American Medical Women's Association Issues New Cervical Cancer Prevention Guidance
The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) today released new cervical cancer prevention guidelines, which advocate for HPV (human papillomavirus) testing as part of screening in women age 30 and older, and for HPV vaccination for all girls age 11 and 12, along with catch-up vaccinations for other girls who qualify for vaccination.
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The International Myeloma Foundation Says Recommendation For REVLIMID(R) Approval Could Benefit Patients Throughout Europe
The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) - supporting research and providing education, advocacy and support for myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians - today applauded the positive opinion from the European Union's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending approval of REVLIMID(R) (lenalidomide) for patients with myeloma.
Medicalnewstoday.com 4h and 28m ago
NSW Premier Announces $15M For Children's Cancer Research
Over the past five years CCIA has grown significantly from a staff of barely 50, nearly tripling in size, with a vision to cure childhood cancer through world class medical research. The Institute has maintained a remarkable trajectory of growth and development over the last five years and is now the largest children's cancer research facility in the country.
Medicalnewstoday.com 5h and 28m ago
Simulated populations used to probe gene mapping
Statisticians and genetic epidemiologists from Rice University and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have used computer simulations to trace genetic changes over thousands of generations in a simulated population to find out whether the tools that statistical geneticists use to pinpoint disease genes are up to the task of identifying multiple genes that cause complex diseases like cancer. The study is published this week in PLoS Genetics.
Eurekalert.org Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Study shows metabolic strategy of stressed cell
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have mapped out many of the dynamic genetic and biochemical changes that make up a cell's response to a shortage of a molecule called Coenzyme A (CoA), a key player in metabolism.
Eurekalert.org Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Growing, at-risk Hispanic population stresses need for global cancer prevention plan
Hispanics are the fastest growing minority population in the United States, and a Cincinnati medical oncologist says this trend highlights the urgent need for a national health agenda on cancer prevention and education that spans both developed and developing countries.
Eurekalert.org Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Scots' MRI scanning breakthrough 'has potential to save thousands'
A MAJOR breakthrough in scanning technology, which could save thousands of lives by allowing doctors to spot developing diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis at a much earlier stage, was announced by Scottish researchers yesterday.
Scotsman Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:05:59 GMT
What Is Bone Cancer?
Title: What Is Bone Cancer?Category: Doctor's ViewsCreated: 3/23/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/23/2007
MedicineNet Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT
Elizabeth Edwards' Breast Cancer Back
Title: Elizabeth Edwards' Breast Cancer BackCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/23/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/23/2007
MedicineNet Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT
Cell Therapeutics Inc. (CTI) Files For Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) For XYOTAX(TM) PGT307 Lung Cancer Trial In Women
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq: CTIC; MTAX: CTIC) today announced it will file today for a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the design of a phase III trial of combination therapy for women with advanced lung cancer.
Medicalnewstoday.com Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT
Childhood Leukemia Survivors at Long-Term Risk of Second Cancer
Title: Childhood Leukemia Survivors at Long-Term Risk of Second CancerCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/21/2007 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/21/2007
MedicineNet Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT
One Wwox Is Not Enough For Cancer Protection
A new study shows that the loss of even one of the two copies of a particular tumor-suppressor gene greatly increases the risk that lung cancer will develop in experimental animals.The study examined the Wwox gene, a suspected tumor-suppressor gene, and showed that even when mice have one working copy of the gene, they nonetheless develop five times more lung tumors than do mice with both copies of the gene.
Medicalnewstoday.com Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PDT
Blood Pressure Drug Shows Potential As Lung Cancer Treatment
A hormone that is important in the control of blood pressure also shrinks lung cancer tumors in mice, suggesting a new way to prevent or treat the deadly cancer, according to scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Reporting in the journal Cancer Research, the scientists said that in mice treated with the hormone, angiotensin-(1-7), tumor volume decreased by 30 percent. In mice that did not receive the treatment, the tumor size more than doubled.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT
Test could cut lung cancer rates
A NEW test could provide a way to identify smokers who are more likely to get lung cancer.
