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Risk after colon cancer higher for the very fat and very thin

EurekAlert! - Breaking News — 14th Nov 2006, 22:41 GMT

Even after successful treatment for colon cancer, the very obese are about one-third
more likely to have their cancer recur and to die prematurely from cancer than
those of normal Risk after colon cancer higher for the very fat and very thin

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'WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR MOST VULNERABLE, APPEARANCE MATTERS' ; Consultant

RedOrbit News - Health — Tag: health — 14th Nov 2006, 08:07 GMT

By CATHERINE O'BRIEN Photographs Libi Pedder Like most women with breast cancer,
Hilary Thomas can remember with pin-sharp clarity the moment she first felt the lump 'WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR MOST VULNERABLE, APPEARANCE MATTERS' ; Consultant Oncologist Hilary Thomas Has Treated Cancer Patients for Years. But the One Thing She Had Never Prescribed, Until She Was Diagnosed With the Disease Herself, Was a Large Dose of Self-E

Distress, psychiatric syndromes, and impairment of function in women with

News-Medical News Feed — 13th Nov 2006, 09:36 GMT

Almost half of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients are found to have clinically
significant emotional distress or symptoms of psychiatric disorders before treatment is
begun, according to a new study Distress, psychiatric syndromes, and impairment of function in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

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Mayo Clinic: Gene expression profiling not quite perfected in predicting

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — 17th Nov 2006, 06:52 GMT

… cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing lung cancer
studies shows that this technology has not yet surpassed the accuracy of conventional
methods used to assess survival Mayo Clinic: Gene expression profiling not quite perfected in predicting lung cancer prognosis

Studies examine colorectal cancer screening rates

EurekAlert! - Cancer — 14th Nov 2006, 02:34 GMT

The rate of colorectal cancer screening appears to be increasing among Veterans
Affairs patients, although use of colonoscopy is less common than other screening
procedures, according to a report in Studies examine colorectal cancer screening rates

New drug comb may lengthen ovarian cancer survival

Reuters: Health — 15th Nov 2006, 03:52 GMT

… patients with ovarian cancer, according to a team of researchers in Greece,
the UK, and the US. The top contender appears to be a combination of two types of
cancer New drug comb may lengthen ovarian cancer survival

Enzyme Inhibitor Produces Stable Disease In Patients With Advanced Solid

ScienceDaily Headlines — 15th Nov 2006, 12:30 GMT

… patients with advanced solid cancers. Tests showed that the drug inhibited
key targets in the patients' tumours, and now it is being tested in phase II clinical
trials according to Enzyme Inhibitor Produces Stable Disease In Patients With Advanced Solid Cell Cancers

Obesity May Dim Colon Cancer Survival

WebMD Health Headlines — 16th Nov 2006, 17:40 GMT

Colon cancer survival may be less likely for patients who are very obese or too
thin at diagnosis Obesity May Dim Colon Cancer Survival

Gefitinib for non-small-cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor

British Journal of Cancer AOP — 14th Nov 2006, 18:30 GMT

A Sutani, Y Nagai, K Udagawa, Y Uchida, N Koyama, Y Murayama, T Tanaka, H Miyazawa, M
Nagata, M Kanazawa, K Hagiwara & K Kobayashi Gefitinib for non-small-cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations screened by peptide nucleic acid-locked nucleic acid PCR clamp

Uganda: Mulago Gets New Cancer Ward

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — 15th Nov 2006, 02:48 GMT

CANCER patients will no longer have to travel long distances for treatment after
completion of a 32-room radiotherapy hostel at Mulago Hospital Uganda: Mulago Gets New Cancer Ward

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