Study Quantifies Racial Disparities in Cancer Mortality Rates • Cancer news • Mar 23 09 African Americans have a shorter life expectancy than whites, and cancer plays a major role in this disparity. African Americans are more prone to get cancer; they tend to… Study quantifies racial disparities in cancer mortality rates between blacks and whites • Cancer news • Mar 20 09 African Americans have a shorter life expectancy than whites, and cancer plays a major role in this disparity. African Americans are more prone to get… Castrate resistant prostate cancer: New therapeutic approaches • Prostate Cancer news • Mar 20 09 Today Dr. Martin Gleave of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in Canada gave a lecture about new approaches to treat castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRCP) during the 24th Annual Congress of the… Lung Cancer Experts Address Smoking Dangers on Kick Butts Day • Lung Cancer news • Mar 19 09 Children and teens across the nation will rally against the tobacco industry on Wednesday, March 25th during the 14th annual Kick Butts Day, sponsored by the Campaign… Research Shows Biopsy of Recurrent Breast Cancer Can Alter Treatment • Breast Cancer news • Mar 19 09 For women with recurrent breast cancer, the treatment the doctor chooses is usually based on the properties of their original breast cancer. A group from Toronto has… Researchers Identify Genetic Markers for Aggressive Head and Neck Cancer • Head and Neck Cancer News • Mar 18 09 Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified genetic markers that signal poor outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer. These findings… U.S. Trial Shows No Early Mortality Benefit from Annual Prostate Cancer Screening • Prostate Cancer news • Mar 18 09 The prostate cancer screening tests that have become an annual ritual for many men don’t appear to reduce deaths from the disease among those with… Study shows benefit of finding second tumor early • Breast Cancer news • Mar 18 09 Early detection of a woman’s second breast cancer can cut her risk of premature death in half, researchers said on Wednesday. While it makes sense that detecting a… Early detection of second breast cancers halves women’s risk of death • Breast Cancer news • Mar 18 09 A group of international researchers has found the first reliable evidence that early detection of subsequent breast tumours in women who have already had the disease… Pancreas cancer surgery outcome worse with obesity • Pancreatic Cancer news • Mar 17 09 People who have undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer and are classified as obese don’t live as long as those who are not obese, according to a new report. Dr. Jason… Obese women play cancer roulette • Breast Cancer news • Mar 16 09 Obese women may be putting themselves at greater risk of breast cancer by not undergoing regular screening. According to new research by Dr. Nisa Maruthur and her team from The John Hopkins… Acrylamide not linked to endometrial cancer • Endometrial Cancer News • Mar 16 09 Seven years ago, alarms were sounded that acrylamide, a compound found in foods heated at high temperatures, could cause cancer. However, studies have not uncovered links to colon cancer or breast… Mushrooms, green tea may lower breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Mar 16 09 Women who get plenty of mushrooms and green tea in their diets may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer, new study findings suggest. The study, of more… Effect of Selenium and Vitamin E on Risk of Prostate Cancer and Other Cancers • Prostate Cancer news • Mar 16 09 In the January 7, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Scott Lippman and associates presented the results of… Selected Men with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Have Good Clinical Outcomes without Immediate Treatment • Prostate Cancer news • Mar 16 09 A multi-center study of prostate cancer patients appearing in today’s Journal of Urology recommends that for some men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, opting… Racial disparity in breast cancer explained • Breast Cancer news • Mar 12 09 High blood pressure accounts for some of the disproportionately higher mortality rates among African American women with breast cancer compared with their Caucasian counterparts, according to an article in the International… Genetic Differences Help Protect Against Cervical Cancer • Cervical Cancer news • Mar 12 09 Women with certain gene variations appear to be protected against cervical cancer, according to a study led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and reported… New Investigational Treatment for Bladder Cancer, Identified with New Research Model • Bladder cancer news • Mar 12 09 A team of researchers, led by Columbia University Medical Center faculty, has identified a new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer. The discovery… Cell Path Overdrive Prevents Cancer Response to Diet Restriction • Cancer news • Mar 12 09 Whitehead Institute researchers have pinpointed a cellular pathway that determines whether cancerous tumors respond to dietary restriction during their development. Studying human cancer cell lines in mice, researchers… Systematic estimation of breast cancer risk appears justified in postmenopausal women • Breast Cancer news • Mar 11 09 Screening for breast cancer risk in all postmenopausal women, using a combination of risk factors and breast density, can identify women at high risk of disease,… Age differences seen in rectal cancer treatment • Colon & Colorectal Cancer news • Mar 11 09 Rectal cancer patients 75 and older are less likely to undergo radiation before undergoing surgery than are younger people with the disease, new research from Sweden shows. The analysis of… Study Shows Best Methods for Assessing Women’s Breast Cancer Risk • Breast Cancer news • Mar 11 09 Using a combination of risk factors, including breast density, provides the most accurate method to date for postmenopausal women to determine if they are at risk for… Folic Acid Supplements Linked To Higher Risk Of Prostate Cancer • Prostate Cancer news • Mar 11 09 A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had… Molecular Breast Imaging: A Better Way to Spot Tumors in Dense Tissue • Breast Cancer news • Mar 10 09 Molecular breast imaging (MBI), a new screening method for breast cancer, identifies tumors in dense tissue that often aren’t visible with mammography. In the March… Tips to Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer; New Combined Colonoscopy Procedure Avoids Major Surgery • Colon & Colorectal Cancer news • Mar 10 09 Patient Dennis Smith, age 60, is very lucky. 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