2009

October

• Although more older women receive breast-conserving therapy, gaps in treatment exist -

• Women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels -

• Exercise boosts well-being after breast cancer -

• Rare Head and Neck Cancer Linked to HPV -

• Clinicians Map Group at High Risk for Aggressive, ‘Hidden’ Prostate Cancer -

• $11.5 Million Cervical Cancer Grant Awarded to UAB Cancer Center, Partners -

• Physical activity in adolescence associated with decreased risk of brain cancer in adulthood -

• How to Lower Costs, Waiting Times for Colonoscopies -

• Novel Breast Tissue Feature may Predict Woman’s Cancer Risk -

• Oropharyngeal cancer patients experience post-surgery sleep apnea -

• Breast Reconstruction Varies by Race -

• Breast cancer breakthrough as scientists discover faulty gene linked to half of all cases -

• Researchers Identify Gene That Regulates Breast Cancer Metastasis -

• New type of genetic change identified in inherited cancer -

• Study finds 231 new genes associated with head and neck cancer -

• NEDD9 Protein Supports Growth of Aggressive Breast Cancer -

• ‘Prudent’ diet linked to lower breast cancer risk -

• AACR to Host Teleconference on Metastasis -

• Lung cancer risk increases with expression of specific genes -

• Molecular imaging holds promise for early intervention in common uterine cancer -

• Cancer patients want info on costly drug options -

September

• Lack of social interaction affects health outcomes of breast cancer -

• A potential new imaging agent for early diagnosis of most serious skin cancer -

• Social isolation worsens cancer -

• Women fare better than men with metastatic colorectal cancer—are hormones helping? -

• Men often not told of prostate cancer risks: study -

• New perspectives on cancer surgery -

• Paul Marks Prize Recognizes Three Young Cancer Researchers -

• More women choosing to remove healthy breast after cancer diagnosis -

• Swiss study finds income affects prostate cancer patients’ survival -

• Few Side Effects from Radiation Treatment Given After Prostate Cancer Surgery -

• Studies Point To Strategies for Reducing Painful Breast Cancer Drug Side Effects -

• Excess body weight causes over 124,000 new cancers a year in Europe -

• Pancreatic cancer: Researchers find drug that reverses resistance to chemotherapy -

• Researchers Examine Use of Toad Venom in Cancer Treatment -

• Piezoelectric Fingers Key in New Breast Cancer Detector -

• Study looks at using the immune system to reduce prostate cancer risk -

• ATA Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Updates -

• ARRA Funds Research to Improve Prostate Cancer Identification -

• Breast Cancer Experts Available for Comment -

• Grant to Focus on Adults Surviving Childhood Cancer -

• Guide on Lung Cancer in “Never-smokers”: a Different Disease and Different Treatments -

• China’s “cancer villages” bear witness to economic boom -

• Killing Cancer Like a Vampire Slayer -

• Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma -

• Treating bone loss in breast cancer survivors -

• Information about the use and accuracy of breast cancer tests is lacking, study finds -

• Diabetes drug kills cancer stem cells in combination treatment in mice -

• Nearly any lifetime smoking ups breast cancer risk -

• New method monitors early sign of oxidative stress in cancer -

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