2009

November

• 2 genes cooperate to cause aggressive leukemia -

• Study finds it’s safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation -

• Shorter radiation course as effective as standard therapy for prostate cancer recurrence -

• Shorter radiation course stops cancer growth in high-risk prostate cancer patients -

• Cholesterol and cancer: Answers and some new questions -

• Brain trouble often persists after brain cancer -

• Adapting Space-Industry Technology to Treat Breast Cancer -

• Possible origins of pancreatic cancer revealed -

• Additional, specialized radiation not necessary for some women after mastectomy -

• Radiation after surgery reduces chance of melanoma returning -

• Working with poultry linked to certain cancers -

• Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation? -

October

• Immunotherapy demonstrates long-term success in treating lymphoma -

• Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk -

• 1 disease, not 1 demographic -

• NSAIDs tied to reduced death after colon cancer -

• Using ice cream to combat side effects of chemo -

• Thyroid cancer a risk after childhood cancer -

• Jews who survived wartime Europe have more cancer -

• Canadian cardiology team clears the way for lifesaving breast cancer treatment -

• Study reveals possible link between IBD therapy and skin cancer -

• Breast cancer incidence in Spain drops in early 2000s after decades of increasing rates -

• Barrett’s Esophagus Patients Have Same Survival Rates as General Population -

• New Bcl-2 Inhibitor Shows Promise in Cell Death in Prostate Cancer -

• Former KISS drummer: men get breast cancer too -

• Low-fat eating best after skin cancer: study -

• Cosmetic Breast Implants Do Not Interfere With Detecting Breast Cancer -

• Scientists identify specific markers that trigger aggressiveness of liver cancer -

• Melanoma treatment options 1 step closer -

• Cancer survivors may not be getting the help they need to stop smoking -

• Meat, dairy and breast cancer: new findings -

• Low income linked to poorer breast cancer survival -

• Well-educated women hardest hit by breast cancer -

• Going out on a limb -

• How Medical Center Research Led to New Cervical Cancer Vaccine -

• Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus may not be associated with human prostate cancer -

• Treatment not testicular cancer poses greatest risk to survivors’ long-term health -

• Exercise eases fatigue in cancer patients on chemo -

• Common Genetic Mutation in Breast Cancer May Point to New Treatments for Heart Disease -

• Black Cancer Patients Less Likely than Whites to Receive the End-of-life Care They Prefer -

• Black Cancer Patients Less Likely than Whites to Receive the End-of-life Care They Prefer -

• No support for routine pancreatic cancer screening -

• Study Suggests Mastectomy Not Being Overused For Breast Cancer Treatment -

• Study Examines Mastectomy And Breast-conserving Surgery Rates -

• Scientists Break Genetic Code for Estrogen-Positive Breast Cancer -

• Green tea may curb risk of some cancers -

• Pros and cons with “easier” prostate cancer surgery -

• Breast Cancer Not Just a Woman’s Disease -

• Breast Tenderness During HRT Linked to Elevated Cancer Risk -

• Breast Cancer Patients With High Risk Gene Diagnosed Six Years Earlier Than Generation Before -

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