2014

April

• Brain cell discovery could open doors to targeted cancer therapies -
  
  
  

• Common sense health for young adult cancer survivors -
  
  
  

• Scientists reveal potential link between brain development and breast cancer gene -
  
  
  

• Puma drug better than Herceptin in HER2 breast cancers: trial -
  
  
  

• Tissue testing during breast cancer lumpectomies -
  
  
  

• Study shows fertility drugs do not increase breast cancer risk -
  
  
  

• An easier, safer, and more accurate treatment for pancreatic cancer -
  
  
  

• Pathological complete response predictor of favorable breast cancer outcome -
  
  
  

March

• Digital mammography reduces recall and biopsy rates -
  
  
  

• Scientists discover a number of novel genetic defects which cause oesophageal cancer -
  
  
  

• Can vitamin A turn back the clock on breast cancer? -
  
  
  

• Certain Genetic Variants May Help Identify Patients at Increased Risk of Bladder Cancer Recurrence -
  
  
  

• Mechanical forces driving breast cancer lead to key molecular discovery -
  
  
  

• Researchers at IRB discover a key regulator of colon cancer -
  
  
  

• Less invasive technique possible for vulvar cancer -
  
  
  

• Faster genetic testing method will likely transform care for patients with breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Minorities most vulnerable to financial slide after breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Radiation improves odds for some women after mastectomy -
  
  
  

• Certain genetic variants may put bladder cancer patients at increased risk of recurrence -
  
  
  

• Y-90 provides new, safe treatment for metastatic breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Twenty-five percent of breast cancer survivors report financial decline due to treatment -
  
  
  

• TGen-led study discovers genetic cause of rare type of ovarian cancer -
  
  
  

• Measure of circulating tumor cells may be better predictor of prostate cancer survival than PSA test -
  
  
  

• Bariatric surgery decreases risk of uterine cancer -
  
  
  

• Study reveals a major mechanism driving kidney cancer progression -
  
  
  

• Deaths from breast cancer fall in Europe -
  
  
  

• TGen-led study spotlights dog DNA role in developing new therapies for human cancers -
  
  
  

• Colon cancer incidence rates decreasing steeply in older Americans -
  
  
  

• Cancer therapy may be too targeted -
  
  
  

• New findings show link between diabetes and pancreatic cancer -
  
  
  

• Amgen vaccine triggers immune response in advanced melanoma -study -
  
  
  

• Move to replace Pap smear with HPV test meets with skepticism -
  
  
  

• Study proposes new ovarian cancer targets -
  
  
  

• Prostate specific antigen screening declines after 2012 USPSTF recommendations -
  
  
  

• Genomic testing links ‘exceptional’ drug response to rare mutations in bladder cancer -
  
  
  

• Anesthetic technique improves quality of recovery for women having breast cancer surgery -
  
  
  

• Study finds CT scans predict chemotherapy response in pancreatic cancer -
  
  
  

• Bone turnover markers predict prostate cancer outcomes -
  
  
  

• Targeted drug may prolong survival of patients with cervical cancer -
  
  
  

• Vitamin D increases breast cancer patient survival -
  
  
  

• New UT Arlington study links BPA and breast cancer tumor growth -
  
  
  

• Bristol plans big lung cancer study, pairing immunotherapies -
  
  
  

• Screening does not shift breast cancer to earlier stages -
  
  
  

• Ancient Chinese medicine put through its paces for pancreatic cancer -
  
  
  

• UCLA study finds robotic-assisted prostate surgery offers better cancer control -
  
  
  

February

• Study Reveals Mechanisms Cancer Cells Use to Establish Metastatic Brain Tumors -
  
  
  

• Cancer vaccine could use immune system to fight tumors -
  
  
  

• Scientists discover new protein involved in lung cancer -
  
  
  

• Second-most common breast cancer subtype may benefit from personalized treatment approach -
  
  
  

• The only top 10 cancer where survival rates are falling -
  
  
  

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