2011

March

• Certain breast cancer patients worry excessively about recurrence -

• Some women worry too much about breast cancer returning, U-M study finds -

• Working with mustard gas linked to lung cancer -

• Five years on breast cancer drug tamoxifen beats two -

• Penn researchers uncover novel immune therapy for pancreatic cancer -

• Heart drug linked to higher breast cancer risk -

• Long-term tamoxifen boosts breast cancer survival -

• Melanoma rates higher in wealthy white women -

• Counting lung cancer cells helps predict disease -

• New Jersey Scientist to be Recognized for Breast Cancer Research -

• Can a Cholesterol Drug Prevent Colon Cancer? -

• Less bladder cancer in frequent painkiller users -

• Radical Surgery Removes Half of Pelvis, Saves Leg -

• Helping to Identify Small Tumors Early -

• The relationship between body mass index and age at hepatocellular carcinoma onset -

• Malaria drug slows pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models -

• Breast cancer may not change lifespan for older women -

• Combining Two Peptide Inhibitors Might Block Tumor Growth -

• Tumor metastasis with a twist -

• DCIS patients who get invasive breast cancer have higher mortality -

• Combination overcomes breast cancer resistance to herceptin -

• Taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer can save lives and money -

• Trapping prostate cancer cells to keep them from spreading provides hope -

• Acquisition of Robotic Technology Leads to Increased Rates of Prostate Cancer Surgery -

• Aspirin’s ability to protect against colorectal cancer may depend on inflammatory pathways -

• HBV infection decreases risk of liver metastasis in colorectal cancer patients -

• New bowel cancer evidence calls for routine DNA repair test -

• Berkeley Lab Researchers Illuminate Laminin’s Role in Cancer Formation -

• Using a molecular switch to turn on cancer vaccines -

• BNCT, a new-generation radiation treatment, is effective in advanced head and neck cancer -

• Breast cancer survivors at higher risk for falls -

• International Leader in Breast Cancer Surgery Armando Giuliano, M.D., to Join Cedars-Sinai -

• Researchers Predict Age of T Cells to Improve Cancer Treatment -

• Scientists Target Aggressive Prostate Cancer -

• Smoking increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women -

• Lymph node dissection is not essential in small screen-detected lung cancers, new research shows -

• Being too fat raises risk of deadly breast cancer: study -

• Obesity may increase risk of triple-negative breast cancer -

February

• New Peptide Could be Effective Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer -

• New way to identify patients at risk of dysphagia after head and neck cancer treatment -

• Quick, easy test identifies aggressive type of lung cancer in never-smokers -

• Bone drug zoledronic acid may help prevent spread of early lung cancer -

• Gene fuelled transporter causes breast cancer cells to self-destruct -

• Multiple Childbirth Linked to Rare but Aggressive ‘Triple-Negative’ Breast Cancer -

• Gene expression to distinguish metastasizing from non-metastasizing head and neck cancers -

• Change in PSA level does not predict prostate cancer -

• PSA screening declines following publication of large trials, guidelines -

• GPs take more than a month to record ovarian cancer diagnosis in one in 10 cases -

• Lasers ID deadly skin cancer better than doctors -

• Novel methods for improved breast cancer survival -

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