2008

September

• Genetic Region Linked to a Five Times Higher Lung Cancer Risk -

• How to differentiate benign from malignant bile duct strictures? -

• New Approach Uses a Common Virus to Combat Deadly Lung Cancer -

• Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks -study -

• Common painkillers lower levels of prostate cancer biomarker -

• Racial Disparities Exist in Radiation Therapy Rates For Early Stage Breast Cancer -

• PET scans lead to treatment changes in majority of colorectal cancer patients -

• Height linked to risk of prostate cancer development and progression -

• Higher rates of cervical cancer amongst immigrants -

• Prostate irradiation raises risk of colon cancer -

• TGen and Washington University researchers discover new approach to treating endometrial cancer -

• Scientists Find Second Site for Prostate Cancer Gene -

• Activity key to breast cancer patients’ survival -

August

• Researchers discover atomic bomb effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer -

• Immigrants from India, Pakistan Face U.S. Prostate, Breast Cancer Risks -

• Black raspberries slow cancer by altering hundreds of genes -

• New Tool to Detect Cancer -

• Burning incense increases risk of respiratory tract cancers -

• Breastfeeding, other factors may affect risk of breast cancer type -

• Normalizing Tumor Vessels to Improve Cancer Therapy -

• Gene That Causes Childhood Cancer Neuroblastoma Is Found -

• Prostate cancer risk increased in obese men: study -

• Asians with gastric cancer have better prognosis -

• Dense tissue promotes aggressive cancers -

• Gene Therapy Anti-cancer Work Featured in Scientific American -

• Cancer Therapy: A Role for MAPK Inhibitors Combined with mTORC1 Inhibitors -

• Breast Reconstruction’s Modern Look -

• Why a common treatment for prostate cancer ultimately fails -

• Relapse Still a Real Possibility for Breast Cancer Patients -

• Osteo Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo -

• Researchers discover scent of skin cancer -

• Obese Prostate Cancer Patients may benefit More from Brachytherapy -

• Breast cancer treatment knowledge lacking -

• Researchers unveil vital key to cancer -

• Sticking to diet advice cuts colon cancer risk -

• Researchers Find Gene Therapy that Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells -

July

• Minorities less likely to know about breast cancer options -

• Robotic Surgery Extends Benefits to Bladder Cancer Patients -

• New Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer -

• Cancer Research Highlights -

• Nanoparticles + Light = Dead Tumor Cells -

• Hip Bone Density Helps Predict Breast Cancer Risk -

• Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Hormone Therapy May Experience Cognitive Effects -

• Researchers Use New Tools to Combat Skin Cancer -

• Lance Armstrong, top doctors launch cancer quest -

• New drug prolongs survival of advanced kidney cancer -

• Technology uses tobacco plants to fight cancer -

• New breast cancer test under study -

• Over-the-counter anesthetic gel puts the squeeze on mammogram pain -

• Cancer centers and high-volume hospitals may examine more lymph nodes in cancer patients -

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