07.31.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:40 pm by Yahoo! Health: Breast Cancer News
MRIs caught more breast cancers in women at high risk for the disease than either mammography or ultrasound, according to a new study that compared the three screening methods.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
A new US study based on laboratory mice suggests that drinking low to moderate amounts of caffeine and exercising regularly protects the skin from damaging ultraviolet rays known to cause skin cancer. The caffeine and exercise appear to work together to kill off precancerous skin cells whose DNA has been damaged by ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. The discovery is yet to be tested in humans. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Health Minister George Abbott opened newly renovated areas of the BC Cancer Agency's Fraser Valley Centre, where approximately 12.5 million dollars in funding has provided new radiation therapy equipment and increased chemotherapy capacity to improve patient care. "Patients in the Fraser Valley area will benefit from better access to cancer care services and modernized equipment through expansion and redevelopment of the Fraser Valley Centre in Surrey," said Abbott. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Surgeons who perform the highest number of prostatectomies -- prostate removal to help stop cancer -- tend to have the best patient outcomes, a new study confirms. In fact, it takes at least 250 operations before a surgeon becomes proficient in the procedure, researchers found. With more experience, the odds that the patient's cancer will come back declines, according to the report in the July 24 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in preventing skin cancer cells from dividing and multiplying. Writing in the July 20 issue of Molecular Cell, a team at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, reported that the protein IKKa prevented a vital "checkpoint" gene from shutting down and allowing cancer cells to spread. The protein often is absent or only found at lower levels in a type of skin cancer cell. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
The BC Cancer Agency, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, is launching a new pilot study, the first of its kind in Canada, to test the value of online emotional support in improving the quality of life of young women with breast cancer. In the study, Moving Forward After Breast Cancer, eligible young women with breast cancer will be randomized to join one of two trial groups. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Despite concerns over cardiovascular side effects, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel last Tuesday recommended the osteoporosis drug Evista (raloxifene) for use in preventing breast cancer in certain high-risk groups of older women. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.(R) (NBCF) has launched an innovative new Web site, http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org, that inspires and educates, with the best online social network community available today for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families and friends. [click link for full article]
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07.30.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
One potent, immune-based treatment for cancer is total body irradiation (TBI). This approach first depletes the body of the population of immune cells known as lymphocytes and then involves the adoptive transfer of tumor-specific T cells to the patient. Lymphodepletion has previously been shown to improve the ability of tumor-specific T cells to cause tumor regression. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Caryn Lerman, PhD, Deputy Director, of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 22nd Annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health.The award will be presented to Lerman for her work on pharmacogenetic approaches to nicotine dependence treatment at the annual convention of the American College of Chest Physicians on October 21st, 2007, in Chicago.Dr. Lerman is the Mary W. [click link for full article]
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