2009

May

• Research Looks at Advanced Radiation for Pancreatic Cancer -

• Women diagnosed with precancerous CIN at risk for cervical cancer -

• 29% of Cancer Studies Report Conflict of Interest -

• Review finds conflicts of interest in many cancer studies -

• Steaming-hot tea linked to throat cancer risk -

• UVA Brain Cancer Trials Lead to FDA Accelerated Approval of Medication -

• New Universal Breast Cancer Marker Predicts Recurrence and Clinical Outcome -

• Genes Found to Play a Role in Breast Cancer’s Spread to the Brain -

• What Breast Cancer Patients Don’t Know About Mastectomy Options Can Cause Lifelong Disfigurement -

• Brief counseling boosts breast self-exam rates -

• Thyroid Cancer Increasing, Scientists Don’t Know Why -

• Dermatologists Warn Skin Cancer is an Equal Opportunity Health Threat -

• Early detection of lung cancer: New data presented at multidisciplinary meeting -

• Personalized treatment for early lung cancer -

• Can kidney disease cause cancer? -

• Injured Marines at risk for abnormal bone growth -

April

• Mother-Daughter Breast Density Study Points Way to Earlier Cancer Risk Assessment -

• Study Predicts Dramatic Growth in Cancer Rates Among U.S. Elderly, Minorities -

• U.S. cancer diagnoses will jump 45 percent by 2030 -

• Joining forces to improve lung cancer treatment -

• Researcher Says Improved Detection of Bladder Tumors Reduces Cancer Recurrence -

• Men Treated for Localized Prostate Cancer Could Benefit from Pomegranate Juice Consumption -

• Vitamin E, Selenium and Soy in Combination Does Not Prevent Prostate Cancer -

• Certain Ecologic Factors Associated with Greater Risk of Bladder Cancer -

• Instead of fighting breast cancer, immune cell promotes its spread -

• Plant-based flavonoid may cut ovarian cancer risk -

• Burned meat linked to pancreatic cancer -

• Hormone Therapy Offers Potential Protective Effect Against Colon Cancer In Older Women -

• Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer -

• Emotional Health Affects Exercise Patterns in Breast Cancer Patients -

• Young Volunteers Help Close Social Gap in Cancer Care -

• Walnuts may protect against breast cancer -

• Cholesterol appears to promote tamoxifen resistance in some breast cancer cells say GUMC researchers -

• Diet can increase risk of kidney cancer -

• Genetic analysis may predict risk of invasive bladder cancer -

• Large study documents how p53 mutations link to high-grade breast cancer, poor outcomes -

• Addition of dasatinib to standard chemo cocktail may enhance effect in certain ovarian cancers -

• New drug achieves pancreatic cancer tumor remission and prevents recurrence -

• Personalized medicine helps cancer patients survive -

• Brain metastases hijack neuron-supporting cells to resist chemotherapy -

• An Herbal Extract Inhibits the Development of Pancreatic Cancer -

• New Imaging Analysis Predicts Brain Tumor Survival -

• Urine Test May Determine if a Smoker is at Risk for Lung Cancer -

• Late-Breaking Science and Clinical Trials -

• Alcohol type linked to Barrett’s esophagus risk -

• New Therapeutic Target for Melanoma Identified -

• Researchers Identify Specific Lung Cancer Susceptibility Gene -

• Using PET/CT Imaging, Researchers Can Tell After a Single Treatment Whether Chemotherapy is Working -

• Prostate cancer may respond to more hormone therapy -

• Colorectal cancer risk appears unaffected by coffee -

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