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The incidence of breast cancer among hypertensive postmenopausal women
2007-08-29 05:57:00 The incidence of breast cancer among hypertensive postmenopausal women is comparable to that in the general population, researchers report, although there may be some risk associated with untreated diastolic hypertension. “Elevated blood pressure has been proposed to be a risk factor for breast cancer but the results remain controversial,” Dr. Annamarja Lindgren, of Kuopio University ... More About: Women , Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Paus
Liver cancer drug - Nexavar
2007-08-29 05:54:00 Nexavar, a pharmaceutical drug designed to treat liver cancer, had a late-stage trial recently cut off and disbanded. But, the reason is not what you think: the trial was ended because the results of patients using the drug were all so positive that a further continuation of the trial was not needed. The trial (which was ... More About: Cancer , Liver Cancer , Drug , Cancer Drug , Liver
Falling breast cancer rates and decline in HRT
2007-08-29 05:52:00 Invasive breast cancer rates have fallen since the substantial decline in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT), even after adjustment for the decline in breast cancer screening rates, according to findings published in the September 5th Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “It is encouraging that breast cancer rates decreased with decreases in use of hormone ... More About: Breast Cancer , Breast , Rates , Rate
Oral sex may cause throat and neck cancers?
2007-08-29 05:50:00 In an odd news item for today, a new piece of research has concluded that the Human papillomavirus (HPV), generally connected with various cancers in and around the genital area, is now thought to be the cause of throat and neck cancer in some patients. How is this possible? With smoking having declined in recent decades, ... More About: Throat Cancer , Oral , Oral Sex , Neck
Endometrial cancer that develop in breast cancer patients using tamoxifen c
2007-08-29 05:47:00 Aggressive endometrial cancers that develop in breast cancer patients using adjuvant tamoxifen can be managed successfully with surgery, Canadian investigators report. The treatment success rate is equal to that of endometrial cancers not associated with tamoxifen. “It has been recognized for more than ten years that patients receiving tamoxifen have a risk of about 1-2 ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Surgery , Patients
New Fighting Leukemia Weapon
2007-08-27 15:48:00 In a new study, Danilo Perrotti and colleagues from Ohio State University, Columbus, show that treatment with a drug known as FTY720 prevents disease in a mouse model of many leukemias caused by the cancer protein BCR-ABL (nearly all cases of blast crisis chronic myeloid leukemia [CML-BC] and some cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia [ALL]). As ... More About: Fighting , Cancer Research , Leukemia , Weapon
Recurrence In Triple-negative Breast Cancer Patients
2007-08-27 15:45:00 Triple-negative breast cancer means that the pathology report has shown the cancer to be estrogen receptor negative, progesterone receptor negative, and HER2 negative. Results published in Clinical Cancer Research found that women with triple negative breast cancer have an increased risk of metastatic disease and death during the first few years after diagnoses, but not after ... More About: News , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research
Combination Of Drugs May Decrease Cancer Recurrence
2007-08-20 04:53:00 Individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are treated first with a drug known as imatinib (Gleevec), which targets the protein known to cause the cancer (BCR-ABL). If their disease returns, because BCR-ABL mutants emerge that are resistant to the effects of imatinib, individuals are treated with a drug known as dasatinib (SPRYCEL), which targets BCR-ABL ... More About: Drugs , Cancer , Cancer Research , Combination , Drug
Color Fruits And Veggies May Protect Against Colon Cancer
2007-08-20 04:51:00 Understanding the molecular structures of compounds that give certain fruits and vegetables their rich colors may help researchers find even more powerful cancer fighters, a new study suggests. Evidence from laboratory experiments on rats and on human colon cancer cells also suggests that anthocyanins — the compounds that give color to most red, purple and blue ... More About: Fruits , Color , Diet , Cancer , Cancer Research
Cancer Treatment: A Winning Combination
