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- Can bench pressing reduce or prevent lymphedema symptoms in breast-cancer survivors?
- ASH Self-Assessment Program receives approval for maintenance of certification credit
- Measuring certain enzyme activity in urine shows promise for detection of bladder cancer
- Society of Nuclear Medicine announces collaborative working agreement with Bio-Imaging Technologies
- Decline in breast cancer deaths explained by use of screening and adjuvant therapies
- Lippman recognized for discoveries in cancer prevention
- Lance Armstrong Foundation establishes Endowed Chair in Oncology at Indiana University
- Conference examines role of chromosome changes in cancer
- Cancer cell communication exposed
- Hormones = Health
- Medical news tips
- New brain tumor model developed
- Broccoli sprouts, cabbage, ginkgo biloba and garlic: A grocery list for cancer prevention
- Reagent under study as cancer vaccine may also help protect tumors
- Updated data on novel HPV vaccine confirms efficacy in large population
- Scientists determine how tumor gene controls growth
- Cheek cells used to identify lung cancer
- New imaging method shows early in treatment if brain cancer therapy is effective
- Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Nov. 1, 2005
- Research unveils new, reliable approach to drug delivery for cancer patients
- Single-visit program for cervical cancer screening increases rate of follow-up, treatment
- Cervical cancer screening programs for low-resource areas appear effective and safe
- Other highlights in the November 2 JNCI
- Primrose oil component cuts levels of cancer-causing gene Her-2/neu
- Fatherhood possible for many testicular cancer survivors, study finds
- Study examines cancer risks after cancer diagnosis in family member
- Vitamin D, taxotere combination extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer
- Albert Szent-Gy.rgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research to Harvard's Harold F. Dvorak, M.D.
- Gene expression profile helps predict chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer patients
- Developmental Origins of Health & Disease conducts third international congress
- Study broadens understanding of enzymes linked to tumor promoting molecule
- Penn researchers study the use of ultrasound for treatment of cancer
- Study highlights the ramifications of medical misdiagnosis
- Major EU grant to develop cancer-fighting cells
- Developmental Origins of Health & Disease conducts third international congress
- Researchers discover new form of cancer gene regulation
- Columbia study suggests benefits of Zyflamend. in the early treatment of prostate cancer
- UCLA discovery will aid in treatment of patients with a deadly brain cancer
- Harnessing genomic research
- Promising advance in breast cancer research
- Compound from marine bacteria shows potential as multiple myeloma therapy
- Backyard treatment may yield leukemia treatment
- The tumor suppressor protein phosphatase 2A offsets the BCR/ABL oncogenic kinase
- Muscular dystrophy and cancer-associated muscle wasting share dystrophin dysfunction
- ANU cancer researcher wins biomedical award
- Synaptic connections need nurturing to retain their structure and keep outsiders at bay
- UC Davis researchers discover genetic switch involved in cells' response to radiation therapy
- UC Davis researchers shed new light on how chemotherapy-induced leukemia develops
- New gene silencing therapy for cervical cancer
- Young cancer researchers honored
- World-first test of sun-damaged skin launched
- New technique multiplies life span in simple organisms
- AKT cancer cell pathway demonstrates unexpected function
- Einstein scientists discover how protein crucial for motion is synthesised at the right place in the cell
- Distance from radiation therapy facility impacts breast cancer treatment
- Many smokers fail to quit after cancer diagnosis
- A wake-up call: Smoking after cancer diagnosis affects care and research
- UF, Columbia scientists closer to new cancer detection method
- Australian scientists awarded $1m research fellowships
- Ecoendoscopy in cancer of the pancreas
- The unfolding of amyloid's true colors
- An insecure role for Securin in chromosome segregation
- New Stanford tool for genetic data analysis may improve cancer treatment
- U of MN study finds type of childhood cancer relates to physical problems later in life
- Treatment of breast cancer in pregnancy
- Can healthcare systems afford Herceptin for early breast cancer?
- New model of prostate cancer helps identify promising pain treatment
- Report shows steep rise in support for health charities that don't fund animal tests
- Young women who smoke higher risk of breask cancer
- PCBs, furans may factor in risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Chemical used in food containers disrupts brain development
- Purdue biologists clarify how a cellular 'spacecraft' opens its airlock
- Breast CT is more comfortable than mammography and may detect tumors better, research shows
- Risk of second cancer after breast cancer
- Herceptin plus chemotherapy improves disease-free survival in early breast cancer
- Leading experts confront global burden of chronic disease 8 Dec. at Abelson Science Seminar
- Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for December 2005
- Chemotherapy after surgery extends survival for patients with advanced endometrial cancer
- Global meeting identifies cost-effective approaches to cervical cancer prevention
- Texas scientists discover how a hepatitis C protein promotes liver cancer
- Medicare fraud settlement causes oncologists to lose income
- Unexpected link between gene in liver and iron overload
- Grids to aid breast cancer diagnosis and research
- TLR4 gene found to protect against tumor development
- Media invitation: 4th International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine
- AMN107 has potent activity in leukemia resistant to Gleevec
- New evidence supports century-old theory of cancer spread
- Mayo Clinic discovers two key players in cancer prevention and how they work
- Infections are a major cause of childhood cancer, study suggests
- New studies identify advances in treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia
- Drinking tea associated with lower risk of ovarian cancer
- Cancer support cells may evolve, fuel tumor growth, study shows
- JCI table of contents: December 15, 2005
- Evidence links cocaine abuse and Parkinson's disease
- Global skin cancer research consortium wins .7m
- Burnham to collaborate on NCI-funded task force to find 'molecular signature' for prostate cancer
- Improving coping skills benefits family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer
- Global skin cancer research consortium wins .7m
- Mayo Clinic reports tamoxifen benefit for breast-cancer patients tied to inherited gene
- Gene variation affects tamoxifen's benefit for breast cancer


