , Skin Cancer , Melanoma
Identify More Lethal Form Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2007-07-12 02:56:00 A new study shows that the activity of a particular gene can identify people who have a more lethal form of acute myeloid leukemia, singling out those patients who should receive more intense therapy. The gene, called ERG (for ETS-related gene), has also been linked to chronic leukemia and to breast and prostate cancer. The findings ... More About: Cancer Research , Leukemia , Form , Thal
FDA?s review on link between tomatoes and decreased cancer risk
2007-07-12 02:53:00 A recent FDA review has found no strong link between eating tomatoes and a decreased risk of cancer. The review has found no evidence for an association between eating tomatoes and a decreased risk of lung, colorectal, breast, cervical or endometrial cancer. The review did find limited evidence for an association between tomato consumption and reduced ... More About: Cancer , Review , Link , Cancer Research , Risk
Suncreen links to cancer?
2007-07-12 02:49:00 The gals over at the Beauty Brains addressed the following question a few days ago and I thought I would share: Q:I’ve been using Aveeno Baby Sunblock Lotion on my 2 year old but I read that it contains dioxane which causes cancer. Should I switch sunscreens?. I think this is an excellent question, and one I ... More About: Cancer , Links , Cancer Research , Cree
Advertising executive and author Lois Wyse dies of stomach cancer
2007-07-10 16:17:00 Advertising executive and author Lois Wyse died Friday at her Manhattan home of stomach cancer. She was 80. Perhaps best known for her famous slogan, With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good, Wyse — who founded Wyse Advertising with her first husband Marc and went on to win the J.M. Smucker Company account ... More About: News , Cancer , Advertising , Stomach , Author
Axitinib for advanced pancreatic cancer
2007-07-10 16:15:00 According to Pfizer, a Phase II trial of axitinib in combination with gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer has shown promising results, conferring a median overall survival of 6.9 months versus 5.6 months for single-agent gemcitabine. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world and is extremely aggressive and difficult to ... More About: Cancer , Drug , Pancreatic Cancer , Vance
New promising cancer therapy used in clinical trials
2007-07-10 08:09:00 A new study identifies a combination therapy that may sensitize human cancer cells to a promising treatment currently being used in clinical trials. The research, published in the July issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, provides a pharmacological method for enhancing the potency and effectiveness of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ... More About: Cancer treatment , Cancer Research , Therapy , Clinical Trials
Gene Therapy For Pancreatic Cancer
2007-07-10 08:07:00 A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the July 9 edition of Cancer Cell. “This vehicle, or vector, is so targeted and robust in its ... More About: Cancer treatment , Cancer Research , Therapy , Pancreatic Cancer
Genetic risk factors links to colorectal and prostate cancer
2007-07-10 08:05:00 A study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that one of seven genetic risk factors previously identified as increasing the probability of developing prostate cancer also increases the probability of developing colorectal cancer. As in the previous prostate cancer study, which was also conducted ... More About: Cancer , Links , Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Risk
Gene research on colon cancer
2007-07-10 08:01:00 A 10-year study involving thousands of Israeli Jews and Arabs, led by researchers from American and Israeli institutions, has yielded important new information in the search for the genes that make a person more likely to develop colon cancer. In a paper to be published in the July issue of Cancer Biology and Therapy, the international ... More About: Research , Cancer Research , Colon Cancer , Colon
Fragmin - new drug for blood clots
2007-07-10 07:59:00 Venous Thromboembolism, also know as a blood clot, is something that cancer patients should be aware. There is now a medicine approved for recurrent blood clots by the Food and Drug Administration called Fragmin. Fragmin is a type of heparin, for long term prevention of blood clots. Blood clots form when red blood cells, platelets, white ... More About: Clinical Trials
Women?s tanning too much and skin cancer
More articles from this author:2007-07-10 07:57:00 Zita Farelly died of skin cancer, at the too-young age of 29 — only a few years older than me. A mother of two, Zita didn’t damage her sun through excess sun exposure. No, she preferred artificial sun, and got that orangey, leathery sun glow by tanning twice a day from the age of 14 ... More About: Women , Skin , Cancer , Tanning , Skin Cancer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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