2007-08-20 04:44:00 The immune system does not destroy tumors even though they express molecules that should activate immune cells. The immune system is therefore said to be tolerant of the tumors. Several molecules and cell types have been implicated in the induction of immune system tolerance to tumors, including, in mice, a small population of immune cells ... More About: Cancer , Treatment , Cancer treatment , Combination , Winning
Some Forms Of Low-dose Medical Radiation May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
2007-08-20 04:43:00 Some forms of low-dose medical radiation may increase the risk of breast cancer, particularly in genetically susceptible women, according to a report in the July 15th International Journal of Cancer . Moderate- to high-dose medical radiation has been shown to increase breast cancer risk, the authors explain, but it remains uncertain whether the risk extends to low-dose ... More About: Medical , Breast Cancer , Breast , Risk
Breast Cancer: Extra Radiation Dose Improve Local Control
2007-08-20 04:40:00 A boost dose of radiation does not have a significant effect on survival, but does improve local control, in patients with early breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving therapy, according to results of a large European trial. In fact, lead researcher Dr. Harry Bartelink told Reuters Health, “I am surprised by the magnitude of the effect of ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Local , Improve
Advanced Stages Of Breast Cancer: Race Survival Differences
2007-08-14 07:46:00 Racial differences in breast cancer survival increase according to stage of disease, a new study finds. Published in the journal Cancer , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, a retrospective analysis of survival data demonstrates that within each stage, African American women had larger tumors and were more likely to have disease that had ... More About: Race , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research
Prostate Cancer Survival In Asian Men
2007-08-14 07:43:00 Prognostic factors commonly used by clinicians to assess men with prostate cancer do not adequately predict survival outcomes in Asian men living in America, according to the first comprehensive ethnic analysis of Asian-American men with prostate cancer. Published in the journal Cancer , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study showed that compared ... More About: Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Survival
New Device For Diagnosing And Treating Prostate Cancer
2007-08-14 05:22:00 Samir Taneja, MD., Director of Urologic Oncology is the Primary Investigator on a clinical trial in order to test Envisioneering Technologies’ new mechanical device called TargetScan, which preliminary tests indicate can improve doctors’ ability to detect cancer and could lead to more targeted treatments?reducing life-altering side effects like impotence and incontinence. According to Dr. ... More About: Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Device , Eating
New Study Of Tamoxifen Resistance In Breast Cancer
2007-08-14 05:19:00 When a woman receives a breast cancer diagnosis her entire life may change in the blink of an eye. But the nature of that change is governed by the smallest alterations that take place within the proteins of the tumor cells, determining what treatments she can pursue with a hope of cure and those to ... More About: Cancer , Study , Breast Cancer , Breast , Cancer Research
Preserving Erectile Function After Prostate Surgery
2007-08-14 05:16:00 Erectile dysfunction after surgery to remove the prostate (radical prostatectomy) has traditionally been attributed to nerve damage that theoretically should heal over time. But it can take as long as two years for the nerves to recover enough for a man to have an erection without the aid of drugs or devices. By that time, ... More About: Surgery , Prostate Cancer , Cancer Research , Ving , Function
Stomach Cancer Rate Will Fall Over The Next Decade
2007-08-14 05:12:00 New cases of stomach cancer are set to plummet a further 25 per cent in the West over the next decade, indicates research published ahead of print in the journal Gut. Stomach cancer is the fourth most common cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer related death, in the world. The findings are based on the ... More About: Cancer , Cancer Research , Stomach Cancer , Fall
Bone Health After Breast Cancer From Living Beyond Breast Cancer Teleconfer
2007-08-14 05:09:00 Join Living Beyond Breast Cancer for the next national teleconference, Bone Health After Breast Cancer , from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Tuesday, September 11. Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will give an overview of the topic of bone health for women after breast cancer ...
