2013

November

• Childhood cancer treatment takes toll on hearts of survivors -
  
  
  

• Protein coding ‘junk genes’ may be linked to cancer -
  
  
  

• Chronic diseases hinder good cancer survival rates -
  
  
  

• Italian study examines clinical predictors of acute urinary symptoms after radiotherapy for prostate -
  
  
  

• Biologists ID new cancer weakness -
  
  
  

• Early stages of breast cancer could soon be diagnosed from blood samples -
  
  
  

• Deaths from pancreatic cancer rise, fall along racial lines -
  
  
  

• Balloon mis-positioning during prostate cancer treatment could affect success of radiation delivery -
  
  
  

• NYU researchers find a new solution in detecting breast-cancer related lymphedema -
  
  
  

• ABC News’ Amy Robach Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis -
  
  
  

• Young breast cancer patients with poorer financial status may experience delays in seeking care -
  
  
  

• Penn Study Identifies New Trigger for Breast Cancer Metastasis -
  
  
  

• Online Course Improves Physicians Skill Level for Detecting Skin Cancer -
  
  
  

• MU Study Finds More Accurate Method to Diagnose Pancreatic Cancer -
  
  
  

• Tree nut consumption associated with reduced risk of pancreatic cancer in women -
  
  
  

• Nanoparticles can overcome drug resistance in breast cancer cells -
  
  
  

• Researchers help make pediatric eye cancer easier to detect -
  
  
  

• Nuclear Medicine Therapy Increases Survival for Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -
  
  
  

• Discovered a mechanism that induces migration of tumor cells in liver cancer -
  
  
  

• Genetic aberration paves the way for new treatment of cancer disease -
  
  
  

• Machines learn to detect breast cancer -
  
  
  

• US citizenship increases women’s odds of receiving mammograms, cancer tests -
  
  
  

• Microbes in the gut help determine risk of tumors -
  
  
  

• Mutations linked to breast cancer treatment resistance -
  
  
  

• Leadership void, not lack of money, slows efforts to address cervical cancer -
  
  
  

• 1 dose of HPV vaccine may be enough to prevent cervical cancer -
  
  
  

• Double-pronged attack could treat common children’s cancer -
  
  
  

October

• Mount Sinai oncologists improve quality of care for cancer patients -
  
  
  

• HPV vaccination rates alarmingly low among young adult women in South -
  
  
  

• ‘Designer’ sedative may provide new alternative for colonoscopy -
  
  
  

• Researchers Discover How Cancer ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Works -
  
  
  

• Researchers detail possible resistance mechanisms of colorectal cancer to bevacizumab (Avastin) -
  
  
  

• HIV drugs may get new role in fighting cancer -
  
  
  

• Measuring segments of genetic material may help predict and monitor recurrence after thyroid cancer -
  
  
  

• New study shows positive personal growth following breast cancer diagnosis -
  
  
  

• Preclinical study finds drug helps against pancreatic cancer -
  
  
  

• Scandinavia study finds HPV vaccine safe -
  
  
  

• Costly prostate therapy common when docs own the machine -
  
  
  

• Diabetes drug metformin with chemo and radiation may improve outcomes in lung cancer patients -
  
  
  

• Colon cancer screening guidelines may miss 10 percent of colon cancers -
  
  
  

• Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer -
  
  
  

• New Program Makes Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions Easier -
  
  
  

• Doctors rarely discuss risks of cancer screening -
  
  
  

• Long-Term Obesity Is Associated with Poorer Pancreatic Cancer Survival -
  
  
  

• Parental Perceptions are Preventing HPV Vaccination Success -
  
  
  

• Potential new drug for some patients with treatment-resistant lung cancer -
  
  
  

• Targeted investigational therapy potential to overcome crizotinib resistance in lung cancers -
  
  
  

• Skid Row Cancer Study Has Implications for Treatment Today, Penn Researcher Says -
  
  
  

• Tanning gene linked to increased risk of testicular cancer, according to NIH scientists -
  
  
  

• Air pollution a leading cause of cancer - U.N. agency -
  
  
  

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