U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline, National Report Finds • Cancer news • Mar 29 12 A report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between… In cancer science, many “discoveries” don’t hold up • Cancer news • Mar 28 12 A former researcher at Amgen Inc has found that many basic studies on cancer - a high proportion of them from university labs - are unreliable, with grim consequences… IMRT reduces risk of side effects in breast cancer patients • Breast Cancer news • Mar 28 12 Breast cancer patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) instead of standard whole breast irradiation (WBI) have a lower incidence of acute or chronic toxicities, according… Genetic abnormality offers diagnostic hope for children’s cancer • Head and Neck Cancer News • Mar 28 12 A chromosomal abnormality in children with a deadly form of brain cancer is linked with a poorer chance of survival, clinician scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered.… Cervical disease sufferers could benefit from HPV vaccine • Cervical Cancer news • Mar 28 12 Women who are diagnosed with pre-cancerous cervical conditions after receiving the HPV vaccine can still benefit from a considerably reduced risk of reoccurring disease, a study published today on… New App Available in the Fight Against Colon Cancer • Colon & Colorectal Cancer news • Mar 27 12 No one wants to hear the words, “you have colon cancer.” For patients diagnosed with an advanced form of the disease, these words can be particularly devastating. The… New Test Found for Effectiveness of Baking Soda as Breast Cancer Therapy • Breast Cancer news • Mar 27 12 A University of Arizona study that looks to improve the way doctors can measure the effectiveness of drinking baking soda to fight breast cancer has… AMP Optimistic in Suit to invalidate Patents on Breast Cancer Genes • Breast Cancer news • Mar 27 12 Bethesda, MD, March 27, 2012: Now that the Supreme Court has remanded Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al. (AMP v.… Poor colonoscopy prep hides pre-cancerous polyps • Colon & Colorectal Cancer news • Mar 27 12 What happens on the day before a colonoscopy may be just as important as the colon-screening test itself. Gastroenterologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that… Many young cancer patients don’t discuss fertility • Cancer news • Mar 26 12 Young women with cancer often aren’t counseled about the risk of losing their fertility due to treatment or their options for saving their eggs, a new study from California suggests.… Protein found to regulate spread of pancreatic cancer cells • Pancreatic Cancer news • Mar 26 12 Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have identified a new protein that makes pancreatic cancer cells less ‘sticky’ and therefore less able to attach to and invade… UT MD Anderson Patient: Colorectal Cancer Not Just For Those 50 and Older • Colon & Colorectal Cancer news • Mar 24 12 When Dessa Ledet repeatedly experienced pain on the right of her body, she never dreamed she would hear the words “you have cancer” when… Overweight and obese women at greater risk of breast cancer recurrence • Breast Cancer news • Mar 23 12 Women who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence or related death than are leaner… Ultrasound-guided surgery is best way to remove breast tumours • Breast Cancer news • Mar 23 12 The use of ultrasound-guided surgery to remove tumours from women who have palpable breast cancer is much more successful than standard surgery in excising all the cancerous tissue… Understanding individual genetic variation can help predict chemotherapy side effects • Breast Cancer news • Mar 23 12 The largest study ever on the effect of genetic variability on the toxicity of chemotherapy in breast cancer shows that it is possible to predict which patients… DNA marker predicts platinum drug response in breast, ovarian cancer • Breast Cancer news • Mar 22 12 Scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues have found a genetic marker that predicts which aggressive “triple negative” breast cancers and… Scientists identify new mechanism of prostate cancer cell metabolism • Prostate Cancer news • Mar 22 12 Cancer cell metabolism may present a new target for therapy as scientists have uncovered a possible gene that leads to greater growth of prostate cancer cells. Study results… Liver cancer patients less likely to die on wait list than candidates without carcinomas • Liver Cancer news • Mar 22 12 New research shows increasing disparity in mortality among candidates with and without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are on the waiting list for liver… Non-invasive imaging can detect mutations within a brain tumor • Head and Neck Cancer News • Mar 22 12 Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute have developed a technique for detecting an “oncometabolite”, a chemical produced by some brain tumors’ warped metabolism, via non-invasive imaging. Their approach could… Unhealthy Behaviors More Prevalent in Survivors of Multiple Cancers, Study Shows • Cancer news • Mar 22 12 A study published by University of Kentucky researchers shows that survivors of multiple cancers report unhealthier behaviors post-diagnosis than control counterparts. Published in the Annals of… New way to predict cancer returning? • Breast Cancer news • Mar 22 12 Researchers have developed a new breast cancer test “that predicts whether or not their breast cancer will return after surgery”, The Daily Telegraph has today reported. The newspaper says the test… Breast cancer study says more than 1,700 black women die unnecessarily each year • Breast Cancer news • Mar 22 12 Nearly five black women per day die needlessly from breast cancer because they don’t have information and access to proper care, according to a… Women urge support for breast cancer bill • Breast Cancer news • Mar 22 12 Breast cancer survivors asked Maine lawmakers Wednesday to help warn women who may have cancer their doctors can’t see. A bill, L.D. 1886, would require physicians to tell women if… Black women more likely to die of breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Mar 21 12 More than 1,700 black women die of breast cancer every year in the United States because of racial disparities in cancer risks and access to care, suggests a… Omega-3 fats tied to less cancer-related fatigue: study • Breast Cancer news • Mar 21 12 Breast cancer survivors who eat a healthy dose of omega-3 fats - found largely in oily fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel - may have some extra energy throughout… Page 58 of 217 pages « First < 56 57 58 59 60 > Last » << Back to main
