2006

June

• Burkitt lymphoma gene expression signature identified -

• Dasatinib offers new options for leukemia patients -

• Predictive model of prostate cancer risk -

• Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Can Help Those Over 80 -

• Most prostate cancer patients opt for surgery -

• Mammography: Is It Right for Me? -

• Radiation Therapy Increases Survival in Certain Lung Cancer Patients -

• Terminally ill cancer patients continue to receive aggressive treatment at end of life -

• New era in cancer prevention -

• Physicians validate reclassification of breast cancer stages -

• Reovirus could be used to treat many forms of advanced cancer -

• FDA approval of Gardasil to prevent cervical cancer -

• Black women have fewer breast cancers than white women, but their mortality is worse -

• Exposing cancer more quickly -

• Pre-Menopausal African American Women More Likely to Have Type of Breast Cancer -

• Promise for Treatment of Renal Cell Cancer -

• How cancer cells stay young and aggressive -

• Study Compares Treatment Options for Patients with Brain Metastases -

• Drug Attacks Prostate Cancer in Mouse Model by Destroying Its Blood Supply -

• Gleevec strangles drug-resistant, metastatic prostate cancer -

• Benefits and Risks of Tamoxifen, Raloxifene for Reducing Risk of Breast Cancer -

• On the Forefront of the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma -

• Gates cash backs cervical cancer shots for poor -

• Study shows skin rash in patients treated for liver cancer determines survival -

• New cervical cancer vaccine offers women 100% protection -

• Calcium pills no help against breast cancer: study -

• ODC Therapy, Inc. Reports Melanoma Vaccine Research Results -

• A New Way to Build Bone -

• Patients not receiving follow-up tests after positive screening for colon cancer -

• PSA test alone not an ideal predictor of prostate cancer -

• Yoga study shows some benefits for cancer patients -

• Breast cancer drug switch cuts deaths -

• Glaxo drug slows breast cancer in study -

• Cancer-Reducing Benefits of Preventive Surgery May Be Specific to Gene Mutation -

• Celgene drug boosts multiple myeloma survival -

• Amgen drug slows bone loss in cancer patients -

• Lung cancer slowed by Pfizer drug -

• Kidney cancer gets new drugs, competition -

• Glaxo HPV vaccine shows promise for women 26-55 -

• Naturally produced protein that helps protect us from cancer may also determine how long we live -

• Conclusion -

• Patterns of Care -

• Quality of Life in Older Women with Breast Cancer -

• Metastatic Breast Cancer -

• Summary -

• Chemotherapy -

• Tamoxifen -

• Adjuvant Systemic Therapy -

• Alternative Management Strategies for Local Disease -

• Axillary Lymph Node Assessment -

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