2008

July

• Not all women complete radiation for breast cancer -

• Researchers Study Causes of Malignancy -

• Gene Panel Predicts Lung Cancer Survival -

• New approach to cancer: Find most tightly controlled genes -

• Racial disparity seen in prostate cancer treatment -

• Most Adults Don’t Realize Activity Lowers Colon Cancer Risk -

• Analgesic drugs don’t reduce ovarian cancer risk -

• As rates rise, researchers find better way to identify melanoma -

• Breast self-exams do not appear to reduce breast cancer deaths -

• Using magenetic nanoparticles to combat cancer -

• New research from Rhode Island Hospital may help predict outcomes for stomach cancer patients -

• US colorectal cancer screening rates still too low -

• Breast Self-Exams Do Not Appear to Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths -

• TG2 identified as potential therapeutic target in chemo-resistant ovarian cancer -

• Improving understanding of cell behaviour in breast cancer -

• Possible link found between x-rays and prostate cancer -

• Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Still Too Low -

• Researchers Locate and Image Prostate Cancer as It Spreads to the Lymph Nodes -

• Active lifestyle may prevent cancer: Japan study -

• Prostate cancer vaccines more effective with hormone therapy -

• Young women’s breast cancers have more aggressive genes, worse prognosis -

• Breast asymmetry after cancer treatment affects quality of life, U-M study finds -

• Herceptin targets breast cancer stem cells -

• FDA OKs Invitrogen genetic test for breast cancer -

• Patients unaware of link between smoking and bladder cancer -

• Can recycling be used to treat cancer? -

• 98 percent of elective mastectomy patients would have reconstruction again, says ASPS study -

• Researchers Identify Cancer Preventive Properties in Common Vitamin Supplement -

• Treatment delays result in poor outcomes for men with breast cancer -

• Breast reconstruction can have lasting benefits -

• Counting tumor cells in blood predicts treatment benefit in prostate cancer -

• The Predictors of Local Recurrence After Radical Cystectomy in Patients with Invasive Bladder Cancer -

• Discovery Could Bring New Metastatic Cancer Treatments -

• Wealth, health impact colon cancer screening -

• Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 percent -

June

• Study Provides Clues to Preventing and Treating Cancer Spread -

• New clinical trial for patients with asbestos-associated lung cancer -

• CCNY researchers demonstrate effectiveness of contrast agent Cytate in detectcing prostate cancer -

• Researchers identify promising cancer drug target in prostate tumors -

• Different type of colon cancer vaccine reduces disease spread, Jefferson scientists show -

• People Living in Poverty at Greater Risk of Dying from Cancer -

• Blue light used to harden tooth fillings stunts tumor growth -

• Risk of death after cancer diagnosis; shift in stage of breast cancer diagnosis -

• Symptom screening plus a simple blood test improves early detection of ovarian cancer -

• Sexuality and Breast Cancer Survivorship -

• Sexuality and Breast Cancer Survivorship - Key Practice Points -

• Management of Sexual Problems in Breast Cancer Survivors -

• Assessment of Sexual Function in Breast Cancer Survivors -

• Melanoma Is on the Rise in Women -

• Identification of 5 genes involved in the metastasis of breast tumors to the lung -

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