Important Survival In Early Breast Cancer Improved By Adding Taxotere To Chemotherapy Regimen
By admin2 | September 30, 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.
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Current Breast Cancer Tends To Grow Faster In Younger Women (healthday)
By admin2 | September 30, 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.
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Your Comments? Risk Assessment Plays Key Role In Long-term Treatment Of Breast Cancer
By admin2 | September 29, 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.
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New Lung Cancer Risk Factors For Lifelong Nonsmokers
By admin2 | September 28, 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 lifelong nonsmokers have higher death rates from lung cancer than lifelong nonsmokers of European descent.
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Comments Requested Gum Disease May Raise Cancer Risk, Study Finds (reuters)
By admin2 | September 27, 2008
Reuters - Gum disease may increase the risk of developing cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Join The Fight Against Cancer Advances In Targeted Therapy And Tissue Engineering In Urology
By admin2 | September 26, 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 patients has been largely empiric.
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Join The Fight Against Cancer Caution Urged In Choosing Gene Tests (ap)
By admin2 | September 26, 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.
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New Entry Usa: Louisiana Bill Proposes Raising Tobacco Use Age To 21
By admin2 | September 25, 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 Bill 240 to reduce health care costs for the state and prolong the lives of Louisiana residents.
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Current All-purpose Radiation Protection From Common Antioxidants
By admin2 | September 25, 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 team reported at the American Association for Cancer Research Centennial Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine. [click link for full article]
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Join The Fight Against Cancer Decline In Cancer Death Rates Doubles (american Cancer Society)
By admin2 | September 24, 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.
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