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Pill as good as chemo against lung cancer

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:09pm EST

Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead.
Sacs released by tumors may help defeat cancer

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 5:35pm EST

Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said.
Family history can trump cancer test

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 11:53am EST

If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows.
Family history can trump breast cancer test

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 11:53am EST

If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows.
Vitamins C and E fail to prevent cancer

Posted: November 16th, 2008, 1:56pm EST

Men who took vitamin C or E supplements were no more or less likely to develop cancer than those given a placebo, indicating the antioxidants don't prevent the disease, researchers said.
Genetic clues may explain why tumors spread

Posted: November 13th, 2008, 6:42pm EST

A small fragment of genetic material may mean the difference between an easily treated local tumor and an aggressive cancer that spreads throughout the body, researchers said.
HPV vaccine can prevent genital warts in men

Posted: November 13th, 2008, 1:28pm EST

For the first time, an expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women has proven successful at preventing a disease in men, according to a new study.
Four drug combination helps fight lung cancer

Posted: November 13th, 2008, 1:03pm EST

Combining two chemotherapy drugs with two targeted therapies was safe and appeared to help patients with advanced lung cancer live longer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Key 'switch' found for breast cancer drug

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 1:23pm EST

Scientists have pinpointed the molecular on-off switch that the powerful drug tamoxifen uses to attack breast cancer and which prevents it from working in some women.
Migraines cut breast cancer risk 30 percent

Posted: November 6th, 2008, 11:07am EST

In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Genome of cancer patient decoded for first time

Posted: November 5th, 2008, 5:44pm EST

Scientists for the first time have decoded the entire genome of a cancer patient, identifying a series of genes never before linked to a type of white blood cell cancer.
Vitamin B supplements no help against cancer

Posted: November 5th, 2008, 8:42am EST

Vitamin B supplements do not appear to protect against cancer as some previous research had suggested, according to a U.S. study published on Tuesday.
HPV linked to 25,000 cancers in 5 years

Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 12:57pm EST

HPV caused 25,000 cases of cancer in the U.S. between 1998 and 2003, including not only cervical cancer but also anal and mouth cancers, the CDC reported on Monday.
Two lung cancer genes identified

Posted: November 2nd, 2008, 3:01pm EST

An international research team has identified two genetic variations that appear to increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer by up to 60 percent.
Hot flushes linked to breast cancer drug success

Posted: October 30th, 2008, 11:16am EDT

Hot flushes, night sweats or painful joints may be good news for women taking hormone-based drugs for breast cancer — it may mean their tumors are less likely to return, researchers said on Thursday.
Daring to date again, despite cancer

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 9:41am EDT

Finding love is tough enough, never mind at age 33 with incurable breast cancer.
Study: Supplements useless for prostate cancer

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 9:45am EDT

The government is stopping part of a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer — because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk.
Scientists develop cancer-fighting tomato

Posted: October 26th, 2008, 4:21pm EDT

A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped prevent cancer in mice, British researchers said on Sunday.
The best cancer-fighting foods

Posted: October 24th, 2008, 5:40pm EDT

A doctor with a malignant tumor sets out to find his cure. And comes back with dinner.
Mutant gene found in prostate cancer samples

Posted: October 24th, 2008, 5:17pm EDT

A mutated gene previously linked to breast cancer has been found in 70 percent of prostate tumors as well, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
Scientists find 26 genes promoting lung cancer

Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 1:05pm EDT

In the largest effort of its kind, scientists have identified 26 genes that, when damaged, appear to promote lung cancer.
The politics behind the pink ribbon

Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 8:43am EDT

Even as the economy implodes and the nation prepares for a historic election, the U.S. is flooded with the pink ribbons of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But behind the pink is politics.
One woman's race for her life

Posted: October 19th, 2008, 12:42pm EDT

She wasn't always been a runner. Cancer turned her into one.
Many still avoiding annual mammograms

Posted: October 15th, 2008, 5:48pm EDT

A new report from the American Cancer Society show that mammography rates appear to be stabilizing or slightly declining after increasing for more than a decade. What's the reason?
Firm says test judges risk for breast cancer

Posted: October 8th, 2008, 9:45am EDT

A biotech company today will begin offering the first genetic test to assess a woman's risk for the most common forms of breast cancer, reigniting debate about the growing number of unregulated genetic tests.
After breast cancer, weight stakes are higher

Posted: October 8th, 2008, 8:35am EDT

It’s common knowledge that keeping fit and maintaining an optimal weight are great ways to achieve overall health. But for breast-cancer survivors, the stakes are much higher.
Colon cancer tests can stop at 75, officials say

Posted: October 6th, 2008, 5:15pm EDT

Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology.
Computers help docs see breast cancer on X-ray

Posted: October 1st, 2008, 5:00pm EDT

A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
Is my cancer upsetting you?

Posted: October 1st, 2008, 9:00am EDT

When Alicia Staley, a 37-year-old systems analyst from Boston got the news that she had cancer, she knew she was in for an emotional rollercoaster. But she assumed she’d be the one riding it, not her friends.
Hoda Kotb: Life is better after cancer

Posted: October 1st, 2008, 7:27am EDT

"Cancer survivors are blessed with two lives," TODAY anchor and breast cancer survivor Hoda Kotb writes in a personal essay. "There is your life before cancer, and your life after. I am here to tell you your second life is going to be so much better than the first."