2006

August

• New Hope in Cancer Vaccines Emerges as Novel Therapies are Developed and Tested -

• Breast cancer surgery decisions difficult for many -

• Computer-Aided Detection Improves Early Breast Cancer Detection -

• Chest X-rays may raise breast cancer risk for some -

• Newer breast cancer drug seen safer than tamoxifen -

• Protein Raises Antibody Output -

• Dutasteride useful for enlarged prostate -

• Trial of Topotecan following Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in treatment of ovarian cancer -

• Petrochemicals linked to leukemia in young adults -

• Uterine Cancer May be Clue to Inherited Syndrome -

• Drug Fights Multiple Myeloma by Putting “Brakes” on Cell Proliferation -

• Curry compound may prevent colon cancer -

• Mushroom extract may boost prostate cancer drug -

• Eating processed meats raises stomach cancer risk -

• Doctors say HPV vaccine should be given to everyone -

• Chemicals in curry and onions may help prevent colon cancer -

• Smart cancer drug on sale in the UK -

July

• Venom protein may lead to brain cancer cure -

• Researchers Uncover How Prostate Cancer Cells Defy Death -

• Anemic Children with Cancer Benefit from Erythropoietin -

• Emerging Therapies for Skin Cancer Treatment -

• Breast cancer in dad’s family may be missed -

• New insights into how cells repair damaged DNA -

• Heat Therapy for Cancer May be Key to “Lance Armstrong Effect” -

• Estrogen Plus Testosterone Therapy May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer -

• Breast cancer pill saves few lives, study finds -

• Radiation-Armed Robot Rapidly Destroys Human Lung Tumors -

• Cancer drug Gleevec may damage heart: study -

• Nicotine promotes growth of established tumors -

• Roche says can start to talk about curing cancer -

• Dieting may not help cancer patients -

• New diagnostic tool for prostate cancer -

• Exercise can reduce cancer treatment side effects -

• Breast cancer doesn’t have to mean losing your breast -

• Mutations Point the Way to New Leukemia Drugs -

• Racial gap in uterine cancer survival shrinking -

• New Tool to Diagnose and Treat Breast Cancer -

• High skin cancer risk seen in transplant patients -

• Blood test may find early lung cancer: study -

• Doctors may be over-diagnosing melanoma in sun-damaged skin -

• New role discovered for breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 -

• Gene screen for breast cancer better than pathologist’s “eye” -

• Protein Key to Bladder Cancer Spread, Potential Drug Target -

• Simple blood test detects lung cancer before it’s too late -

• Non-Surgical Treatment Gives Lung Cancer Patients Three Years or More -

• New hope for ways to overcome drug resistance in lung cancer -

• Gene Screen for Breast Cancer Better than Pathologist’s “Eye” -

• Metabolic syndrome predicts breast cancer relapse -

• Marijuana tied to precancerous lung changes -

• Weight Gain/Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women -

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