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New Technology Can Detect Breast Cancer's Fingerprint In A Droplet Of Blood
Apr 10, 2012
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. The earlier cancer is detected, the better the chance of successful treatment and long-term survival. However, early cancer diagnosis is still challenging as testing by mammography remains cumbersome, costly, and in many cases, cancer can only be detected at an advanced stage. A team based in the Dept... Read More
Diagnostic And Invasive Procedures Common In Women With Breast-Conserving Surgery
Apr 10, 2012
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have high rates of diagnostic and invasive breast procedures after treatment with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... Read More
False-Positive Mammography Results And Breast Cancer Risk
Apr 10, 2012
False-positive mammograms could be an indicator of underlying pathology that could result in breast cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... Read More
Dental X Rays Tied To Brain Tumors
Apr 10, 2012
The largest study of its kind finds that a history of frequent dental x-rays, particularly at a young age, is tied to an increased risk of developing meningioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor in the United States... Read More
Lung Cancer Drug Requires Monitoring Of Testosterone Levels
Apr 10, 2012
Men experience a marked drop in their testosterone levels when taking a targeted therapy to control a specific type of lung cancer. That's according to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the April issue of Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society... Read More
Injectable Contraceptives May Increase Breast Cancer Risk In Younger Women
Apr 10, 2012
The first large-scale U.S.-based study to evaluate the link between an injectable form of progestin-only birth control and breast cancer risk in young women has found that recent use of a year or more doubles the risk. The results of the study, led by breast cancer epidemiologist Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D... Read More
Stem Cell Arsenic Exposure Raises Cancer Risk
Apr 09, 2012
A study published online in Environmental Health Perspectives reports that researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered how normal stem cells can turn into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth through exposure to arsenic. Evidence of earlier studies shows that the drinking water of millions of people worldwide is affected by inorganic arsenic, which is a human carcinogen... Read More
Cruciferous Vegetables Help Improve Breast Cancer Survival
Apr 09, 2012
Chinese women who ate plenty of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower - cruciferous vegetables - were found to have better breast cancer survival rates compared to other breast cancer patients, researchers explained at the AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) Annual Meeting 2012, Chicago, USA. Sarah J. Nechuta, M.P.H., Ph.D... Read More
Vaccine Yielded Encouraging Long-Term Survival Rates In Certain Patients With NSCLC
Apr 09, 2012
Long-term follow-up of a phase II clinical trial showed encouraging survival in some patients with stage 3B/4 non-small cell lung cancer treated with belagenpumatucel-L, a therapeutic vaccine. The findings were presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012. "This is a novel immunotherapy that appears to show unusually long survival in some patients," said Lyudmila Bazhenova, M.D... Read More
A Viable Way For Colorectal Cancer Patients To Overcome Drug Resistance
Apr 09, 2012
When combined with other treatments, the drug cetuximab - which works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells - has been shown to extend survival in certain types of cancer, including metastatic colorectal cancers. Unfortunately, about 40 percent of colorectal cancer patients - specifically those who carry a mutated form of a gene called KRAS - do not respond to the drug... Read More
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