2009

December

• High-risk women reluctant to take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer -

• Annual screening with breast ultrasound or MRI could benefit some women -

• Targeted breast ultrasound can reduce biopsies for women under 40 -

• Special ultrasound accurately identifies skin cancer -

• Mammography may increase breast cancer risk in some high-risk women -

• Pancreatic Tumors Are Marked for Immunotherapy -

November

• Elastography reduces unnecessary breast biopsies -

• Endometrial Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Using Estradiol-Progestin Therapy -

• Long-term testicular cancer survivors at high risk for neurological side effects -

• Estrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer patients and tamoxifen response -

• Fertility drugs may pose some uterine cancer risk -

• Protein from Pregnancy Hormone May Prevent Breast Cancer -

• Study Assesses Neuropathic Pain Risk for Breast Cancer Patients -

• Other Illnesses, Body Weight Do Not Explain Racial Disparities in Colon Cancer Survival -

• V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D. Authors Book on Breast Surgical Techniques -

• Burden of proof: Breast cancer changes fall short -

• FISH Technology Preferred for Choosing HER-2-Positive Breast Cancer Treatments -

• Researchers Identify Role of Gene in Tumor Development -

• Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy -

• Folic acid supplements may raise cancer risk: study -

• HHS says U.S. policy on mammograms unchanged -

• New Markers of Prognosis for Cancer Therapies Highlighted -

• Experts question motives of mammogram guidelines -

• ‘Cross-talk’ Mechanism Contributes to Colorectal Cancer -

• 10 Ways to Reduce Cancer Risk -

• Researchers Identify a Weak Link in Cancer Cell Armor -

• Australian scientists plan to regrow breasts after cancer -

• Acrylamide not tied to thyroid, head-neck cancers -

• Fertility procedures need not delay breast cancer treatment for younger women -

• African-Americans with colorectal cancer have poorer outcomes, lower survival rates -

• Breast Density Linked to Increased Cancer Recurrence Risk -

• Breast Cancer Physicians Have Limited Access to Trained Interpreters -

• Persistent pain common for many women 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment -

• Minimally Invasive Surgery Shown Safe and Effective Treatment for Rectal Cancer -

• Post-cancer treatment needs go unmet in some -

• Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer -

• Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer -

• Breast density associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence -

• Moderate exercise may lower prostate cancer risk -

• New Finding Suggests Prostate Biopsy is Not Always Necessary -

• Does Green Tea Prevent Cancer? Evidence Continues to Brew, But Questions Remain -

• Green Tea Shows Promise as Chemoprevention Agent for Oral Cancer -

• Approved lymphoma drug shows promise in early tests against bone cancer -

• Red, processed meats linked to prostate cancer -

• Plastic Surgeons Offer Microsurgery Technique for Breast Reconstruction, Tummy Tuck After Mastectomy -

• 3-week course of breast radiation may be as effective as conventional 5- to 7-week course -

• Cancer patients want honesty, compassion from their oncologist -

• Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome? -

• Experimental Agent Reduces Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone -

• Weight Training Boosts Breast Cancer Survivors’ Body Image and Satisfaction -

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