A drug tipped for widespread use to prevent breast cancer in post-menopausal women also accelerates loss of bone density, thus potentially boosting the risk of fractures, a study published on Tuesday said.
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Anti-cancer drug for women weakens bone density
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:05pm CST
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Dogs Get Cancer Like People, and Hold Clues to Cures
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:56pm CST
Stephen Gately, of Scottsdale, Ariz., with Bob, who was diagnosed with a type of lymphoma.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Breast Cancer Drug Exemestane Causes Substantial Bone Loss
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:00pm CST
A recent study published in The Lancet Oncology shows how exemestane (Aromasin), a drug that prevents the development of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, may significantly worsen age-related bone loss. As an aromatase inhibitor, exemestane works by blocking the synthesis of estrogen, slowing down the growth of cancers that have estrogen receptors...
Topix.net - Cancer
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Health highlights: Feb. 3, 2012
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:46pm CST
After a storm of criticism, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation said Friday that it's reversed a decision to stop funding breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood affiliates.
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Body's zinc control mechanisms may be key to aggressive breast cancer treatments
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:36pm CST
The body's control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer .
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Colorado groups join to fight ovarian cancer
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:22am CST
Four Colorado nonprofits have banded together to promote the early detection of ovarian cancer and to help fight the disease.
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Best friends who met through being cancer patients take to the catwalk for charity fashion show
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:17am CST
A DIAGNOSIS of cancer can leave many feeling isolated and alone but for Katherine Bown and Cerys Murphy it has formed a solid friendship.
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Brain Tumor Eradication And Prolonged Survival
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:00am CST
Tocagen Inc. has announced the publication of data showing the company's investigational treatment for high grade glioma eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic survival benefit in mouse models of glioblastoma...
Topix.net - Cancer
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2. Many Sunscreens May Cause Cancer
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:12am CST
The Vitamin A supplements added to many major brands of sunscreen are raising questions about their safety.
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Scientists Prove Multiple DNA Repair Defect In Monocytes
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:00am CST
Scientists working with Professor Bernd Kaina of the Institute of Toxicology at the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have demonstrated for the first time that certain cells circulating in human blood - so-called monocytes - are extremely sensitive to reactive oxygen species (ROS)... -
New Hope For Patients With Deadly Brain Tumor
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:00am CST
Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM. Now, a novel investigational device - available only at clinical trial sites - is offering new hope to these patients...
Topix.net - Cancer
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St. Baldrick Foundation leads assault on childhood cancer
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 10:03pm CST
Four members of a Mundelein family had their heads shaved Saturday to raise money for research to find cures for childhood cancer.
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Iranian scientist's method protects immature cancer boys' fertility
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 5:58pm CST
An Iranian scientist managed to develop a new method to propagate human spermatogonial stem cells from small testicular biopsies to obtain adequate number of cells for successful transplantation for 18000-fold in vitro, leading to protection of the fertility of immature boys suffering from cancer.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 4:00pm CST
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry...
Topix.net - Cancer
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Duncan author presents book on working with cancer
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 1:48pm CST
"I think many people in the medical profession describe illnesses and treatments in ways that people find hard to understand.
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Let's Be Negative ... It's OK
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:44am CST
A Larkspur-Corte Madera editor Derek Wilson writes a column called "Tick Tock..Time of My Life" that chronicles his days living with Stage 4 carcinoid cancer.
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Experimental pancreatic cancer drug misses endpoint
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 5:34am CST
For nearly 30 years, Cancer Treatment Centers of American has been dedicated to finding the right combination of personalized cancer treatments for their patients.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Battling Lung Cancer With Combination Drug Therapy
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:00am CST
Combination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Van Andel Research Institute (VARI). The study, "STAT3 is Activated by JAK2 Independent of Key Oncogenic Driver Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma," was published online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE...
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:00am CST
National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging...
Topix.net - Cancer
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Be alert to these cancer symptoms
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 1:25am CST
In 2008 151 people in Central Beds were diagnosed with bowel cancer and 55 people in the county died of it in the same year.
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'Crucial month for cancer treatment'
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:20pm CST
CAMPAIGNERS see this month as crucial in their fight for all cancer services to be under one roof at the Oxford Cancer Centre.