Kangaroo Bacteria May Help Treat Lung Cancer
2007-08-14 05:06:00 There’s no shortage of strange and downright bizarre ideas that people come up with in the quest to cure cancer, and here’s one for the books: Scientists in Australia believe that a type of bacteria found in the Grey Kangaroo might help fight lung cancer (more). It’s believed that when spores from the bacteria are injected ... More About: Cancer , Bacteria , Cancer treatment , Lung Cancer , Cancer Research
Symptoms That You Should Never Ignore
2007-08-14 05:04:00 There are many things we tend to write off as normal signs of getting older. The aches and pain, the slow-but-steady weight gain, feeling cold all the time, getting the occasional sniffles. Sometimes I wonder if these are things I should pay more attention to, but I tend to cast that thought out of my ... More About: Symptoms
Red Meat, Poultry And Dairy May Increase Colon Cancer Risk
2007-08-12 04:54:00 A new study suggests that choline, a nutrient found in red meat, poultry and dairy, may contribute to the development of intestinal polyps, which can lead to colon cancer (More about the study). The study was led by Eunyoung Cho, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The study was of more than 39,000 nurses, who ... More About: Meat , Diet , Cancer , Poultry , Colon Cancer
Transplantation of ovarian tissue between between sisters
2007-08-07 04:12:00 Losing the ability to have children would for many be the ultimate tragedy in a young person’s battle with cancer. So here’s some promising news: A transplant of ovarian tissue between sisters has shown to be successful, and the eggs have even been fertilized, though complications have caused a loss of the potential the pregnancies. ... More About: News , Plant , Sisters , Ween , Tran
Lung Cancer: New Tumor-suppressor Gene Discovered
2007-08-07 04:10:00 Collaborating scientists in Boston and North Carolina have found that a particular gene can block key steps of the lung cancer process in mice. The researchers report in the journal Nature that LKB1 is not only a “tumor-suppressor” gene for non-small cell lung cancer in mice, it also may be more powerful than other, better-known ... More About: Cancer , Tumor , Lung Cancer , Cancer Research , Gene
Key ingredient of vinegar may detect cervical cancer
2007-08-07 04:08:00 A test using the key ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, a speculum and a bright light, could aid in the detection of cervical cancer in poor countries, according to a study published in Lancet. The trial was conducted in India. The researchers, led by Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, tested over 31,000 women. 3,088 women were screen positive and ... More About: Cervical Cancer , Cancer , Vinegar , Ingredient
A Potential Cancer Treatment - Electric Fields
2007-08-07 04:06:00 Low-intensity electric fields can disrupt the division of cancer cells and slow the growth of brain tumors, suggest laboratory experiments and a small human trial, raising hopes that electric fields will become a new weapon for stalling the progression of cancer. The research, performed by an international team led by Yoram Palti of the Technion-Israel ... More About: Cancer , Treatment , Cancer treatment , Cancer Research , Brain Cancer
Skin Cancer Prevention: Men?s Skin Care
2007-08-07 04:04:00 Skin care is not just a woman’s domain when it comes to long term skin health. Men need to be aware of the various products and methods that are required to prevent against skin damage and skin cancer (More from CNN). Many spas are now offering skin care regimes targeted specifically at men, but with ... More About: Skin , Skin Care , Cancer , Prevention , Care
Chromosomes Break Links To Cancer
2007-08-07 04:01:00 In the past ten years, researchers in genome stability have observed that many kinds of cancer are associated with areas where human chromosomes break. They have hypothesized — but never proven — that slow or altered replication led to the chromosomes breaking. In a Tufts University study published in the August 3 journal “Molecular Cell,” two ... More About: Cancer , Links , Break , Cancer Research , Romo
Radiation And Nuclear Exposure
2007-07-30 15:00:00 In the event of a radiation or nuclear attack by terrorists, it will be essential to provide the public with accurate information on risks and how to minimize health effects. Working with a team of the nation’s top radiation biologists, a scientist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is developing an Internet-based training course ... More About: Nuclear , Cancer Research , Radiation , Exposure , Adia
Long-term Cancer Survivors? Sexual Problems
More articles from this author:2007-07-30 14:58:00 The first study to look at sexual function in very long-term female survivors of genital-tract cancer found that these women were pleased with the quality of their cancer care but less satisfied with the emotional support and information they received about dealing with the effects of the disease and treatment on sexuality. While 74 percent of ... More About: Cancer , Cancer Research , Problems , Long , Sexual 1, 2, 3 |
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