2011

June

• Asian lung cancer patient survival exceeds Caucasians’ on multiple regimens -

• Beta-blockers tied to breast cancer survival -

• Cancer costs highest for individually insured -

May

• New breast cancer guidelines “unsafe”: women -

• When cancer runs in the family -

• New procedure to make brain surgery safer -

• Cancer cells accelerate aging and inflammation in the body to drive tumor growth -

• Roche upbeat on Avastin in ovarian cancer -

• Common transplant drug inhibits breast cancer growth, UNC laboratory study shows -

• New made-in-Canada therapy for bladder cancer shows promising results -

• Weill Cornell drug stops aggressive form of childhood leukemia -

• Brisk walking may help men with prostate cancer, UCSF study finds -

• Study links acetaminophen to lower prostate cancer risk -

• Mount Sinai researchers discover possible new target for sarcoma treatment and prevention -

• Scientists find new drug target in breast cancer -

• Coffee may reduce risk of lethal prostate cancer in men -

• Report outlines successes, challenges in cancer prevention efforts -

• Yoga improves quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy -

• End of life care for cancer patients differs in US and Canada -

• Lack of Important ‘Gatekeeper’ Protein Linked to Skin Cancer -

• Obstructive sleep apnea linked to cancer growth in mice -

• Breast cancer: A new treatment avenue identified -

• Cancer Scientists Discover New Way Breast Cancer Cells Adapt to Environmental Stress -

• Advanced-Stage Prostate Cancer Patients Experience 20-Year Survival Rates With Surgery -

• Study reveals need for personalized approach in treatment of AML -

• Obesity linked to higher risk of prostate cancer progression -

• Selenium doesn’t prevent cancer: report -

• Celebrex may curb colon cancer, but with caveats -

• How to recognize at an early stage whether a new cancer therapy prolongs life -

• Mayo Clinic Reports New Findings on Noninvasive Test for Pancreatic Cancer -

• Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening Beneficial for Some Seniors, but Not for Many Others -

• Estrogen-Lowering Drugs Reduce Mastectomy Rates for Breast Cancer Patients -

• Loyola Dermatologists To Offer Free Skin Cancer Screenings -

• Parsley, Celery Carry Crucial Component for Fight Against Breast Cancer, MU Researcher Finds -

• Finding ovarian cancer fast may not help survival -

• New studies show negative effects from revised mammography recommendation for women, ages 40-49 -

April

• Interval post-treatment mammogram not needed for breast cancer patients -

• Tissue spacers reduce risk of rectal injury for prostate cancer patients -

• Combining CT, FDG-PET provides more accurate treatments for head and neck cancer patients -

• Health literacy tests underutilized; may improve elderly cancer patients’ care and outcomes -

• Use of costly breast cancer therapy strongly influenced by reimbursement policy -

• A less painful colonoscopy -

• Activation of Biomarker Linked with Improved Survival Among Obese Patients with Colorectal Cancer -

• Motor protein may offer promise in ovarian cancer treatment -

• Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Summary -
  
  
  

• Dilemma of “Earlier” detection -
  
  
  

• Radiation Sensitivity and Breast Cancer Screening -

• Limitations of current technologies - breast cancer detection -

• Current practice of breast cancer detection -

• Theory and principles of cancer screening -

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