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'It's a win-win': Cancer survivor Suzanne Somers gets cutting edge breast reconstruction
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 5:06pm CST
The 65-year-old television icon said the cutting edge procedure used fat cells from her stomach to improve her famous bust line, which was left lopsided after cancer treatment.
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Silver helps slay cancer cells: Scientists
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:56pm CST
In an article that appears on newscientist.com, they say silver packs as much of a punch against cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug, and could reduce the negative side effects that accompany such treatment.
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Early data show kidney cancer response to Exelixis' 'cabo'
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 8:46am CST
's experimental cancer drug cabozantinib showed promise in patients with a form of metastatic kidney cancer, according to a preliminary report from an early-stage trial.
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Woman Trying to Handle Alopecia With Grace
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 4:32am CST
But the Lakeland resident hopes she'll someday have the chance to buy a Barbie doll that has no hair.
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Can immune cells from healthy people pulverize cancer?
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:18am CST
This treatment can kill cancer cells without destroying neighbouring cells. The hope is to eradicate cancer for ever.
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New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'Updated 1:05am Saturday 4th February ...
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:18pm CST
The UK ranks 16th out of 27 countries in the European Union for the predicted rise in cases, according to the data from the World Cancer Research Fund issued to publicise World Cancer Day on Saturday.
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Komen breast cancer fund reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:18pm CST
Still image taken from video shows Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker making an address that was first aired on the organization's website on Wednesday.
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Girl Cuts Cancer Mum's Hair In Emotional Clip
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:58pm CST
A video posted online of a young girl cutting her mother's hair to help her understand the trauma of breast cancer treatment has attracted thousands of viewers.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Partial Mastectomies Often Result In Further Surgeries
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00pm CST
According to an investigation in the February 1 issue of JAMA, surgery to remove additional tissue (reexcision) is required in almost 1 in 4 women who undergo a partial mastectomy for breast cancer treatment. In addition, there is considerable surgeon and institutional difference in the rate of reexcisions that have nothing to do with patients' characteristics. In the U.S...
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Six-Organ Transplant Girl Goes Home Today
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:00pm CST
After 100 days in hospital and undergoing a complicated 6-organ transplant, 9-year-old Alannah Shevenell, from Maine, leaves Boston Children's Hospital today and goes home. Alannah has been treated for a rare form of cancer; an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor continued to grow after all possible treatments failed, and was compromising her internal organs. A team of surgeons, led by Dr...
Topix.net - Cancer
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Burnley prostate cancer patient appeals for change to NICE proposal
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:54am CST
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has decided not to recommend a life-extending treatment for patients in the final stages of prostate cancer.
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Nurses are helping to beat cancer
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:44am CST
WORKING TOGETHER ... Specialist cancer nurses at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, left to right, Helen Hunter, Sharon Bell and Gayle Adams.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Protein Structures Offer Clues To Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Treatment, Prevention
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:00am CST
Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are making discoveries about the shape and structure of biological molecules - potentially leading to new ways to treat or prevent diseases such as breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease... -
Cancer Genomics: Special Issue Published By Genome Research
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:00am CST
Genome Research publishes online and in print a special issue entitled, "Cancer Genomics," highlighting insights gained form cutting-edge genomic and epigenomic analyses of cancer...
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Device Provides A Platform For Viewing Cancer Cells And Other Macromolecules In Dynamic, Life-Sustaining Liquid Environments
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:00am CST
A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even more elusive...
Topix.net - Cancer
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After fight to Supreme Court, U.S. company agrees to lower price of thalidomide
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:35am CST
A U.S. company that sells a thalidomide-based drug into Canada has agreed to lower the price of medication.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Study Suggests Surgical Breast Biopsy Not Overused
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:00am CST
Contrary to earlier findings, surgical breast biopsies may not be as overused as previously thought, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Surgical breast biopsies are more invasive than needle biopsies, requiring an incision and the use of general anesthesia...
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Chaos In The Cell's Command Center
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:00am CST
A defective operating system is never a good thing. Like computers, our cells depend on operating systems to drive normal functions. Gene expression programs comprise the software code our cells rely on, with each cell type controlled by its own program. Corrupted programs can trigger disease... -
For Brain Cancer - A Thought-Provoking New Therapeutic Target?
