2015

March

• Reaching ‘80 percent by 2018’ would prevent more than 20,000 colorectal cancer deaths per year -
  
  
  

• Low breast density in mammography worsens breast cancer prognosis -
  
  
  

• Liver-sparing operation associated with higher survival rates in cancer patients -
  
  
  

• Engineered cells could help tackle the third most common cancer in Chinese males -
  
  
  

• Breast cancer risk may be increased in women who have first-degree relatives with a history of prostate cancer -
  
  
  

• Risk of breast cancer in transgender persons - a study of veterans -
  
  
  

• Local treatment of lung cancer -
  
  
  

• Older, white males with advanced bladder cancer at high risk for suicide -
  
  
  

February

• Ultrasound lags behind MRI for supplemental breast cancer screening -
  
  
  

• Chemo before breast cancer operation increases likelihood of breast-preserving procedure -
  
  
  

• Study suggests need for more sensitive lung cancer screening criteria -
  
  
  

• Filipino newcomers to Canada diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age -
  
  
  

• Even low-androgen triple-negative breast cancer responds to anti-androgen therapy -
  
  
  

• Palbociclib shows promise in patients with hormone-resistant breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Certain factors influence whether cancer patients involve family members in treatment decisions -
  
  
  

• Women back idea of more breast screens for those at high risk of cancer -
  
  
  

• Mammography screening: Patient information leaflets do not affect willingness to participate -
  
  
  

• New test to predict the effectiveness of cancer vaccines -
  
  
  

• Research shows value of additional PET/CTscans in follow-up of lung cancer patients -
  
  
  

• New study reveals how to improve chemotherapy use in prostate cancer -
  
  
  

• New therapeutic strategy discovered for ovarian cancer -
  
  
  

• A cancer false alarm could discourage people from checking out future symptoms -
  
  
  

• Heating targeted cancer drugs increases uptake in tumor cells -
  
  
  

• Many mastectomy patients with locally advanced breast cancer do not get postop radiation -
  
  
  

• Study links new genetic anomalies to breast cancer in African-American families -
  
  
  

• How tumor-causing cells are recruited in cancers linked to chronic inflammation -
  
  
  

• Previously unknown genomic regions found in African American families with breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Keck Medicine of USC researchers trace origins of colorectal cancer tumor cells -
  
  
  

• U.S. approves Medicare coverage for lung cancer screening -
  
  
  

• New approach to colorectal surgical care results in quicker recovery times and lower costs -
  
  
  

• Text messages a new tool in the fight to prevent skin cancer -
  
  
  

• Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in females in developed countries -
  
  
  

• Crucial role of breast cancer tumor suppressor revealed -
  
  
  

• Tiny robotic ‘hands’ could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery -
  
  
  

• Study sheds new light on aggressive cancer in children -
  
  
  

• Sparing hope for the future: Preserving fertility in cancer patients -
  
  
  

• Activated immune cells indicate a favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer -
  
  
  

• Moffitt researchers discover biological markers associated with high-risk pancreatic lesions -
  
  
  

• New method shrinks metastatic ovarian cancer and reduces chemotherapy dose -
  
  
  

January

• Hot on the trail of the hepatitis-liver cancer connection -
  
  
  

• UTSW study links deficiency of cellular housekeeping gene with aggressive forms of breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Some older cancer patients can avoid radiotherapy, study finds -
  
  
  

• Schoolgirl comment points to antibiotics as new cancer treatments -
  
  
  

• An engineering approach from Virginia Tech helps breast cancer researchers at Georgetown -
  
  
  

• Incidence of colorectal cancer increasing in young adults -
  
  
  

• Noisy data facilitates Dartmouth investigation of breast cancer gene expression -
  
  
  

• Head and neck cancers in young adults are more likely to be a result of inherited factors -
  
  
  

• Only about half of teenage girls receive HPV vaccine at the CDC’s recommended age -
  
  
  

• Scientists invent system to improve effectiveness of cancer surgery -
  
  
  

• Novel breast cancer gene found -
  
  
  

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