2012

October

• Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Study Effect of Chemotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy for Advanced Cancers -

• Patient navigation benefits timely cancer diagnosis, care for vulnerable patients -

• Doubling up on advanced prostate cancer with PARP inhibitors -

• How cancer cells break free from tumors -

• Gene variant linked with reduced lung cancer risk -

• HIV drug shows efficacy in treating mouse models of HER2+ breast cancer -

• Patient navigation leads to faster diagnosis for breast cancer, according to new study -

• A novel oncogenic network specific to liver cancer initiation -

• New gene test detects early mouth cancer risk -

• Surgeons investigate whether rural colon cancer patients fare worse than urban patients -

• Discovery leads to new hope against ovarian cancer -

• A mammal lung, in 3D -

• Tanning beds linked to non-melanoma skin cancer -

• Study confirms link between indoor tanning and skin cancer risk -

• Preoperative needle breast biopsies can lead to improved treatment outcomes -

• PET predicts early response to treatment for head and neck cancer patients -

• New findings on optimal duration of trastuzumab therapy for women with HER2+ early breast cancer -

• New findings highlight the challenges of managing blood clotting in cancer patients -

• Smoking, heavy drinking linked to earlier onset of pancreatic cancer -

September

• Gefitinib Offers Modest Results in Esophageal Ca -

• Kroger Launches Breast Cancer Campaign -

• American Cancer Society fights to end breast cancer -

• The true costs of cancer in Europe revealed -

• Researchers find multiple similarities between cancer cells and induced pluripotent stem cells -

• Moffitt Cancer Center Researcher Helps Develop Prostate Cancer Testing, Treatment Guidelines -

• Eliminating Invasive Cervical Cancer Possible, Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Report -

• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound better detects high-grade prostate cancers with less biopsies -

• Barrow researchers make breakthrough on immune system and brain tumors -

• Aggressive cancer exploits MYC oncogene to amplify global gene activity -

• Optical mammography sheds new light on breast cancer -

• Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Find Possible Molecular Key to Regulation of Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells -

• Study finds similarities between ovary, breast cancers -

• Images reveal potential for NIR imaging to detect success of breast reconstruction -

• Severe hunger increases breast cancer risk in war survivors -

• Study Divides Breast Cancer Into Four Distinct Types -

• Pre-op MRI may not help breast cancer patients -

• Model confirms active surveillance as viable option for men with low-risk prostate cancer -

• MRI helps identify patients with prostate cancer who may benefit from active surveillance -

• Exposing cancer’s lethal couriers -

• Drugs for ovarian tumor can treat breast cancer -

• Treatment of breast cancer could change with discovery -

• UNC Lineberger scientists lead cancer genome analysis of breast cancer -

• Some deadly breast cancers share genetic features with ovarian tumors -

• Ovarian Cancer Screening: Simple Two-Minute Questionnaire That Checks for Six Warning Signs May Lead to Better Early Detection -

• Disparities Exist in Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer -

• Novel Sequencing Tools to Play Important Role in Understanding Form of Papillary Thyroid Cancer -

• Simple ovarian cancer symptom survey that checks for 6 warning signs may improve early detection -

• Key immune cell may play role in lung cancer susceptibility -

• Tissue around tumor holds key to fighting triple negative breast cancer -

• Cancer in the movies -

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