Posts Tagged ‘cancer’

February 23 2010

NYT: After long fight, cancer drug suddenly effective

A new kind of cancer therapy is tailored to a particular genetic mutation that was driving the disease, and after six years of trials and disappointments, the “targeted” approach finally seemed borne out.



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February 16 2010

Aspirin cuts death risk after breast cancer

Feb. 16: A new study showing a possible connection between taking aspirin and better breast cancer outcomes raises more questions than it answers. NBC's Nancy Snyderman reports.  (Nightly News)Breast cancer survivors who take aspirin regularly may be less likely to die or have their cancer return, new research shows. Those in a large study who took aspirin had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer and a 50 percent lower risk of cancer’s spread.






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January 29 2010

Scientists Decode Brain Cancer Cell Line (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) — The first complete genomic
sequencing of a brain cancer cell line has been performed by U.S.
scientists.



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January 4 2010

New Mammogram Guidelines Issued … Again (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Breast cancer screening just got more confusing today, as two medical organizations announced annual mammograms should begin at age 40, and earlier for high-risk women. The recommendations contradict a recent advisory for less frequent screenings beginning at age 50, not 40.



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December 2 2009

Mammograms May Boost Cancer Risk in High-Risk Women

TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Mammograms may actually boost the risk of breast cancer in some high-risk women, a new study suggests.




November 24 2009

5 Questionable Health Screening Tests (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Knowledge is power, unless that knowledge comes with so much baggage
that it becomes crippling. Such is the trouble with many cancer and
health screening tests.



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