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2008.03.10 -- New Drug for Brain CANCER Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients
"But that will require a lot more research, which is unlikely to be performed by the pharmaceutical companies who wouldn't benefit financially, because the potential patient pool amounts to just a few hundred children per year for this kind of CANCER." SOURCES: Tom Curran, Ph.D., professor, department of pathology, University of Pennsylvania, and deputy scientific director, Stokes Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; John S. Yu, M.D., director, surgical neuro-oncology, and...
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2007.12.19 -- Area Around Breast Tumor May Predict CANCER's Spread
I don't see it as a cure, but it could contain future spread." There's more on the p53 gene at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. SOURCES: Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., chair, Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute, Ohio; Steve A. Maxwell, Ph.D., associate professor, molecular and cellular medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station; Dec. 20, 2007, New England Journal of Medicine id=611079
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2008.03.24 -- Obese Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Some CANCERs
"It's important for physicians to address it and encourage women to be screened." "Education about a healthy lifestyle should start at school and continue through media and in the family." SOURCES: Sarah S. Cohen, graduate student, department of epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Massimo Cristofanilli, M.D., associate professor, department of breast medical oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson CANCER Center, Houston; May 1, 2008, CANCER id=613774
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2008.03.18 -- Tissue-Freezing Technique Effective Against Prostate CANCER
"Before one would adopt this treatment you really need a randomized trial because I would have to be convinced that it was as good as surgery or radiation for me to want to adopt it -- I think it's still experimental." SOURCES: Ralph Miller, M.D., director, prostate center, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh; Anthony D'Amico, M.D., Ph.D., chief, radiation oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Nelson Neal Stone, M.D., clinical professor, urology and radiation oncology, Mount ...
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2008.01.18 -- Mislabeled Supplement Spurred Prostate CANCER: Report
Acknowledging that "any time you put something in your body you want to be cautious about it," Shao maintained that "the overwhelming majority of dietary supplements are well-made and safe, the scientific evidence supports that." SOURCES: Shahrokh Shariat, M.D., chief resident, urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; Andrew Shao, Ph.D., vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition, Washington, D.C.; Michael McGuffin, president,...
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2008.01.02 -- Genetic Variation Doubles Risk of Liver CANCER
Genetic Variation Doubles Risk of Liver CANCER This is a deadly CANCER, and so progress in prevention and early detection is critically important." -- Madeline Vann SOURCE: Massachusetts General Hospital, news release, Jan. 1, 2008 id=611312
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2007.12.13 -- High-Dose Chemo Provides Little Benefit to Breast CANCER Patients
"When you're doing a meta-analysis and combining large numbers of studies with different populations, and you're not able to get a really significant survival advantage, I think that the benefits of high-dose chemo are not there," added Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La. "Outside of a clinical research trial, I do not recommend high-dose chemotherapy." SOURCES: Donald Berry, Ph.D., professor and head, Division of Quantitative Sciences,...
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2007.11.07 -- Experimental Drug Fights Prostate CANCER
Experimental Drug Fights Prostate CANCER The American Academy of Family Physicians outlines prostate CANCER treatment options. -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: American Association for CANCER Research, news release, Nov. 6, 2007 id=609767
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2007.10.09 -- Hormone Therapy for Prostate CANCER Linked to Heart Risks
"This is just what I'd call emerging data, and while the relative increase in risk for heart disease is large, in absolute terms the risk is still very small." "And perhaps we should be putting them on a diet to control for the potential side effects of the therapy, and the serious impact it can have on their health." SOURCES: Henry K. Tsai, M.D., staff radiation oncologist, Radiation Oncology Consultants, Princeton, N.J.; Nelson Neal Stone, M.D., clinical professor, urology and radiation ...
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2007.09.19 -- Hushed Genes Might Mean Higher Lung CANCER Risk
September 19, 2007 Hushed Genes Might Mean Higher Lung CANCER Risk -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: American Association for CANCER Research Conference, Sept. 18, 2007 id=608311
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2007.09.10 -- Long-Term Fatigue Plagues CANCER Survivors
September 10, 2007 Long-Term Fatigue Plagues CANCER Survivors -- Madeline Vann SOURCE: CANCER, news release, Sept. 10, 2007 id=608019
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2007.07.31 -- Two-Drug Combo Tough on Kidney CANCER
Two-Drug Combo Tough on Kidney CANCER But the new study finds that the combination works much better. -- Madeline Vann SOURCE: Duke University, news release, July 30, 2007 id=606838
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2007.07.09 -- Genetically Altered Cold Sore Virus Fights CANCER
Genetically Altered Cold Sore Virus Fights CANCER Almost 40 percent of patients with colorectal CANCER die, because CANCER spreads to other parts of the body, particularly the liver. -- Madeline Vann SOURCE: European Society for Medical Oncology, news release, July 7, 2007 id=606166
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2007.06.08 -- Stem Cells Can Be CANCER Cell Lookalikes
June 08, 2007 Stem Cells Can Be CANCER Cell Lookalikes -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: University of Florida, news release, May 23, 2007 id=605018
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2007.04.23 -- No Link Between Abortion, Miscarriage and Breast CANCER
No Link Between Abortion, Miscarriage and Breast CANCER However, "we observed associations in two subgroups, an association between induced abortion and progesterone receptor-negative breast CANCER (CANCER that does not respond to the hormone progesterone) and an inverse association between spontaneous abortion before the age of 20 years and breast CANCER incidence." -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: JAMA/Archives journals, news release, April 23, 2007 id=603907
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2007.04.04 -- Health Highlights: April 4, 2007
The group said Wal-Mart's assurances, contained in a survey the company returned to PPFA on Wednesday, were in response to PPFA's grassroots advocacy campaign "Fill My Pills Now." "We're pleased that Wal-Mart has changed its policy to meet the real-life health-care needs of women and families." "Our Planned Parenthood Pill Patrol will continue to focus on getting more major retailers to follow in Wal-Mart's footsteps -- including Target, Giant, Safeway and Winn Dixie, which have a long way to...
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2007.03.29 -- Periodic Health Checkups Boost CANCER Screening Rates
March 29, 2007 Periodic Health Checkups Boost CANCER Screening Rates -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: University of California, Davis, news release, March 26, 2007 id=603116
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2007.03.19 -- Obese Men With Prostate CANCER Face Higher Death Risk
March 19, 2007 Obese Men With Prostate CANCER Face Higher Death Risk -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: Fred Hutchinson CANCER Research Center, news release, March 15, 2007 id=602811
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2007.03.02 -- Tea Antioxidant Plus Celebrex May Fight Prostate CANCER
March 02, 2007 Tea Antioxidant Plus Celebrex May Fight Prostate CANCER -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: American Association for CANCER Research, news release, March 1, 2007 id=602365
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2007.02.22 -- CANCER Drug May Turn Immune System Against Tumors
February 22, 2007 CANCER Drug May Turn Immune System Against Tumors -- Krisha McCoy SOURCE: Rockefeller University, news release, Feb. 18, 2007 id=602121
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