2006

September

• Rotating-shift work tied to prostate cancer risk -

• Active women with breast cancer may live longer -

• Eating mandarins reduces the risk of liver disease, hardened arteries and insulin resistance -

• Vitamin D May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk by Nearly Half -

• Cancer-Killing Viruses Employ Multiple Mechanisms -

• Fewer young men in Canada are being diagnosed with cancer -

• Unusual Three-Drug Combo Inhibits Growth of Aggressive Tumors -

• Validation of a tool for identifying women at high risk for hereditary breast cancer -

• Physical activity increases breast cancer survival -

• Thyroid cancer among women in the U.S. has increased -

• Breast Discomfort During HRT May Indicate Cancer Risk -

• Cancer deaths fall, new diagnoses stable -

• Disposable Microchips Suitable for Breast Cancer Screening -

August

• Gene therapy beats skin cancer in two men -

• Cancer Drug Aids an Anti-Cancer Virus -

• Medical Society’s Labor Day CheckList Addresses Cancer Prevention -

• Aspirin, Other NSAIDs, May Prevent or Delay Enlarged Prostate -

• Suspicion Lingers Over Bisphenol A and Breast Cancer -

• Cervical cancer vaccine tipped for nine year olds -

• Childhood cancer survival linked to suicidality -

• Obesity Leads to More Aggressive Ovarian Cancer -

• Not all women change lifestyle after cancer -

• Suspicion Lingers Over Bisphenol A and Breast Cancer -

• PSA Predicts Treatment Success in Advanced Prostate Cancer -

• Mouse Mimics Chronic Leukemia, Will Aid Drug Development -

• HIV drug stops cervical cancer in laboratory test -

• Study Drug Holds Promise As Alternative to Castration For Early Prostate Cancers -

• Targeted magnetic nanoparticles may be useful in detecting and treating metastatic breast cancers -

• Brits denied new targeted bowel cancer drugs -

• St. John’s wort and polymeric nanoparticles to treat ovarian tumors using light -

• Seven quality guidelines for breast, colorectal cancer care -

• Variances in patterns of care for patients with prostate cancer failing primary therapy -

• A tissue marker of poor prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma -

• At-home care of kids with leukemia prone to errors -

• Breast implants linked to suicide, but not cancer -

• Chemotherapy Complications Greater than Previously Estimated -

• Proton beams control liver tumors -

• Novel drug selectively kills prostate cancer cells -

• Chemotherapy and breast cancer - side effects underestimated -

• Optimistic women with ovarian cancer fare better -

• Gene test for cancers could mean more effective, tailored-made treatment -

• Prostate Cancer Patients Sought for Database as Part of Joint Effort -

• Black patients seek less information from doctors -

• UK agency nearer backing new breast cancer drugs -

• New test predicts if lung cancer will spread -

• New Recommendations for Use of Bisphosphonates in Treatment of Multiple Myeloma -

• Different Gene-Expression Predictors of Breast Cancer Agree -

• Pregnancy drug doubles risk of breast cancer -

• New blood test picks up early breast cancer -

• Drug trial victim “has early signs of cancer” -

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