EurekAlert! - Cancer News Archive
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- National study: New ways to prevent stroke and reduce excess iron in sickle cell anemia
- Intensive chemotherapy offers pluses, minuses in advanced endometrial cancer
- Scientists discover scaramanga gene's bond with breast cancer
- New study suggests mechanism of action for botox in the treatment of enlarged prostate
- Stealth particles to target tumors
- Childhood exposure to second-hand smoke has long-lasting effects: Fruit fiber may help
- Chemical compound inhibits tumor growth, size in new mouse study
- Tobacco-related cancer: How does it happen?
- Expanding complexity of p53
- Penn study shows genes may affect response to different quit-smoking medications
- Zebrafish may hold key to improved cancer research
- US task force does not recommend routine screening for breast cancer gene mutations
- Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Sept. 6, 2005
- Looking to the future: Helping 33 million smokers quit
- $25 million NIH grant funds new technologies for rapid mass screening of radiation exposure
- Radiation, chemotherapy with liver transplant improves cancer survival
- Many women who get mammograms failing to return for routine screenings
- Childhood cancer survivors face social challenges
- LIAI scientists discover cellular switch for controlling immune system function
- High-vegetable diet linked to protection against pancreatic cancer
- Study finds Tarceva benefits older lung cancer patients
- Enhanced imaging techniques could improve medical diagnosis
- MacArthur Fellowships of $500,000 awarded for genius in reducing cervical and breast cancer
- Sugar helps control cell division
- Mutation may raise prostate-cancer risk in African Americans
- Understanding IGF-1: Jefferson researcher sees drug potential in targeting enzyme
- Increased ovarian cancer risk not found in women with breast cancer family history
- Other highlights in the September 21 JNCI
- Beta-carotene assoc. with higher risk of some cancers in women smokers but not nonsmokers
- Change in gene may be underlying molecular defect in some colorectal cancers, study suggests
- Lombardi director receives international award for research achievements
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for breast cancer research from NCI
- Compound reveals new link between signaling protein and cell migration
- Kidney transplant patients face higher cancer risk
- Family history alone can imply cancer mutation risk
- Questionnaire identifies women at risk of inherited breast or ovarian cancer
- Structures of marine toxins provide insight into their effectiveness as cancer drugs
- Work absence after breast cancer diagnosis: A population-based study
- Hopkins geneticist discovers mutations in cancer cells that suggest new forms of treatment
- Can pomegranates prevent prostate cancer? A new study offers promise
- Eating foods with 'weak estrogens' may help reduce lung cancer risk
- Higher consumption of some soy products, grains and vegetables linked to reduced risk of lung cancer
- Heavy smokers who cut their smoking in half may reduce their risk of lung cancer
- Putting viruses to work in vaccines
- Long-term smoking is associated with up to 40 percent increased risk of breast cancer
- Arranon cancer drug receives advisory committee support
- NCI/Fox Chase Cancer Center Science Writers' Seminar
- Newly discovered gene may predict aggressive ovarian cancer
- Rate of gain, obesity factor into increased risk for prostate cancer recurrence
- Obesity, history of weight gain could help predict prostate cancer progression
- Microarray technology for tailoring breast cancer therapy
- Microarray technology could help predict patient response to adjuvant therapy for breast cancer
- Burnham Institute to collaborate in NCI funded Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
- Cancer treatment illustrates UI, private sector partnership
- New studies on bone marrow failure diseases presented at scientific symposium Oct. 18-19
- CHEST 2005 hosts world experts in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care medicine
- PET's imaging power may be best indicator for determining which patients develop Alzheimer's
- New test proves effective in more cancers
- Study finds patients with melanoma are at increased risk for new tumors
- Consensus panel calls for expanded role of needle biopsies, MRI and less invasive procedures
- Mechanism controlling DNA damage response has potential novel medical applications
- Breast cancer patients turn to reflexology for comfort
- Rhythm gene discovered
- Use of mon-COX-2-specific NSAIDs halves odds for oral cancer: Doubles cardiovascular death risk
- Use of mon-COX-2-specific NSAIDs halves odds for oral cancer: doubles cardiovascular death risk
- Altering time of breast biopsy may improve mastectomy reconstruction process
- Heme controls antioxidants and iron in ferritin
- CT colonography versus colonoscopy for colorectal cancer
- Australian Cancer Research foundation announces biggest ever private grant
- ACRF research funds critical to keeping international edge: Frazer
- University of Delaware researchers develop cancer 'nanobomb'
- Enzyme complex thought to promote cancer development can also help prevent it
- Lymphoma survivor recognized for helping Denver cancer patients
- UNC wins eight top NIH 'Roadmap' grants, more than any other university in the country
- Hodgkin disease survivors face higher risk for stroke later in life
- JCI table of contents November, 2005
- NCI grants $12.1 million for USC center to study obesity and cancer
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant
- Cosmopolitan lifestyle could allay cancer threat
- Cervical cancer has profound psychosocial impact on affected women, as well as male partners
- American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2005 (second issue)
- UCLA researchers identify how antibody blocks prostate cancer growth in animal models
- Mount Sinai Researchers present findings on treatments for prostate and breast cancer
- Treating multiple brain tumors with radiosurgery results in improved survival
- Medical community recognise significance of Herceptin. results in early HER2-positive breast cancer
- Precision radiation therapy yields rare success for liver tumors
- Herceptin treatment lowers recurrence rate in early breast cancer
- Mayo Clinic reports breakthrough treatment for breast cancer
- Side-effects cause some breast cancer patients to skip hormone treatment
- Annual prostate cancer screening test appears to save lives
- Nanoscale study gives new insight into heat transfer in biological systems
- Reify Corporation's Visible Discovery(tm) technology showcased at ICSB conference
- Rapid restoration of immunity in immune-suppressed cancer patients using T-cell vaccines
- Stanford study reveals protein's Jekyll-and-Hyde role in cancer growth
- UK's first professor of teenage and young adult cancer appointed in Manchester
- Assessing the impact of breast cancer
- Benefits of longer-term tamoxifen use may take years to appear
- Chemotherapy errors rare, but have potential for serious consequences
- Innovative cancer therapy for tomorrow
- Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow

