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Drugs before surgery help women avoid mastectomies

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 5:58pm CDT

Taking hormone-blocking pills for a few months before breast cancer surgery can shrink tumors and allow many women to have just the lump removed instead of the whole breast, a new study suggests.
Breast cancer - Cancer - Breast - Mastectomy - Health
New study renews breast cancer screening debate

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 3:18pm CDT

In a study likely to add to the debate over when and how often to screen for breast cancer, Swedish researchers said that women aged 40 to 49 who got regular mammograms were 29 percent less likely to die of the disease.

Breast cancer - Health - Mammography - Breast - Cancer
IUD may help treat endometrial cancer

Posted: September 29th, 2010, 2:33pm CDT

Intrauterine devices, long-used in contraception, may work as a treatment for women with early-stage endometrial cancer who want to preserve their fertility, according to a new study.
Cancer - Endometrial cancer - Health - Intrauterine device - Conditions and Diseases
Exercise could cut endometrial cancer risk

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 6:44pm CDT

Women who regularly work up a sweat exercising have a 30 percent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study says.
Cancer - Health - Endometrial cancer - Conditions and Diseases - Gynecologic
$93,000 cancer drug renews debate on price of life

Posted: September 27th, 2010, 7:47am CDT

Cancer patients, brace yourselves. Many new drug treatments cost nearly $100,000 a year, sparking fresh debate about how much a few months more of life is worth.

Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - United States - Chemotherapy
Most breast cancer survivors find sex difficult

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 2:25pm CDT

For some women who've had breast cancer, life after treatment can be just as challenging as life was during treatment. A new study illuminates one of the key reasons for many: 70 percent of women who had breast cancer said they also had problems in the bedroom.
Breast cancer - Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Breast
Mammograms offer limited help

Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 9:35am CDT

Mammograms don't help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests.
Breast cancer - Mammography - History - Arts and Entertainment - United States
Less invasive surgery OK for breast cancer

Posted: September 20th, 2010, 6:09pm CDT

Some breast cancer patients may do just as well with a less invasive surgery to remove selected lymph nodes rather than the aggressive operation normally used to remove them all, a new study says.
Cancer - Breast cancer - Surgery - Breast - Lymph node
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Posted: September 20th, 2010, 6:09pm CDT
Gene studies zero in on breast, ovarian cancer risk

Posted: September 19th, 2010, 12:46pm CDT

Scientists have found a region of DNA that can increase or decrease the high chance of breast cancer linked to a particular gene variant — a finding that could help doctors keep a closer eye on women most at risk.

Breast cancer - Cancer - Gene - Ovarian cancer - Health
New drug effective against aggressive thyroid cancer

Posted: September 17th, 2010, 6:13pm CDT

A newly developed drug shows promise in treating the most aggressive form of thyroid cancer, a new study suggests. Pazopanib shrunk tumors in nearly half of the patients in the trial.
Cancer - Thyroid - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Endocrine
Osteoporosis drugs may raise esophageal cancer risk

Posted: September 17th, 2010, 12:43pm CDT

Researchers say new findings shouldn't affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other studies have been divided over whether the risk is real.

Osteoporosis - Cancer - Bisphosphonate - Health - Conditions and Diseases
The 10 deadliest cancers and why there's no cure

Posted: September 10th, 2010, 2:58pm CDT

Cancer is the No. 2 cause of death in Americans, second only to heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even when diagnosed early and attacked with the latest treatments, it still has the power to kill.

Cancer - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Heart disease - United States
Two gene mutations mark deadly ovarian cancer

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 4:01pm CDT

Researchers have identified two new genetic mutations that cause a significant number of the hardest-to-treat kinds of ovarian cancer, and say they point to a new "on-off" switch for tumors.
Ovarian cancer - Cancer - Mutation - Gene - Health
Magic mushrooms may ease anxiety of cancer

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 3:08pm CDT

The hallucinogen psilocybin — known by the street name magic mushrooms — may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Cancer - Psilocybin mushroom - Psilocybin - Anxiety - Health
Osteoporosis drugs may raise throat cancer risk

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:02pm CDT

Researchers say new findings shouldn't affect patients taking bisphosphonates, but said the medicines should be watched closely. Other studies have been divided over whether the risk is real.

Osteoporosis - Cancer - Bisphosphonate - Health - Conditions and Diseases
Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:11pm CDT

The popular diabetes drug Metformin could stave off lung cancer in smokers and deserves further study, a new study finds.
Cancer - Lung cancer - Health - Lung - Diabetes mellitus