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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
For patients with early stage breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes, adding four cycles of docetaxel (Taxotere) into a sequential regimen of epirubicin followed by cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil (CMF) reduces the risk of recurrence and death, updated long-term results show. (Link)
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) — While the rate at whichbreast cancer tumors grow varies among patients, that growth tends to befaster among younger women, Norwegian researchers report. (Link)
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Breast cancer patients and their physicians may make more informed, long-term treatment decisions using risk assessment strategies to help determine probability of recurrence, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported in the Aug. 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Link)
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
A team of international researchers have found that men who never smoke have higher death rates from lung cancer than women who have never smoked. The new research, published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine, also claims that African Americans and Asians living in Asia (not in the USA) who are […]
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Reuters - Gum disease may increase the risk of developing cancer, researchers said on Tuesday. (Link)
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
UroToday.com - Dr. Evans presented a lecture on targeted therapies. Most drugs have a mechanistic “target”, such as the enzymes 5-α reductase in the treatment of BPH or 5-phosphodiesterase in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. However, in the current presentation, “targeted therapy” is defined as molecular targeting.Historically, the selection of systemic therapies for most cancer […]
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
AP - Everyone’s genes spell out a risk for some disease, and a coming anti-discrimination law is about to give genetic testing a boost. (Link)
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The Louisiana Legislature has proposed a bill to raise the age of legal tobacco use from 18 to 21 years old.If House Bill 240 passes in the 2008 Regular Session, it will be illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to buy or possess any tobacco products.Walker Hines, D-New Orleans, said he proposed House […]
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Admin wrote: Two common dietary molecules found in legumes and bran could protect DNA from the harmful effects of radiation, researchers from the University of Maryland report. Inositol and inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) protected both human skin cells and a skin cancer-prone mouse from exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, the damaging radiation found in sunlight, the […]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
American Cancer Society - The cancer death rate in the United States — which has been slowlydropping since 1993 — has fallen even more significantly in recent years,according to an annual report from the nation’s leading cancerorganizations. (Link)
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