Scotsman Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:30:49 GMT
Cancer Still a Heavy Burden for African Americans (American Cancer Society)
The United States has made strides recently in improving the outlook for people with cancer. Deaths from the disease have dropped for two years in a row. But a new American Cancer Society report shows that progress has been slower among African Americans than people of other races in this country.
yahoo.com 1//Feb 2007
Targeted Drugs, Vaccines Among Cancer Advances in 2006 (American Cancer Society)
Drugs that home in on hard-to-treat cancers and a vaccine that promises to prevent many cases of cervical cancer were among the top advances against cancer in 2006, according to experts from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). For the second year in a row, the ASCO editorial board has published its selections for the most important research findings, along with recommendations for getting even more bang out of each cancer research buck.
yahoo.com 9//Jan 2007
Chemotherapy and Your Nails
Practical Nail Care Tips for Patients Going Through ChemotherapyWhen people start chemotherapy, they are often surprised by the effects some chemotherapy drugs can have on their nails. Nails can...
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Pregnancy After LEEP: Is There a Risk?
One of the most common questions I receive from women with cervical dysplasia is how having a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) may affect their ability to get pregnant...
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Chemotherapy and Your Mouth
What every patient needs to know about how chemo affects the mouthIt's bad enough that people going through chemotherapy have to worry about hair loss, stomach upset, and fatigue, but...
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Fathering Children May Be a Problem for Testicular Cancer Survivors (American Cancer Society)
Although treatment will cure most men with testicular cancer, it can leave as many as one-third of them sterile, according to French researchers. Men facing this disease should be counseled to consider banking their sperm for future use, they wrote in the journal Cancer (Vol. 100, No. 4: 732-737).
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Cancer Deaths for Blacks Remain High (HealthDay)
Since the early 1900s, there has been a decline in overall cancer death rates among black Americans but they're still higher than the rates for whites, says an American Cancer Society report released Thursday.
yahoo.com 2//Feb 2007
Houston Radiation Oncologist Uses Video Game Technology To Zap Cancer
For years, Dr. Brian Butler, radiation oncologist at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, would be the first to tell you that video games are a waste of time.
cancerdaily.com
Broccoli Packs Powerful Punch To Bladder Cancer Cells
Researchers have isolated compounds from the vegetable broccoli that they believe may help prevent or slow the progress of bladder cancer.
cancerdaily.com
Thyroid Cancer Test Reveals Recurrence Early
A blood test for thyroid cancer can detect persistent or recurrent disease even before doctors can find any trace of a tumor, according to a new study. The findings suggest that people treated for the disease should be examined regularly for early signs of recurrence.
cancerdaily.com
Regular exercise found to cut risk of breast cancer
REGULAR aerobics classes, jogging or swimming may protect women against invasive and early-stage breast cancer, new research suggests.
Scotsman Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:13:36 GMT
MRI Best To Detect Cancer Spread Into Breast Ducts
MRI is better than MDCT for determining if and how far breast cancer has spread into the breast ducts and should be used before patients receive breast conserving treatment, a new study shows. "Patients have a lower survival rate if their surgical margins are positive for tumor cells. A positive surgical margin is commonly the result of inadequate resection of the cancer's intraductal component," said Akiko Shimauchi, MD, at Tohoku University in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. "Accurate preoperative diagnosis of the intraductal component allows the surgeon to achieve a cancer-free surgical margin," she said........
Cancer News Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT
Family history of breast cancer may be missed
Using survey data from April 2003 to March 2005 for Women's Health Clinic patients without breast cancer, scientists observed that while 16% of the participants reported a maternal relative with breast cancer, only 10% reported a paternal relative. Because mothers are much more likely to develop breast cancer than fathers, participants who reported a mother with breast cancer were excluded from the study........
Cancer News Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT
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Health Tip: Understanding Hodgkin's Disease (HealthDay)
Hodgkin's disease is a type of lymphoma, a cancer affecting the lymphatic system, which defends the body against infection and disease.
yahoo.com Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:55:35 GMT
Gene Discovery Boosts Brain Cancer Research (HealthDay)
Researchers have discovered that a gene that triggers the growth of stem cells during early brain development is also key to the growth of deadly adult brain tumors called gliomas.
yahoo.com Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:40:40 GMT
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