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Monday, November 23, 2009

Cancer Briefs

Home DNA testing kits promise more than they can deliver

All preteen girls should get cervical-cancer vaccine, says CDC panel

Condoms proven to protect against virus

Vaccine to protect against cervical cancer approved

Ovarian cancer responds to abdominal chemotherapy

The virtual colonoscopy gets better

Better than a mammogram

Cancer patients, too, find it hard to give up smoking

Testicular cancer risk rises with infertility

Breast cancer drug shows promise

Prostate cancer surgery–relatively safe

Cancer drugs fine-tuned by watch crystals

Ovarian-breast cancer link may be limited

Digital mammograms may be more accurate

Aspirin a risky prevention for colon cancer

The 'cancer personality' myth

Curcumin and melanoma: Can a spice help fight cancer?

Demystifying cancer: Some people struggle to distinguish cancer treatment fact from fiction

Slather on that sunscreen: The deadliest type of skin cancer is increasing

Hair color: No strong evidence hair dye causes cancer

Fishy therapy: Shark cartilage doesn't show a benefit for cancer

Cutting back: Low-fat diet may reduce breast cancer recurrence

Fruit and veg: Plant foods help protect against cardiovascular disease

Prostate cancer detection: New prostate cancer molecule shows promise for screening

Early-stage breast cancer: Lesions in ducts may turn into invasive cancer eventually

Celebrity endorsements: Famous people's recommendations on cancer screening influence people

Researching terminal illness: Most patients are willing to undergo studies

Drug risks: Smoking marijuana doesn't seem to cause oral cancer

After cancer: Survivors may not get the healthcare they need

Bone marrow transplant: Neurocognitive function doesn't suffer in the long term

To screen or not to screen: Black women are less likely to get screening for breast cancer gene

Troubling treatment: Radiation risk in prostate cancer treatment

Is it working?: A new test may offer brain cancer patients quick answers

Prostate cancer therapies: Treatment could depend on marital status and ethnicity

The trials of youth: A possible reason for slow improvement in cancer survival rates in young adults

Cervical cancer test: Women with HIV may be able to go longer between pap smears

Hello, wrinkles!: Fear of aging skin might limit tanning

Vitamin supplements: Benefits of vitamin E questioned

Prostate cancer: Hormone therapy increases risk of bone fracture

Hypothyroidism: Having an underactive thyroid gland may protect against breast cancer

Stem cell side effects: Delirium can hit cancer patients after stem cell transplants

Prostate-specific antigen: Overweight men have lower levels of antigen measured in prostate cancer tests

Fertility preservation: Cervical cancer patient has ovary moved to upper arm

Lung cancer: How doctors follow up on results from a CT scan

Living through the holidays: No evidence cancer patients can delay dying

Detecting skin cancer: Adding an 'E' to 'ABCD' could help spot melanomas earlier

Breast reconstruction: Negative effects of plastic surgery immediately after a mastectomy

Terminal illness: How parents prepare for a child's death

Antioxidant news: Supplement seems to lower risk of cancer in men

Breast cancer prevention: How many women might be candidates for tamoxifen?

Tracking ovarian cancer: Using a blood test to measure the disease's progress

Colonoscopy: Scientists look at the screening technique's record

Cholesterol: Low levels of HDL cholesterol linked to breast cancer risk

Human papillomavirus: Young women's low-grade lesions usually go away on their own

Treating breast cancer: High-dose chemo not as promising as once thought

Skin cancer: Melanoma acts differently in people with darker skin

Risk factor: Infertility and ovarian cancer linked

Surgical practice: Most surgeons who do breast cancer surgery don't do it very often

HPV vaccine: A shot could protect women against most cervical cancers

Mammograms: Barriers to breast cancer screening among poor rural women

Preventing cervical cancer: UK study examines the benefits of a national screening program

Tumor cells: Can scientists predict the effects of breast cancer treatment?

Vitamin E: High doses may increase risk of death

Older moms: Giving birth later reduces ovarian cancer risk somewhat

Treating prostate cancer: The best way to combat mild prostate tumors

Allergen report: Your house is swimming in mouse urine

Detecting drug resistance: How do children respond to treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

Oral cancer: Could tooth whitener play a role in developing cancer?

Prostate cancer: Radical prostatectomy vs. radiation therapy

Drug therapy: Treating patients with irinotecan-refractory colorectal cancer

Cancer screening: Refining a test to detect ovarian cancer

Breast cancer: Heavier women have higher risk of dying

Cancer drugs: Doctors are making progress in treating colorectal cancer

Watching your weight: Dieting can tweak the immune system

Relief for caregivers: Caring for someone does not increase breast cancer risk

Feeling tired: Why some cancer patients feel fatigue

Man's best friend: Dogs trained to smell cancer

Detecting breast cancer: MRI scans find tumors better than mammograms

Bumpy road: The long-term effects following bone marrow transplants

Dye and...Die?: Hair dye linked to leukemia

Treating breast cancer: Why does tamoxifen have different effects on different women?

The silent killer: Certain markers in your blood may determine if you have ovarian cancer

To work out or not work out: Can exercise lower your risk of prostate cancer?

Poor health: Socioeconomic status may increase breast cancer risk

Put that burger down: Eating charbroiled meat could increase your risk for rectal cancer

Effects of chemo: Chemotherapy agents could damage the heart

Gene therapy: Can HPV-infected cells be stopped from dividing?

Milk, it does a body good: Calcium may decrease your risk of colon and rectal cancer

Testicular ultrasound: Males struggling with infertility may have undiagnosed tumors

Full-body scan: X-ray exposure raises your cancer risk

Clinical trials lack diversity: Women and minorities are not represented in cancer trials

Honesty is the best policy: Terminally ill cancer patients and their families want the truth from doctors

Cancer pills: Aspirin may ward off breast cancer

Prostate cancer: Sorting through the confusion about PSA levels

Pap smears: Millions of women are undergoing unnecessary Pap tests

Cryptic cancer: Ovarian cancer symptoms look like everything else

False positives: Mammograms are less effective in obese women

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