2006

December

• Individualizing Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Patients -

• Gene Discovered by Researchers Tied to Pancreatic Cancer -

• Hour of daily exercise cuts bowel cancer risk -

• Breast cancer still diagnosed later in black women -

• Baldness drug could mask prostate cancer marker -

• Smoking raises virus-related cervical cancer risk -

• Combination therapy shows improvement for breast cancer patients -

• Novel Suicide Gene Therapy Used to Treat Malignant Brain Tumors -

November

• Overweight Young Women Have Reduced Risk of Developing Breast Cancer Before Menopause -

• Big Bias In Who Gets Screened for Breast Cancer -

• Chemotherapy temporarily affects the structures of the human brain -

• Oral contraceptives and IUDs protect against endometrial cancer -

• Spike in testicular cancer is focus -

• No proof folate lowers breast cancer risk -

• Cancer Prevention News Tips -

• High HPV Concentrations, Smoking Significantly Raise Risks of Cancer -

• Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis -

• Soy in childhood may reduce breast cancer risk -

• New drug comb may lengthen ovarian cancer survival -

• African-American Women Delayed in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment & Clinical Care -

• Ludwig Fund gives $120 million for cancer research -

• Novel vaccine shows promise against early-stage breast cancer -

• External-beam radiation therapy safe for breast cancer -

• New research could affect future treatment options for prostate cancer -

• Research finds shorter-course radiation treatment safe for breast cancer -

• Enzyme inhibitor produces stable disease in patients with advanced solid cell cancers -

• Vaccination with embryonic stem cells prevents lung cancer in mice -

• Scientists discover way to block growth of prostate cancer cells -

• Fizzy drinks increase risk of pancreatic cancer -

• Younger women survive ovarian cancer better -

• Women Catching Up to Men in Lung Cancer Deaths -

• High fiber may lower breast cancer risk in offspring -

• Long-term therapy in the fight against multiple myeloma -

October

• Women Testing Negative for Familial Breast Cancer Gene Still at Increased Risk -

• Faulty Gene Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk -

• Bacteria could make new library of cancer drugs that are too complex to create artificially -

• Oral Contraceptives Increase Risk for Breast Cancer in Some Women -

• Analysis of breast-cancer gene role offers promising target -

• Chemo drugs for treating breast cancer may cause changes in cognitive function -

• Excess weight worsens ovarian cancer prognosis -

• Study finds race affects African American survival of breast cancer -

• Study identifies women with breast cancer most likely to benefit from aromatase inhibitor -

• Cancer survivors recognized for helping Philadelphia-area patients -

• Drinking Red Wine Cuts Risk of Colorectal Cancer -

• High bread consumption tied to kidney cancer -

• Abdominal Fat Affects Breast Cancer Survival -

• Black women in Chicago more likely to die from breast cancer than white women -

• Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine on sale in Europe -

• Breast cancer risk is increased in women with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol -

• Doctors may be able to hear skin cancer spread -

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