Tips on avoiding skin cancer
CNN – 5/4/09 – A skin cancer veteran discusses her experiences with skin cancer and how to protect the skin from similar fates.
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Great caution in recommending certain drugs for cancer patients
Business Week – 5/1/09 – Growing concern for anemia drugs is caused by their link to a rise in death rates in cancer patients.
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Kidney disease linked to cancer
Forbes – 5/1/09 – Older men who suffer from chronic kidney disease are shown to have an increased risk for lung and/or urinary cancer.
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Anti-breast cancer effect from eating apples
AJHO – 4/30/09 – An increased consumption of apples shows to have positive health benefits, including anti-cancer properties.
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With counseling, more breast cancer exams
U.S. News – 4/30/09 – Women were ten times more likely to perform breast self-examinations when given counseling, a new study says.
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Addressing recent screening problems for prostate cancer
CNN Money – 4/29/09 – Better tools are being created to test for prostate cancer more accurately.
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Planning for future cancer trends
Bloomberg – 4/29/09 – By the year 2030, cancer rates are projected to increase dramatically, necessitating improvements in adequate health care coverage.
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A new look at hysterectomy protocol
New York Times – 4/27/09 – When facing a hysterectomy, women who opt to keep their ovaries live longer than those that have them removed, a new study says.
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CRI scientists discover how to improve immune response to cancer
Cancer Research Institute – 4/27/09 – Research is bringing us closer to more effective immune therapies.
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Through the Kitchen benefit at the Four Seasons
Cancer Research Institute – 4/21/09 – On May 3rd, CRI will host a themed charity event.
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Statins may protect against prostate cancer
Wall Street Journal – 4/27/09 – The cholesterol-lowering drugs may be benefiting men more than previously thought.
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Beloved actress dies of cancer
CNN – 4/25/09 – Bea Arthur, best known for her roles in Golden Girls and as “Maude”, has died of cancer at the age of 86.
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Over years, little change in death rate by cancer
New York Times – 4/24/09 – Statistics show that death rates due to cancer have barley changed, while other causes of death decrease.
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Prize awarded to three immunologists
Yahoo – 4/24/09 – Albany Medical Center Prize, the largest for science or medicine in the U.S. has been awarded to two Coley Winners: Dr. Bruce Beutler and Dr. Robert Weinberg.
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Melanoma risk increases with the presence of a certain gene
Yahoo – 4/21/09 – Tanning easily and tolerating sun exposure doesn’t necessarily mean there’s less risk for melanoma.
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Federal stimulus budget and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Reuters – 4/21/09 – NCI plans to increase its programs by a third, including the study of tumor DNA for improved treatments.
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Cancer prevention and every day life
BusinessWeek – 4/21/09 – Scientist look to genetic and environmental factors for new strategies in cancer prevention.
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Vulnerability in times without health coverage
New York Times – 4/20/09 – Living without insurance is a struggle for families that must care for a loved one with cancer.
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Aggressive disease linked to radiation
U.S. News – 4/20/09 – Thyroid cancer patients previously exposed to radiation experience worse outcomes.
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Genetic makeup exhibits risk for ovarian cancer
CNN – 4/20/09 – Screening for ovarian cancer stands to benefit from the new genetic study.
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Targeted treatments show better outcomes
U.S. News – 4/19/09 – “Personalized” medicine gaining ground as more benefit from targeted cancer therapies.
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Cancer treatment comparisons raise concern
Wall Street Journal – 4/14/09 – The new wave of comparing current cancer treatments worries some about changes in health coverage.
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Cancer research requires joint efforts
Yahoo – 4/14/09 – A new approach to cancer research and drug development involves collaboration between industry and academia.
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Promising research, therapeutic cancer vaccine
New York Times – 4/14/09 – A prostate cancer drug in clinical trials may be first approved therapeutic cancer vaccine in the U.S.
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Worrying melanoma trend in Britain
USA Today – 4/9/09 – Melanoma is now the top cancer affecting young women in Britain, and the implications concern cancer experts.
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Cutting back on medical visits, cancer screenings
LA Times – 4/8/09 – With the economic decline also brings a decline in routine health check-ups.
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Confusion with prostate cancer treatment options
Wall Street Journal – 4/7/09 – With conflicting advice on treatment, men with prostate cancer have difficult and personal decisions to make.
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Preventive surgery becoming more common
Washington Post – 4/7/09 – More women are opting for a mastectomy even when they show no signs of cancer, due to genetic tests that determine breast cancer risk.
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Pap smears could be abandoned soon
New York Times – 4/6/09 – A new DNA test may be the superior method to screen for HPV, a major cause of cervical cancer.
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Celebrity uses cancer as a teaching opportunity
U.S. News – 4/6/09 – Farrah Fawcett’s battle with anal cancer opens up discussions on the topic with less embarrassment.
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Race a factor in breast cancer risk
Reuters – 4/3/09 – Black women have three times more risk of developing an aggressive form of breast cancer.
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Eating fish may reduce tumors
Reuters – 4/2/09 – An omega 3 fatty acid found in fish reduced tumor size in mice and reduced the harmfulness of chemotherapy in a new study.
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Debate on mammogram efficacy
msnbc – 4/1/09 – Fewer that 5% of women screened for breast tumors are saved by the mammogram.
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HPV screening promises to reduce cervical cancer
Bloomberg – 4/1/09 – Cervical cancer death rates are cut as much as 50% with HPV screening paired with a simple treatment given the same day as test results.
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Screening difficult for early ovarian cancers
Reuters – 3/31/09 – Annual ultrasound and blood test screenings usually miss early cases of ovarian cancer.
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New melanoma diagnostic tool underway
Bloomberg – 3/30/09 – Within two years, a new gene test may be available to help doctors distinguish between malignant melanomas and normal moles.
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Stem cell donors difficult to find
New York Times – 3/28/09 – Stem cell transplants bring hope for blood cancer patients, but finding a donor who is a match is a big obstacle.
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Enzyme deficiency may indicate cancer risk
New York Times – 3/23/09 – Flushing of the face caused by drinking may indicate an increased risk of throat cancer.
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Official statement made on prostate cancer screening study
CNBC – 3/23/09 – Men are encouraged to stay proactive about their health and informed of their prostate cancer risks in a statement from America’s prostate cancer, advocacy, education and support organizations.
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Multiple new prostate cancer detection tests are being studied
Bloomberg – 3/20/09 – It may be a decade before prostate cancer tests can effectively distinguish between malignant and benign tumors.
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