Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease (HealthDay)
Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — Colorectal cancer screening detects 40 percent of cancers and should be carefully planned to be more effective, say Finnish Cancer Registry researchers.
Diet, Exercise May Modify Breast Cancer Risks (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Scientists believe they have found out why diet and exercise affect a women’s chance of breast cancer after she’s past menopause, a new study says.
Inhibiting Protein May Keep Cancer Cells From Refueling (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — New research on mice suggests inhibiting a protein that allows certain tumor cells to refuel may prove to be key to cancer-fighting treatments.
New Clinical Trial For Patients With Asbestos-associated Lung Cancer
The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung’s lining that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.
Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) — The cancer-fighting pill Iressa works as well as chemotherapy as a second-line treatment for lung cancer, researchers report.
ADHD Medications Don’t Pose Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) — Two popular medications for treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not cause genetic damage linked to an increased risk for developing cancer, a new study says.
No Role For Simian Virus 40 In Human Pleural Mesotheliomas
A study, published in the September 25 issue of Lancet, calls into question the proposed link between SV40 and pleural mesothelioma and provides a possible explanation for the discrepancies in the results obtained by different groups.
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