Professor Karol Sikora said people from wealthier areas were fast tracked for treatment because they pushed for it harder Cancer patients living in richer areas are significantly more likely to survive, ...
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Cancer lottery: Why the odds are still stacked against the poor
Posted: September 7th, 2008, 5:09am EDT
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Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study
Posted: September 7th, 2008, 12:53am EDT
Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than women who have only a mammogram, U.S. researchers ...
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Robert Novak column describes brain cancer treatment
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:23pm EDT
Conservative political commentator Robert Novak says he's lost partial vision and undergone a lengthy surgery to remove a tumor since being diagnosed with brain cancer.
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Biogen to test Tysabri as a cancer treatment
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:48pm EDT
Biogen Idec has begun testing the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri as a treatment for blood cancer.
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Treatment of cancer gets boost with a failed drug
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 11:29am EDT
Unsatisfying drug for anxiety reveals scientists a promising novel anti-cancer drug target opening a new door for cancer treatment.
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Parsing the genome of a deadly brain tumor
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 7:06am EDT
The most comprehensive to-date genomic analysis of a cancer - the deadly brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme - shows previously unrecognized changes in genes and provides an overall view of the missteps in the ...
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African-Americans have unique lung cancer risks
Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:53am EDT
Scientists at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a risk prediction assessment for lung cancer specifically for African Americans that suggests a greater risk from chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Discovery Challenges Fundamental Tenet Of Cancer Biology
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 10:29pm EDT
The discovery that these rearranged products exist in normal as well as cancerous cells potentially complicates the diagnosis of some cancers and raises the possibility that anti-cancer drugs like Gleevec could ...
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Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 6:09pm EDT
The drug sorafenib may help "re-sensitize" certain breast cancer tumors to anti-hormonal drugs, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say.
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Health Tip: Getting Ready for Cancer Treatment
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 1:50pm EDT
Treatment for cancer takes an emotional and physical toll on your body. But you can take steps to prepare for the treatment that will help make the process easier.
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Networks join forces for special on cancer
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 9:40am EDT
Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams have something in common besides their jobs: Each has lost loved ones to cancer -- which gives them something in common with almost everybody.
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Battle Against Cancer Being Fought in Topeka
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 5:29am EDT
The future of cancer treatment could lie among rows of files tucked in a room labelled "Research" at the Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center.
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Breast cancer support group to hold summit
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 1:16am EDT
A local breast cancer advocacy group will hold a Sept. 16 summit in Wausau to help identify survivors' needs.
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Antisoma Starts Phase II Trial of AS1411 in Renal Cancer
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 9:01pm EDT
Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc today announced that it has started a phase II study of AS1411 in metastatic renal cell carcinoma .
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PET Scans Yield Valuable Information In Treatment Of Colorectal Cancer
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 4:48pm EDT
Main Category: MRI / PET / Ultrasound Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics An article published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine finds that over 50% of colorectal cancer ...
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Cancer Trials Struggle For Patients, Funds
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 12:17pm EDT
The medical community in places such as Boston is busy working on hundreds of clinical trials -- each one holding the promise of changing the future of cancer treatment.
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High Court Battle For Cancer Drugs
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 7:57am EDT
A cancer sufferer with two months to live is in a High Court battle to get drugs that could extend his life by three years.
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Racial disparities seen in U.S. breast cancer care
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:35am EDT
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are less likely to give black women radiation therapy after surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer than white women, researchers said on Wednesday, adding to evidence of racial disparities in U.S. medicine.
The 37,305 women 65 and older examined in the study had undergone a procedure called a lumpectomy in which doctors removed just the tumor and spared the breast, a procedure less radical than a mastectomy, which removes the entire breast.
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Research shows many women not adhering to breast cancer therapy
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 11:09pm EDT
Advancements in breast cancer treatments mean more Canadian women are surviving breast cancer than ever before.
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Network TV's anchor trio join the cancer fight
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 6:42pm EDT
Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams have something in common besides their jobs: Each has lost loved ones to cancer _ which gives them something in common with nearly everybody.
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Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: Study
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 2:15pm EDT
Contrary to previous study results, the cancer prevention drug anastrozole does not appear to cause impairment of cognitive performance, a new study found.
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Harsh Prostate Cancer Fixes Can Mean Waiting
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 9:54am EDT
When most patients hear they have cancer, the first question they ask their doctor is, "What are we going to do?" Increasingly with prostate cancer, the answer is, "Nothing," Boston television station WCVB ...
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Height Linked to Risk of Prostate Cancer Development and Progression
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 4:14am EDT
A man's height is a modest marker for risk of prostate cancer development, but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say British researchers who conducted their own study on the connection and ...
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FDA refuses Introgen application; stock in freefall
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 11:12pm EDT
Introgen Therapeutics Inc. 's stock plummeted Tuesday after the company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has refused to accept its application to begin marketing its flagship cancer drug.
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Activity Helps Breast Cancer Patients Survive
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:19pm EDT
Women who stay active after being diagnosed with breast cancer -- and even those who take up exercise for the first time after diagnosis -- have a better chance of surviving the disease, a new study shows.
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Breast cancer treatment needn't be harmful to fetus
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 9:21am EDT
Dina Gillis knew the news was bad this April when the chatty ultrasound technician rolled the wand over the lump in her breast, looked at the screen, then clammed up.
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TGen and Washington University researchers discover new approach to treating endometrial cancer
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 1:41am EDT
Sept. 1, 2008 - Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute today announced a new approach to treating endometrial cancer patients that not only stops the growth of tumors, but kills the cancer ...
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Play Your Part in the Fight Against Breast Cancer
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 7:32pm EDT
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 9:46 am Press Release: NZ Breast Cancer Foundation Media Release 1st September 2008 The Pink Army Needs YOU! Breast Cancer Awareness Month is less than a month away and The New ...
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Goddard talks about cancer treatment
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 11:06am EDT
TV presenter Trisha Goddard has spoken about the treatment she is receiving for breast cancer while she continues to present her Channel 5 show.
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Growth Factor Predicts Poor Outcome In Breast Cancer
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 6:40am EDT
The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less likely to respond to treatment, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that ...