2013

January

• Researchers identify genetic mutation for rare cancer -

• Change in PSA levels over time can help predict aggressive prostate cancer -

• Fox Chase Researchers Discover Novel Role of the NEDD9 Gene in Early Stages of Breast Cancer -

• Research Shows Connection Between Tubal Ligation, Cervical Cancer -

• Liver controls wasting in cancer -

• American Cancer Society recommends informed decision making in lung cancer screening -

• UGA discovery promises to improve drugs used to fight cancer, other diseases -

• Multiple sclerosis drug may one day treat colorectal cancer -

• Genetic form of anemia offers new avenue to treating drug-resistant tumors -

• Johns Hopkins scientists use Pap test fluid to detect ovarian, endometrial cancers -

• Spin and bias in published studies of breast cancer trials -

• Two-Drug Combination May Slow Deadly Thyroid Cancer -

• Among Breast Cancer Screens, Pricey Isn’t Always Better -

• High Cost of Breast Cancer Screenings -

• Brief Class on Easy-to-Miss Precancerous Polyps Ups Detection, Mayo Study Shows -

• Diet tips for preventing cervical cancer -

• Experts warn of coming epidemic of head and neck tumors caused by sexually-transmitted HPV infections and obesity -

• Centralization to fewer surgeons results in better survival after esophageal cancer surgery -

• Ovarian cancer stem cell study puts targeted therapies within reach -

• What’s Going On With Cervical Cancer Screening in US? -

• How prostate cancer therapies compare by cost and effectiveness -

• Racial gaps in access to robotic prostate surgery -

• PET/CT Shows Clear Advantages over Conventional Staging for Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer -

• Common data determinants of recurrent cancer are broken, mislead researchers -

• Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment -

• Paired CT scans catch chemo-killing of liver tumors in real time -

2012

December

• The factor that could influence future breast cancer treatment -

• Tumor boards linked to little association with effects on cancer care -

• No fewer side effects for prostate proton therapy -

• Study links milk-producing protein to aggressive breast cancer -

• Immune system changes may drive aggressiveness of recurrent tumors -

• Drug shortage linked to greater risk of relapse in young Hodgkin lymphoma patients -

• Some cancer docs say their income tied to treatments -

• 3 new genetic links to colorectal cancer -

• Understanding cell organization to tackle cancer -

• Cancer in Older Parents May Up Risk in Kids -

• Study probes why and how patients with lung cancer initially get diagnosed with the disease -

• Thomas Jefferson University researchers discover new pathways that drive metastatic prostate cancer -

• miR-205 can be responsible for breast cancer -

• 9/11 cancer study won’t settle debate over risks -

• Mayo Clinic researchers identify enzyme linked to prostate cancer -

• Immediate health risk must be weighed against radiation-induced cancer risk -

• Inherited colon cancer risk tied to certain foods -

• Many have ovary surgery even with negative gene test -

• Changes in progenitor cell population in breast may be overlooked factor in breast cancer -

• New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosis -

• New technique could make cell-based immune therapies for cancer safer and more effective -

• Genes Are Not The Only Drivers Of Colon Cancer -

• Roche wins EU nod for breast cancer drug Perjeta -

• New technique for minimally invasive robotic kidney cancer surgery -

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