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Improving breast cancer survivors? quality of life and fatigue levels
2007-06-19 16:33:00 Simple steps, like giving breast cancer survivors an exercise workbook or step pedometer, can improve their quality of life and fatigue levels. In recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, University of Alberta researchers found that those simple steps, along with a recommendation to exercise, helped breast cancer survivors exercise more than survivors who ... More About: Life , Cancer , Quality of Life , Breast Cancer , Breast
Pancreatic cancer surgery should be at the top of the priority list
2007-06-18 16:14:00 There are certain points on everyone’s life where being tested for various cancers should be at the top of the priority list. With that in mind, it’s distressing to hear that almost 40% of people with early pancreatic cancer that could have treatment to ward off the disease don’t end up getting it at all. ... More About: Cancer , List , Surgery , Pancreatic Cancer , Priority
Cancer drugs and treatments are too expensive
2007-06-18 16:10:00 It’s one of the major setbacks of capitalism: people stand to make a buck off of everything, even medicine that can save the life of many. So when it comes to Cancer , it’s no secret that the drugs and treatments are expensive — and someone is definitely making money off of it. But before you ... More About: Treatments , Drugs , Drug , Cancer Drug
Colon Cancer Research: Blood Proteins Identified
2007-06-18 16:05:00 Searching for less invasive screening tests for cancer, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered proteins present in blood that accurately identify colon cancer and precancerous polyps. Initial studies of the proteins, CCSA-3 and CCSA-4, suggest they could be used to develop a blood test to identify at-risk individuals. “The reality is that many people are not getting regular ... More About: Research , Cancer , Cancer Research , Colon Cancer , Colon
Hormone therapy may improve survival rate of ovarian cancer
2007-06-17 07:58:00 Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have shown that hormone therapy can extend life in ovarian cancer patients, giving women a new alternative to chemotherapy. The study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, has proved for the first time that the targeted use of an anti-estrogen drug could prolong the life of some patients by up to ... More About: Cancer Research , Improve , Therapy , Ovarian Cancer
Cancer Stem Cells and Anti-cancer Agents
2007-06-17 07:56:00 Current cancer therapies often succeed at initially eliminating the bulk of the disease, including all rapidly proliferating cells, but are eventually thwarted because they cannot eliminate a small reservoir of multiple-drug-resistant tumor cells, called cancer stem cells, which ultimately become the source of disease recurrence and eventual metastasis. Now, research by scientists at the University ... More About: Cancer , Agents , Cancer Research , Stem Cells , Drug
Television?s science teacher Mr.Wizard Don Herbert dies of bone cancer
2007-06-15 18:22:00 Don Herbert, also known as television’s science teacher Mr.Wizard, died at his home Tuesday of bone cancer. He was 89. Mr. Wizard’s target audience was kids (baby boomers: you may already know this) and his lessons taught youngsters to use the thinking skills of scientists through workshop experiments using simple household items. His 1950s series Watch ... More About: Science , News , Television , Cancer , Teacher
Breast Cancer Prevention: Proper Nutrition before Menopause
2007-06-15 18:19:00 Many women start thinking about calcium and vitamin D after menopause, but new evidence suggests that paying attention to these nutrients before menopause could protect against breast cancer. The new study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, was drawn from the large, long-term Women’s Health Study. The analysis included information about diet and cancer diagnoses ... More About: Cancer , Nutrition , Prevention , Breast Cancer , Breast
Report shows that three deaths were related to the Gardasil Vaccine
2007-06-15 18:15:00 Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil . Three deaths were related to the vaccine. One ... More About: News , Vaccine , Report , Deaths
Colon cancer prevention and Mediterranean diets
2007-06-15 05:47:00 It’s been known that olive oil is a good colon cancer preventer, but what about whole diets based on Mediterranean principles? Although a study is now beginning at the University of Michigan on how a Mediterrean diet can help prevent colon cancer, the consumption of olive oil and nuts should already be in a healthy ... More About: Diets , Diet , Cancer , Prevention , Colon Cancer
Young cancer specialists are suffering from stress
2007-06-15 05:43:00 A quarter of young cancer specialists in the UK are suffering from stress which can lead to depression and affect their care of patients and their families, researchers have found. In a survey of 401 oncology registrars, 102 scored above the threshold for possible psychiatric morbidity and more than one in ten showed clinically important levels ... More About: News , Cancer , Young , Stress , Suffering
Can ovarian cancer be identified by certain symptoms?
