2011

July

• Experts find rogue stem cells in liver cancer -

• Southern US states lag in reducing death rates from colorectal cancer -

• Report finds large state disparities in progress against colorectal cancer -

• TGen presents lung cancer studies at Amsterdam conference -

• Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer -

• Fewer Americans developing and dying from colon cancer -

• Elderly Dutch lung patients’ survival improved by new treatment options between 2003-2009 -

• Celecoxib may prevent lung cancer in former smokers -

• Radiation rates for breast cancer may be underestimated, U-M study finds -

• New Study Calls for Change In Deciding Frequency of Mammograms -

• High folate intake may reduce risk of colorectal cancer -

• Research in fish provides new clues about deadly form of liver cancer -

• Who should get screened for lung cancer? -

• Evidence “increasingly against” phone cancer risk -

• Self-referral: A significant factor in imaging growth -

• Health providers should emphasize breast cancer screening, Wayne State University research finds -

June

• CSHL team identifies enzyme that is an important regulator of aggressive breast cancer development -

• The Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis -

• Scientists Identify Order of Mutations that Lead to Cancer -

• Study finds mammography screening reduces breast cancer mortality -

• Study shows long-term benefits of breast screening -

• Van Andel Research Institute Finding Could Lead to Reduced Side Effects in Anti-Cancer Antibiotics -

• Team identifies new breast cancer tumor suppressor and how it works -

• Duke team finds new clues to how cancer spreads -

• Nearly half of women with advanced breast cancer in the US not receiving life-saving treatment -

• Community health worker interventions improve rates of US mammography screening -

• Cancer death rates continue drop: report -

• Scientists develop new approach for cancer vaccine -

• Discovery of a new mechanism of gene control that is associated with cancer -

• Heart disease beats breast cancer as the biggest killer -

• Roadmap published for dynamic mapping of estrogen signaling in breast cancer -

• Radionuclide treatment against small tumors and metastases -

• Blocking common gateway to inflammation suppresses cancer -

• Certain head and neck cancer patients benefit from second round of treatment -

• Scientists identify key component in lethal lung cancer complication -

• Simple test could hold key to early diagnosis of cancers -

• B Vitamins in Mother’s Diet Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk in Offspring -

• Einstein scientists find crucial molecule involved in spread of breast cancer -

• UT Southwestern research uncovers genetic link between emphysema, lung cancer -

• The cellular root of colorectal cancers? -

• U.S. cancer drugs shortage has doctors scrambling -

• Drug shows promise in prostate cancer spread to bone -

• Fighting cancer with cancer: Mayo Clinic finds promising use for thyroid cancer gene -

• Breast cancer surgery patients benefit from adding radiation therapy -

• UB played major role in study on drug that reduces breast cancer in high-risk women -

• Genetics of melanoma chemoresistance -

• City of Hope researchers to present rectal cancer, palliative care, benchmarking studies at ASCO -

• Roche’s Tarceva helps lung cancer patients -

• Silencing a deadly conversation in breast cancer -

• Scientists identify overactive genes in aggressive breast cancers -

<< Back to main