2010

December

• New Gene for Childhood Cancer Neuroblastoma Is Discovered -

November

• Women with personal history of breast cancer should be screened with MRI -

• New prostate cancer imaging shows real-time tumor metabolism -

• Many preventable cancers caught at late stage: CDC -

• New imaging technique accurately finds cancer cells, fast -

• The most aggressive forms of breast cancer elude the cellular control mechanisms in order to expand -

• Fecal immunochemical testing best and most cost-effective method for screening for colorectal cancer -

• Studies show how skin cancer evades promising drug -

• Discovery halts breast cancer stem cells -

• Virginia Tech engineers introduce thermotherapy as a chemotherapy alternative -

• Prostate cancer clinical stage does not predict recurrence -

• Eating a variety of fruit cuts lung cancer risk -

• In the test tube, teams reconstruct a cancer cell’s beginning -

• Prostate technique provides new insights -

• Cough medicine could help doctors identify how breast cancer patients metabolize tamoxifen -

• Compound that blocks sugar pathway slows cancer cell growth -

• Novel genetic mutation that causes the most common form of eye cancer discovered -

• New drug targets vitamin D receptors in hormone resistant prostate cancers -

• Combination Therapy Improves Survival Time For Patients With Advanced Liver Cancer -

• Scientists announce new advance with potential for future cancer targeting -

• U.S. study faults aggressive end-of-life cancer care -

• Radiation fears should not deter women from mammography screening -

• New treatment to overpower drug resistance in ovarian cancer -

• Porter Adventist Hospital Breast Program Approved by NAPB -

• New risk factor for developing breast cancer -

• Blood biopsy to put cancer in a test tube? -

• Researchers Find Cancer News May Contribute To Confusion About Cancer -

• Bowel cancer: 8 years of colonoscopy screening in Germany—a success story -

• Soy isoflavones may modify risk of breast cancer -

• Chemoprevention biomarker for breast cancer identified -

• Anti-gout drug may decrease risk for colorectal adenoma progression -

• Gefitinib may have chemopreventive benefits in pancreatic cancer -

• Smoking increased risk of death in women with breast cancer -

• Prolonged maternal separation increased breast cancer risk in neonatal mice -

• Breast cancer patients prefer silicone over saline implants after mastectomy -

• Red meat linked to esophageal, stomach cancer risks -

• UNC team discovers promising target for new pancreatic cancer treatments -

• No link seen between high-carb diet, colon cancer -

• Asthma drug prevents spread of breast cancer: study -

• Combining radiation therapy, chemotherapy safely treats head and neck cancer patients -

• Black raspberries may prevent colon cancer, study finds -

• Colorectal cancer survival advantage in MUTYH-associated polyposis -

• Race may influence uterine cancer recurrence, despite treatment -

• Nurse Runs to Raise Funds for Family Fight Against Breast Cancer -

October

• Maj. of comm. facilities performing breast MRI exams meet ACRIN and EUSOBI technical requirements -

• Genetic Variants May Affect the Risk of Breast Cancer in Women with BRCA2 Mutations -

• Study identifies 5 risk factors for late-stage head and neck cancer -

• Breast cancer survival tips offered -

• Many male cancer patients are missing out on sperm banking -

• Portable breast scanner allows cancer detection in the blink of an eye -

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