2007-06-15 05:41:00 Can ovarian cancer be identified by certain symptoms? That is the finding of cancer experts this week who announced that possibly insignificant events and signs can turn out to be real-life indicators of ovarian cancer. And, the identification of these relatively light (benign) signs can, however, save lives according the report. Signs such as bloating, abdominal ... More About: Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Symptoms , Cert
Cisplatin treatment for advanced lung cancer
2007-06-15 05:40:00 A report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has stated that cisplatin has better response rates than carboplatin in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The two main types of lung cancer, accounting for over 90 percent of all lung cancers, are non-small cell and small cell cancer. Non-small cell lung ... More About: Chemotherapy , Treatment , Lung Cancer , Cancer Research
9/11 survivors have higher rates of lymphatic and blood cancers?
2007-06-15 05:35:00 As if being involved in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centers wasn’t horrific enough, it’s now appearing as if people present at the WTC on that world-changing day have higher than normal rates of lymphatic and blood cancers. This comes as a particularly harsh blow, since it’s also been shown that 70% of ... More About: News , Blood , Higher , Rates , Vivo
Cancer research: Clocking In And Out Of Gene Expression
2007-06-15 05:29:00 A chemical signal acts as time clock in the expression of genes controlled by a master gene called a coactivator, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that recently appeared in the journal Cell. “We have long known that our bodies live by a daily and monthly and even yearly clock and that ... More About: Research , Cancer , Cancer Research , Gene , Xpress
The Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC)?s Cluster of breast cancer
2007-06-15 05:28:00 The Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) is dealing with a rather odd problem — cases of breast cancer in every one of its studios in that country. In one case, the ABC actually abandoned one of its sites after an independent panel found a breast cancer rate that was 11 times as high as among the normal ... More About: News , Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast
The first national consensus on ovarian cancer symptoms
2007-06-15 05:03:00 The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) has announced the first national consensus on ovarian cancer symptoms. Often referred to as the “silent killer” due to the common belief that there are no warning signs or symptoms, ovarian cancer is the most deadly reproductive cancer. The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation led this effort to form a consensus in ... More About: National , Cancer Research , Ovarian Cancer , Symptoms
Plant-based diets may increase survival rate of breast cancer?
