2013

April

• African Americans experience longer delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment -

• Study: Hormone therapy increases breast cancer risk, mortality -

March

• HPV improves survival for African-Americans with throat cancer -

• New metabolite-based diagnostic test could help detect pancreatic cancer early -

• Author of new breast cancer study comments on its findings of increased risk -

• 5 genetic variations increase risk of ovarian cancer -

• York scientists discover driving force behind prostate cancer -

• Cancer care may be closer than you think -

• Study finds no constipation, colon cancer link -

• New imaging agent enables better cancer detection, more accurate staging -

• Moffitt Cancer Center researchers study use of dasatinib for patients with high-risk MDS -

• Genes identify breast cancer risk and may aid prevention -

• Mammograms Every Other Year Fine For Women Over 50 -

• Digital rectal exam remains important part of prostate screening -

• How some prostate tumors resist treatment - and how it might be fixed -

• More parents say they won’t vaccinate daughters against HPV, researchers find -

• Japanese P2 study shows potential of combined vaccine and steroid drug in castration-resistant PCa -

• New cancer diagnostic technique debuts -

• Lymphoseek Approved in US for Breast Cancer, Melanoma -

• Breast cancer radiation adds heart risk -

• One in four colonoscopies in Medicare patients found to be potentially inappropriate -

• Bitter melon juice prevents pancreatic cancer in mouse models -

• PTSD Commonly Follows Breast Cancer Diagnosis -

• Take-home test boosts colorectal cancer screening -

• Late-stage breast cancer survival ‘lower in UK’ -

February

• Trackable drug-filled nanoparticles - a potential weapon against cancer -

• Breast cancer among young women increasing -

• More younger women being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer -

• Screening might avert many lung cancer deaths: study -

• Protein balance key in preventing cancer -

• New cancer ‘vaccine’ shows future promise in treating and preventing metastatic cancers -

• Advanced breast cancer inching up in young women -

• Cancer drugs proving worth earlier in testing -

• Virus shows promise as prostate cancer treatment -

• Breast Cancer Patients’ Fear of Developing Lymphedema Far Exceeds Risk -

• OMEGA-3s Inhibit Breast Cancer Tumour Growth, U of G Study Finds -

• Racial gaps in access to robotic prostate surgery -

• Breast cancer risk prediction model for African American women underestimates risk -

• Researchers discover breakthrough in ovarian cancer -

• The role of radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer -

• Copper depletion therapy keeps high-risk triple-negative breast cancer at bay -

• Tube versus IV feeding in malnourished pediatric cancer patients -

• Researchers discover biological diversity in triple-negative breast cancer -

• Study Points to Shorter Treatments for Prostate Cancer -

• Study questions kidney cancer treatment in elderly -

• Research efforts need to focus more on breast cancer prevention, government experts say -

• Lung cancer ‘overtaking breast cancer in European women’ -

• Molecular master switch for pancreatic cancer identified, potential predictor of treatment outcome -

• 1-2 punch strategy against bacteria and cancer -

• Tumor blood vessels prevent the spread of cancer cells -

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