2008

May

• Discovery of a novel mechanism for the development of colon cancer -

• Scientists identify ‘gatekeepers’ of breast cancer transition to invasive disease -

• Cells lining milk ducts hold key to spread of common form of breast cancer -

• Nipple Problems and Discharge -

• Fibrocystic Breast -

• Second breast cancer may be greater than thought for high-risk women without BRCA mutations -

• Study Shows Gene Variations May Predict Risk of Breast Cancer in Women -

• New Study Begins for Kids With High-Risk Cancer -

• New Study Begins for Kids With High-Risk Cancer -

April

• Daily aspirin may reduce risk of common type of breast cancer -

• Preoperative assessment of cancer patients enables early diagnosis, treatment of lymphedema -

• New Surgery Improves Head & Neck Cancer Treatment -

• Predicting breast cancer patient outcome: MUHC researchers identify new genes -

• Ovarian cancer: Recognizing early symptoms can make a difference -

• Breast cancer subtypes originate from different biological pathways -

• New genetic techniques to combat lung cancer -

• Mutation database helps personalized treatment of lung cancer -

• Cancer immunotherapy shows long-term promise in lung cancer -

• Researchers Identify New Cell Targets for Preventing Growth of Breast and Other Tumors -

• 2008 Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report -

• Particular experimental therapy not more effective than standard treatment for anal canal cancer -

• Study finds that competency in colonoscopy requires experience with 150 cases or more -

• American Cancer Society report details cancer prevention efforts -

• Phone counseling improves quality of life, immune systems of cervical cancer survivors -

• Mammography May Be Beneficial To All Women, Regardless of Age -

• Study reveals inaccuracies in studies of cancer treatment -

• Vitamin D and breast cancer risk -

• Fish Oil Protects Against Colon Cancer -

• New type of drug shrinks primary breast cancer tumors significantly in just 6 weeks -

• Falling breast cancer rates seen only in whites -

• Weekly Taxol best for followup breast cancer care -

• Mistletoe as Cancer Treatment: Review Calls Evidence Weak -

• Pregnant patients lose out in breast cancer treatment; a new approach is needed -

• Plant-Based Diets May Improve Breast Cancer Survival -

• How Growing Older Affects Cancer Risk and Outcomes -

• Chemotherapy may not affect memory in breast cancer patients -

• Stem cells: the role of cancer-initiating cells in diagnosis and treatment -

• MSU study finds media coverage of breast cancer focuses too little on prevention -

• Study Finds Evidence of Gender-Related Differences In Development of Colon Cancer -

• Breast cancer vaccine may reduce risk of death -

• Oral test could predict lung cancer, study finds -

• Blood pressure drugs halt pancreatic cancer cell growth, Jefferson researchers find -

• Calorie restriction limits and obesity fuels development of epithelial cancers -

• Implications for Fine-Tuned Breast Cancer Prognosis Unveiled -

• How What and How Much We Eat (And Drink) Affects Our Risk of Cancer -

• Smoking Related to Subset of Colorectal Cancers with Absent DNA Repair Proteins -

• Biomarkers Allow Doctors to Match Therapy to Patient -

• Researchers Find That Targeted Therapy Combination Overcomes Treatment Resistance in Liver Cancer -

• Radiation Beneficial for Older Breast Cancer Patients -

• MRI ‘best’ for looking at breast cancer and more -

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