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:00am CST
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common of all malignant brain tumors that originate in the brain. Patients with GBM have a poor prognosis because it is a highly aggressive form of cancer that is commonly resistant to current therapies. New therapeutic approaches are therefore much needed...
MedicineNet Cancer General
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Anemia May Boost Death Risk After Stroke
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Anemia May Boost Death Risk After Stroke
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 2:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 -
Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012
Topix.net - Cancer
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Research Highlights New Treatments, Compares Existing Therapies For Prostate Cancer
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:20pm CST
Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for prostate cancer have been released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 2-4, 2012, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, Calif.
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Share the Love and Fight Breast Cancer with Starr Hill Beer
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:11pm CST
For every Starr Hill "The Love" beer you purchase, proceeds will benefit the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation .
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NY mayor pledges up to $250K to Planned Parenthood
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:06pm CST
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged to match up to a quarter-million dollars in donations to Planned Parenthood to offset funds that were cut by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation.
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Medical Blast From Past: Radium 'Time Capsules' Found
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:06pm CST
Environmental officials in Norristown, Pa., have found a blast from the medical past -- an antique medical kit containing four capsules of radium -- dug up at a local waste station.
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NBC Slams Komen: 'Why Did It Cut Off Funds For Critical Breast Cancer Screenings?'
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:06pm CST
Since announcing that it would no longer provide funding to Planned Parenthood on Wednesday, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been subject to a vicious smear campaign by the abortion provider, a campaign which NBC News has worked to advance over the past 48 hours.
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American organization accused of cheating Chinese cancer patients
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:06pm CST
A prominent Chinese science organization has slammed an American medical institute, accusing its doctors of deceiving Chinese patients with a controversial cancer treatment.
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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Cancer Patients' Health Benefits From Physical Activity
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:00pm CST
According to an investigation published on bmj.com, cancer patients who have completed their primary cancer-related treatment, who engage in physical activity, can enhance their health. Earlier studies discovered that individuals with cancer anticipate to return to normal daily activities after completing their primary cancer-related treatment...
Topix.net - Cancer
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Cancer Society chief warns of extremes in medical care
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:51am CST
Dr. Otis Brawley, medical director of the American Cancer Society, visits cancer patient Lula Carter, 72, at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Dropping Planned Parenthood Is Not Political, Says Susan G. Komen For The Cure
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 11:00am CST
Breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, says that dropping Planned Parenthood from its granting process is not political, and says it is "dismayed and extremely disappointed" that its action has been mischaracterized. The charity says it has taken actions to make its granting process stronger and more effective, resulting in Planned Parenthood being dropped from its list of grantees...
Topix.net - Cancer
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Teen and school seek compromise over hair grown for cancer patients
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 7:36am CST
Winter won't be over for a couple more months, but already the sun is climbing a little higher in... It is admirable for J.T. Gaskins, 17, of Burton to help cancer patients, his school says, but hair must be away from his collar, ears and eyes.
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Medivation Surges on Prostate Cancer Drug: San Francisco Mover
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:27am CST
Medivation Inc. surged the most in almost three months after the development-stage drugmaker said its most-advanced product prolonged the lives of men with prostate cancer.
Medical News Today - Breast Cancer News
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Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:00am CST
A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women returned to the clinic within a year for the additional screening...
Medical News Today - Cancer/Oncology News
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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 1, 2012
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:00am CST
ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen. It was shown almost 20 years ago to be characterized by a chromosomal change that generates a fusion protein known as TLS:CHOP... -
Researchers Develop Novel Drug Delivery System
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:00am CST
Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery... -
Liquid Lasers May Better Detect Genes Linked To Cancer
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:00am CST
Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases. Their results are published in the current edition of the German journal Angewandte Chemie. This work could advance understanding of the genetic basis of diseases...
MedicineNet Cancer General
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Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2012
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2012
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 2:06:00 PM
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Gleevec Approval Widened to Include Rare Cancer
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Gleevec Approval Widened to Include Rare Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/2/2012
Topix.net - Cancer
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Local Resident Heads Fundraiser for Cancer
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:22pm CST
Debbie Costello, adviser to the Hen Hud Leos Club , says she hopes to achieve three goals with this year's Stay-Awake-A-Thon. The overnight fundraiser aims to celebrate those who have survived cancer, lend support and encouragement to those who have been diagnosed and bring success to future patients.