2013

August

• Prostate cancer screening: New data support watchful waiting -
  
  
  

• Proton Therapy Offers New, Precise Cancer Treatment for Children with High-Risk Neuroblastoma -
  
  
  

• Aggressive breast cancers may be sensitive to drugs clogging their waste disposal -
  
  
  

• Nanodrug targeting breast cancer cells from the inside adds weapon: Immune system attack -
  
  
  

• Family members of children with cancer may also be at risk -
  
  
  

• Percentage of cancers linked to viruses potentially overestimated -
  
  
  

• Scientists learn how soy foods protect against colon cancer -
  
  
  

• Mechanism offers promising new approach for harnessing the immune system to fight cancer -
  
  
  

• Vandetanib in thyroid cancer: added benefit not proven -
  
  
  

July

• Breast reduction surgery found to improve physical, mental well-being -
  
  
  

• Examination of lymph nodes provides more accurate breast cancer prognosis -
  
  
  

• URMC Study Clarifies Surgical Options for Kidney Cancer -
  
  
  

• Health at diagnosis may drive breast cancer survival gap -
  
  
  

• Hospital mammography recall rates higher -
  
  
  

• RI Hospital study finds differences in mammography recall rate between 2 centers -
  
  
  

• Researchers develop new approach for studying deadly brain cancer -
  
  
  

• New hope for hormone resistant breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Stem cell discovery furthers research on cell-based therapy and cancer -
  
  
  

• More evidence not all prostate cancers need treatment -
  
  
  

• New Plan of Attack in Cancer Fight: Two-Drug Combination, Under Certain Circumstances, Can Eliminate -
  
  
  

• Lung cancer no longer just a ‘smokers’ disease’ -
  
  
  

• Ovarian cancer metastases influenced by factors in target tissues -
  
  
  

• Prostate cancer hormonal therapy tied to kidney risks -
  
  
  

• Shared decision-making uncommon for PSA tests -
  
  
  

• New hope in the fight against childhood cancer -
  
  
  

• Physicians slow to implement HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening guidelines -
  
  
  

• What do rotten eggs and colon cancer have in common? -
  
  
  

• Consuming soy peptide may reduce colon cancer metastasis -
  
  
  

• African Americans with blood cancer do not live as long as caucasians, despite equal care -
  
  
  

• New marker substance for cancer cells -
  
  
  

• Immune-boosting colorectal cancer drug shows promise -
  
  
  

• Red meat tied to worse colon cancer outcomes: study -
  
  
  

June

• Biomarker predicts risk of breast cancer recurrence after tamoxifen treatment -
  
  
  

• Observation for prostate cancer questioned in blacks -
  
  
  

• Fatty acids found in fish linked to lower risk of breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Many cancer patients expect palliative care to cure -
  
  
  

• Rural Women Less Likely to Get Radiation Therapy after Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer -
  
  
  

• UT Dallas study suggests new approach to fight lung cancer -
  
  
  

• Blood tests could detect sexually-transmitted oral cancers -
  
  
  

• New medication treats drug-resistant prostate cancer in the laboratory -
  
  
  

• NIH scientists find promising biomarker for predicting HPV-related oropharynx cancer -
  
  
  

• Osteoporosis drug stops growth of breast cancer cells, even in resistant tumors -
  
  
  

• Epigenetic factor likely plays a key role in fueling most common childhood cancer -
  
  
  

• Vegetable fats tied to less prostate cancer spread -
  
  
  

• Biomarker identification may lead to new noninvasive test for colorectal cancer detection -
  
  
  

• Komen breast cancer charity cancels walks in seven U.S. cities -
  
  
  

• Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover How and Where Breast Tumor Cells Become Dormant and What Causes Them to Become Metastatic -
  
  
  

• Mutations in susceptibility genes common in younger African American women with breast cancer -
  
  
  

• Targeted therapy boosts lung cancer outcomes -
  
  
  

• MGH-led studies shed new light on targeted lung cancer therapy -
  
  
  

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