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Cancer Nicotine May Help Spur Lung Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:18:30 Clicks: 0 Comments:
FRIDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- While the nicotine in tobacco and in nicotine-replacement patches and gums doesn\'t cause lung cancer, it may help it along, a new study finds. "Nicotine can promote the growth of new blood vessels and new ce
Cancer Heating, Destroying Lung Tumors Extends Lives
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:18:27 Clicks: 0 Comments:
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a non-surgical technique called thermal ablation can provide some terminal lung cancer patients with a few extra years of life, a U.S. study finds. Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital in Providen
Cancer U.S. Women Uninformed About Lung Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:18:25 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new survey finds that American women are greatly uninformed about the threats posed by lung cancer and how it can affect them. Published by the U.S. National Lung Cancer Partnership, the 2006 survey of more tha
Cancer Gleevec Halts Spread of Prostate Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:17:05 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Gleevec stops the spread of prostate malignancies in mice by attacking the tumor\'s blood vessels, a new U.S. study reports. Typically used to treat certain leukemias and more recently gastrointe
Cancer Dual Treatments Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:45 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they\'ve found a powerful new weapon in the fight against deadly metastatic prostate cancer. A new treatment that uses both chemotherapy with radionuclide therapy may actually cause the disease to r
Cancer Radiation Therapy Helps Younger Men With Prostate Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:43 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A radiation treatment commonly used in prostate cancer patients older than 55 works just as well in younger men with the same level of disease, a preliminary study finds. The findings aren\'t yet definitive, and it\
Cancer A Better Way to Gauge Prostate Cancer Risk?
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:42 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- A team of American researchers have developed a "risk calculator" that they say is a better tool for predicting a man\'s odds of developing prostate cancer than prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood
Cancer Prostate Cancer Screening May Not Be Needed in Older Men
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:42 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly men may not benefit from aggressive treatment for prostate cancer, a new study suggests. Even though prostate cancer can eventually be fatal, it often progresses so slowly that many men -- particularly th
Cancer High Cholesterol Linked to Prostate Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:41 Clicks: 0 Comments:
TUESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- Italian researchers have found what they call the first direct association between high cholesterol levels and prostate cancer. In a nine-year study of almost 3,000 men, the researchers discovered that those wit
Cancer Prostate Drug Might Boost Heart Risks
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:40 Clicks: 0 Comments:
TUESDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- The commonly prescribed prostate drug doxazosin may increase heart failure risk by blocking specific receptors in heart muscle cells, an animal study suggests. Doxazosin is used to improve urinary flow in men wit
Cancer Scientists Map Genetic Codes for Breast, Colon Cancers
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:16:40 Clicks: 0 Comments:
THURSDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In what experts are calling a milestone achievement, U.S. researchers have sequenced the genetic "blueprints" of two major cancer killers -- breast and colon cancer. Identifying nearly 200 genes though
Cancer Gene Study Reveals New Cancer-Related Mutations
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  Date: 2007-01-16 22:15:43 Clicks: 0 Comments:
Summary: Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and other institutions have identified scores of gene mutations that play a role in breast cancer and colorectal cancer. This knowledge could one day help doctors better understand how these diseas
Cancer Curry May Help Prevent Colon Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:14:47 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals found in onions and curry may help prevent colon cancer, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study suggests. Published in the August issue of the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepato
Cancer Celebrex Has 'No Role' Against Colon Cancer
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:14:47 Clicks: 0 Comments:
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The final word on whether the cox-2 painkiller Celebrex might be used to prevent colon cancer is a definite "no," according to the long-awaited results of two major studies. Both of the three-year tri
Cancer Targeted Methods Boost Minority Colon Cancer Screening
  Date: 2007-01-16 22:14:21 Clicks: 0 Comments:
MONDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Interventions tailored to language and culture can significantly boost colorectal cancer screening rates for U.S. minority groups, a new study finds. The study found that low-income, Chinese-speaking patients in
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