Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos, Could Lead To Asbestos-related Disease
A major study in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes — a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” — could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities. Read more..
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — Older men with early-stage prostate cancer who are given hormone therapy before radiation seed implant therapy face a 20 percent greater risk of dying than those who get radiation treatment alone, new research suggests. Read more..
Reuters - Blacks are more likely than whites to have large colon polyps, and their tumors tend to be located higher in the colon where they are harder to detect, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Read more..
American Cancer Society - After a 3-year hiatus from the sport, cycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is back in the saddle. Read more..
Reuters - Genentech Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals have alerted doctors about cases of liver damage among patients who took the cancer drug Tarceva, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. Read more..
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — The common practice of adding whole brain radiation to more focused radiation treatment for cancers that have spread to the brain not only caused greater learning and memory problems, but also was associated with a shorter survival time in a controlled study. Read more..
AFP - The potential link between mobile telephones and brain cancer could be similar to the link between lung cancer and smoking — something tobacco companies took 50 years to recognize, according to US scientists’ warning.
Reuters - How well pain is managed in people with cancer apparently differs between men and women, new research hints. Read more..
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