2008

October

• SNM Releases New Fact Sheet on Breast Cancer and Molecular Imaging -

• Breast cancer cells recycle to escape death by hormonal therapy -

• Liver transplant recipients almost 3 times more likely to develop cancer -

• Saliva proteins could help detection of oral cancer -

September

• Extra copies of EGFR gene signal poor prognosis for vulvar cancer -

• Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life -

• Prostate Health: More Than Just Prostate Cancer -

• Study Shows Immune System Can Hurt As Well As Help Fight Cancer -

• Hepatitis B Exposure May Increase Risk For Pancreatic Cancer -

• Women Take Charge of Breast Cancer in Different Ways: Sociologist Studies Responder Types and Effica -

• Device May Customize Radiation Therapy, Reduce Treatment Time -

• Triple Negative Breast Cancer Targeted in Clinical Trial -

• Partial Breast Radiation Focus of New Cancer Study -

• Young Breast Cancer Patients Face Unique Risks and Issues -

• Deactivating a cancer growth promoter -

• A promising approach in the prevention and treatment of pancreatic cancer -

• Breast cancer cases to climb in China, study -

• aRaloxifene reduces risk of endometrial cancer -

• Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Who Receive Neoadjuvant Therapy -

• LOH analysis on 4q in sporadic colorectal carcinoma -

• Age alone should not be used to determine whether to treat prostate cancer with hormones -

• Vascular marker of ovarian cancer identified -

• New model predicts relapse in early breast cancer patients following endocrine therapy -

• Black Patients At Higher Risk For Colon Polyps -

• Family History of Brain Tumors Linked to Increased Risk of Brain Cancer -

• New Web site Helps Doctors and Prostate Cancer Patients Make Better Treatment Choices -

• 1-week radiation effective breast cancer treatment -

• Acupuncture reduces side effects of breast cancer treatment as much as conventional drug therapy -

• Variant of vitamin D receptor gene linked to melanoma risk -

• Radiation added to hormone therapy increases survival for men with prostate cancer -

• 3-week radiation therapy as effective as 5 weeks for early-stage breast cancer -

• Scientists Discover Cancer-causing Role of Gene Proteins -

• New Imaging Approach for Difficult Cancer Diagnosis -

• Novel Anti-Cancer Mechanism Found in Long-Lived Rodents -

• How to treat gastroesophageal adenocarcinom patients? -

• Expanding cell girth indicates seriousness of breast cancer -

• Prostate Cancer Genes Behave Like Those in Embryo -

• Breast cancer vaccine helps body fight tumors -

• Gene variant raises skin cancer risk-study -

• An “HIV-test” Equivalent for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer -

• New Synthetic Form of Protein Holds Promise to Stop Cancer Spread -

• Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin beneficial in metastatic breast cancer -

• European disparities in access to cancer drugs -

• Ovarian cancer drug trial reveals promising new treatment -

• New tool to speed cancer therapy approval available -

• Vaccine against HER2-positive breast cancer offers complete protection in lab -

• Many colon cancer patients skip follow-up care -

• Risk of breast cancer mutations underestimated for Asian women, Stanford study shows -

• BRCA Mutations Among Asian-American Women May be More Common Than Predicted -

• New Research Suggests Ways to Improve Cancer Therapy -

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