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Cancer: The facts
• Cancer • May 04 05
One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.
The disease tends to affect older people - but…
Womb cancer risk varies by HRT type
• Cancer • Apr 29 05
Certain types of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase a woman’s risk of endometrial cancer, research suggests.
HRT replaces the natural…
Ageing global population spurs increase in cancer
• Cancer • Apr 28 05
An ageing population has fuelled a rise in cancer and contributed to a doubling in breast and lung cancer cases in the…
Anxiety common among testicular cancer survivors
• Cancer • Apr 28 05
Long-term survivors of Testicular cancer appear to be at increased risk of Anxiety disorder, a study shows.
Researchers had…
Second cancers common after childhood cancer
• Cancer • Apr 27 05
The good news is that children who are treated for soft tissue sarcomas are surviving longer than they have in the past. However, this…
Early daycare seems to protect against leukemia
• Cancer • Apr 22 05
New research shows that children who attend daycare regularly in the first few months of life are less likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia,…
Processed meat ups pancreas cancer risk
• Cancer • Apr 20 05
Eating a lot of red meat, and particularly processed meat, increases the risk of pancreatic cancer , according to findings from a large…
Chili, Broccoli Help Prevent Cancer - Studies
• Cancer • Apr 19 05
Broccoli and red chili peppers may help fight cancer by slowing the growth of cancerous tumor cells, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
They may…
Rheumatoid arthritis drugs may up lymphoma risk
• Cancer • Apr 19 05
Taking “TNF blockers,” such as Remicade and Enbrel, to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis does not increase the overall cancer risk, but the drugs may heighten…
New partnership needed for child cancer - report
• Cancer • Apr 18 05
The National Cancer Institute should work more closely with drug companies to help them find new and better drugs to treat childhood cancer, a…
Painkillers protect against oral cancer in smokers
• Cancer • Apr 18 05
A class of painkillers - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs - cuts the risk Oral cancer in active, moderate cigarette
Roche’s Avastin works in third type of cancer
• Cancer • Apr 15 05
Cancer drug Avastin also works in treating breast tumors, the third cancer in which the novel medicine has been found to show a benefit,…
Clothes, not sunscreen, deter nevi on kids’ skin
• Cancer • Apr 15 05
Slathering sunscreen on children does not seem to keep them from developing moles, but putting a T-shirt on over their bathing suits may, a…
Chemo drug can shrink keloid scars
• Cancer • Apr 13 05
5-FU, a drug usually used to treat cancer, may be an effective therapy for raised, prominent scars called keloids, according to a small study…
Racial gap seen in genetic testing and counseling
• Cancer • Apr 12 05
African-American women are less likely than white women to undergo genetic testing for cancer risk, investigators report.
Dr. Katrina Armstrong at the University of…
Celgene says Revlimid delays multiple myeloma
• Cancer • Apr 12 05
Celgene Corp. on Monday said initial results from two pivotal-stage trials show that its blood cancer drug Revlimid (lenalidomide) in combination with
Vitamin E May Harm Patients With Head, Neck Cancers
• Cancer • Apr 06 05
Supplementation with the antioxidants vitamin E and beta carotene may cause unexpected problems in patients with head and neck cancer,…
Vitamin E temporarily raises cancer risk
• Cancer • Apr 05 05
In a study of patients with head and neck cancer, use of vitamin E supplements was associated with an increased risk that…
Medicare to cover Merck drug to treat nausea
• Cancer • Apr 05 05
Medicare will pay for Merck & Co. Inc.‘s drug, Emend, when used with two other drugs to treat nausea and Vomiting in cancer…
Benefits of fibroid procedure long lasting
• Cancer • Apr 04 05
Women whose fibroids have been treated by shutting off the blood supply to the benign tumors - a procedure called uterine artery embolization -…
Fruit, veggies tied to lower pancreatic cancer risk
• Cancer • Apr 01 05
New research from Canada suggests that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may help prevent pancreatic cancer , a particularly deadly type…
Another study finds no cell phone-brain cancer link
• Cancer • Apr 01 05
Another study that investigated the potential link between mobile phone use and brain cancer adds to the growing body of evidence against any such…
Half of all US cancer deaths preventable: report
• Cancer • Mar 31 05
More than 60 percent of all cancer deaths could be prevented if Americans stopped Smoking, exercised more, ate healthier food and underwent recommended cancer…
Fasting may have anticancer effects on cells
• Cancer • Mar 29 05
Cutting calories by fasting every other day may make cells less prone to becoming cancerous, the results of a study in mice suggest.
Scientists…
New MRI Scan May Help Gauge Brain Cancer Treatment
• Cancer • Mar 29 05
A special type of MRI scan could help doctors and patients decide quickly whether treatment for brain tumors is doing…