2007-06-15 04:59:00 Breast cancer patients can reduce the possible recurrence of cancer by concentrating their diets in plant-based sources, according to cancer specialists at The Cancer Project. Plant-based diets are good for any male or female, regardless of cancer — but they become quite a bit more important if breast cancer is something you’ve faced and have ... More About: Diets , Diet , Breast Cancer , Breast
Little leukemia survivors peddle lemonade
2007-06-15 04:53:00 The two little girls who recently fashioned their own cardboard lemonade stand and sold their homemade refreshments for 50 cents a cup are not your typical lemonade entrepreneurs. What makes them stand out from the usual crowd of lemonade peddlers? These girls — Emily is four and Lily is six — are both cancer patients, ... More About: Chemotherapy , Cancer Research , Leukemia , Lemonade , Vivo
Breast cancer: Meg Ryan?s movie - In the Land of Women
2007-06-15 04:48:00 Apparently the movie In the Land of Women is playing somewhere in the United States — it was released on April 20 — but I can’t seem to find it in my area. I want to find it, though, because it stars actress Meg Ryan as Sarah Hardwicke, a woman rediscovering herself as she recovers ... More About: Movie , Cancer , Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Research: a gene identified through screening
2007-06-15 04:42:00 Using a novel three-part screening process, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a gene that is made inappropriately in about a third of all breast cancers. The discovery, reached in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, is reported in the June 15, 2007 ... More About: Research , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research
What Helped Get Me Through: a new book about the cancer survivors? story
2007-06-15 04:39:00 Attention cancer survivors: Do you want to inspire others with your story? Reader Anna Rubin (thanks for the tip, Anna!) e-mailed us with the following information. The American Cancer Society is putting together a new book called What Helped Get Me Through, which, in their words, “is a collection of first person accounts in which ... More About: Story , Book , Vivo , Tory
Cancer research: Herpes Virus
2007-06-15 04:35:00 Scientists probing the details of viral infection have discovered an intriguing surprise: in mice, herpes viruses hijack their host cells’ tools for fixing DNA damage and use those tools to enhance their own reproduction. The DNA damage response normally fixes DNA errors caused by radiation or other environmental factors, or mistakes accidentally introduced when cells ... More About: Virus , Research , Cancer , Cancer Research , Herpes
The most common side effect of cancer treatment: fatigue
2007-06-11 16:32:00 We all have down days, times when we don’t feel like doing much of anything. For cancer patients and survivors alike, such occasional sluggishness may morph into a more intense, longer-lasting form of tiredness called fatigue. Fatigue is the most common side effect reported by people undergoing cancer treatment, affecting up to 90% of patients, according ... More About: Cancer , Treatment , Cancer treatment , Cancer Research , Common
Nexavar may increase advanced liver cancer survival rate
2007-06-11 16:25:00 People with advanced liver cancer lived about 3 months longer when given the drug Nexavar (sorafenib) compared to those given a placebo, according to new research. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, researchers said the drug should become the new standard of care for this form of ... More About: Cancer , Liver Cancer , Cancer Research , Survival , Ease
Vitamin D may lower cancer risk
2007-06-11 16:21:00 As Jacki pointed out here, it appears that vitamin D consumption can lead to a lowered risk of breast cancer development, as a new study has found that vitamin D does indeed help lower the risk of cancer (beyond just breast cancer). What intrigued me about this research is that vitamin D supplements are not being ... More About: Cancer , Nutrition , Breast Cancer , Risk , Lower
Heart Failure and Herceptin for breast cancer
2007-06-11 16:18:00 A new, long-term analysis of breast cancer patients treated with Herceptin (trastuzumab) and chemotherapy shows that the percentage of women who suffer heart failure due to treatment doesn’t increase over time. What’s more, many of them recover much of the heart function they initially lose because of the drug. The findings, presented at the annual ... More About: Chemotherapy , Cancer , Breast Cancer , Heart , Breast
Shorter courses of radiation therapy for breast cancer
2007-06-11 16:16:00 Shorter courses of radiation therapy may be in order for women with early-stage breast cancer. And the largest study to test this suggests the abbreviated treatment time in no way affects risk of recurrence. Often, the greatest hassle of radiation is getting to and from appointments, every week day, for many weeks. With less frequent visits, ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research , Therapy
People without health insurance and advanced cancer
2007-06-11 16:14:00 People without health insurance and those on Medicaid are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stages of cancer than those with private health insurance, American Cancer Society researchers report. The findings, published in 2 studies in the journal Cancer, highlight the dramatic impact insurance status has on people’s health and well-being, the researchers say. ... More About: Health , People , Insurance , Health Insurance
Dentists and oral cancer screening
More articles from this author:2007-06-11 03:26:00 As part of the check-up, your dentist probably screens you for oral cancer. Right? I know mine does. But apparently, some dentists aren’t performing these checks as thoroughly as they should. It’s not their fault, though, according to the article — they’re not given proper training, and don’t really know what to look for. But ... More About: Cancer , Smoking , Oral Cancer , Dentist , Oral 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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