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Obesity, inactivity raise uterine cancer risk
• Cancer • Nov 04 04
Obesity and low physical activity are strong risk factors for endometrial cancer, a disease involving the lining of the uterus, according to a Dutch…
Cancer Drug Experiments Getting Safer for Humans
• Cancer • Nov 03 04
Early studies of experimental cancer drugs appear to be getting safer, according to a study that found a sharp drop in patient deaths…
New vaccine helps guard against cervical cancer
• Cancer • Nov 02 04
Efforts to develop the world’s first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer took a key step forward Monday with test results suggesting that it can…
Cancer-stricken US Supreme Court chief fails to attend hearing
• Cancer • Nov 01 04
The US Supreme Court’s chief justice, William Rehnquist, failed to turn up Monday for the first day of court hearings since undergoing cancer treatment…
UK hospital to check embryos for colon cancer risk
• Cancer • Nov 01 04
Couples who have a risk of passing on an inherited form of colon cancer to their children will be allowed to have their embryos…
Chinese cancer patients reach 1.8 mln
• Cancer • Oct 31 04
An official from the Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention says that the number of cancer patients reaches 1.8 million in China, or…
New cancer drug boosts hopes
• Cancer • Oct 31 04
A new drug to help treat patients diagnosed with a devastating form of cancer will be available within months, its makers say.
Alimta is…
Cancer-free ‘designer babies’ get approval
• Cancer • Oct 31 04
People with inherited forms of cancer have won the right to select embryos free from genes that might trigger the disease in future generations,…
Hope for asbestos cancer victims
• Cancer • Oct 31 04
A new treatment for a type of lung cancer that leaves its victims with little hope of long-term survival will become available in the…
Chief Justice Rehnquist Released From Hospital
• Cancer • Oct 29 04
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was released Friday from the hospital and is recovering at home from treatment for thyroid cancer, a Supreme Court…
Fear cancer will increase
• Cancer • Oct 27 04
A SWINDON dentist has warned oral cancer rates could rocket under plans to axe six-month check-ups.
The Government has announced it intends to do…
Mental illness may raise cancer risk
• Cancer • Oct 27 04
Patients with mental disorders may be at increased risk for certain cancers, according to a report in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
Dr. Caroline P.…
Report demands overhaul of cancer care in England
• Cancer • Oct 27 04
Cancer care across England is poorly coordinated, funding varies widely from one area to another and doctors are not referring patients for treatment quickly…
Arafat doctors rule out cancer
• Cancer • Oct 26 04
Yasser Arafat’s doctors have ruled out cancer after receiving the results of a blood test, a member of his medical team said Wednesday.
The…
Cancer drug trial is under threat
• Cancer • Oct 26 04
Pioneering cancer drug trials at a Bristol hospital could be scrapped because of a lack of volunteers.
Anastrozole has already been shown to reduce…
California ahead on colon cancer screening
• Cancer • Oct 25 04
California has made significant progress in getting the word out about the importance of colorectal cancer screening, the results of the 2001 California Health…
Arthritis drugs may help fight cancer - study
• Cancer • Oct 25 04
Arthritis drugs like Celebrex and the recently withdrawn Vioxx may boost the immune system’s ability to attack brain tumors, and possibly other types…
Chief Justice Rehnquist Has Thyroid Cancer
• Cancer • Oct 25 04
U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist (news - web sites), 80, the leader of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer…
Cancerous drug found in chicken
• Cancer • Oct 20 04
An alert has been issued after the discovery of a potentially cancer causing drug in organic chicken.
Traces of a nitrofuran, a banned…
Anti skin cancer ingredient in toothpaste and mouthwash, Sanguinarine
• Cancer • Oct 20 04
Sanguinarine, commonly found in toothpaste and many mouthwashes, protects the body from developing skin cancer. Sanguinarine is an antibacterial and antifungal ingredient. It is…
Heavy kids face higher cancer risk as adults
• Cancer • Oct 18 04
Children who are overweight appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life, according to an analysis of British records.
A group…
Support group may help women with “cancer genes”
• Cancer • Oct 15 04
Professionally led support groups may ease anxiety and depression in women who carry gene mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancers, a new…
Mobile phones increase tumor risk, study says
• Cancer • Oct 14 04
Ten or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor on the auditory nerve, according to…
Treatment of lupus may raise cervical cancer risk
• Cancer • Oct 13 04
Women with the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seem to have a heightened risk for cervical cancer when they’re been treated with the…
Ultraviolet B, not A, radiation triggers melanoma
• Cancer • Oct 12 04
Experiments with mice show that ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation does not initiate melanoma skin cancer, but ultraviolet B (UVB) does.
Dr. Edward C. De…