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Treat and Prevent

Lung cancer research

Sloan-Kettering

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Overall U.S. approval rate for cancer drugs is only 8%, according to Tufts study

by Patricia Mayville-Cox, The Cancer Blog

Filed under: Research According to a study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, only eight percent of cancer drugs that entered clinical development and testing in humans made it through to final approval. In comparison, during the same time period, 1993-1997, the U.S. has an approval rate...

add a comment | Sep 09, 2007    


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Support Survivors

Living beyond cancer

Sloan-Kettering

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Today, I am grateful

by Jacki Donaldson, The Cancer Blog

Filed under: Cancer Survivors , Today, I Am Grateful I remember years ago watching an Oprah show featuring the topic of gratitude. Says Margaret Cousins: "Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary." Perhaps Oprah had read this...

add a comment | Aug 27, 2007    


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Kick Butts Day

School activity guides

Tobacco-Free Kids

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Smokeless tobacco worse than cigarettes

by Jacki Donaldson, The Cancer Blog

Filed under: Research , Smoking , Daily news You might think, like many people do, that smokeless tobacco products are safe alternatives to cigarettes. Wrong. According to researchers at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center, smokeless tobacco users are exposed to higher amounts of carcinogenic molecules than cigarette smokers. In a...

add a comment | Aug 19, 2007    


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Give Early Warning

Melanoma awareness

Skin Cancer Foundation

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Routine foot exams to help detect melanoma

by Patricia Mayville-Cox, The Cancer Blog

Filed under: Melanoma According to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, routine self-exams of your feet are very important to find skin cancer early, including melanoma. If melanoma is detected in the early stages, 92 percent of patients survive five years. Melanoma can develop anywhere on the body, including...

add a comment | Aug 14, 2007    


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Support Discoveries

Breast cancer research

Sloan-Kettering

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Preventing breast cancer can be as easy as going outside

by Martha Edwards, The Cancer Blog

Filed under: Breast Cancer , Environment , Vitamins and nutrients Though spending time in the sun is generally considered a bad thing as far as skin cancer goes, it can help prevent breast cancer. A study shows that women who stay inside more often are at a high risk for breast...

add a comment | Aug 12, 2007    

   


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Acupuncture May Help With Side Effects of Hormone Therapy, Study Finds

by (author unknown), American Cancer Society :: News and Features

New research suggests the ancient Chinese practice may ease the side effects of hormone therapy....

add a comment | Oct 10, 2008    


Nobel Prize for Discovery of Cervical Cancer Virus

by (author unknown), American Cancer Society :: News and Features

The German scientist who pursued the idea that HPV, or human papilloma virus, plays a role in cervical cancer has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine....

add a comment | Oct 06, 2008    


Accelerated Breast Radiation: Cheaper, Faster, and Just As Effective?

by (author unknown), American Cancer Society :: News and Features

Shorter courses of radiation may soon be a real option for some women, according to new research....

add a comment | Oct 03, 2008    


Lance Armstrong Announces Global Cancer Summit

by (author unknown), American Cancer Society :: News and Features

Lance Armstrong has returned to cycling to take his "Live Strong" message worldwide....

add a comment | Sep 24, 2008    


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Study Adds Weight to Virtual Colonoscopy for Average-Risk Patients

by (author unknown), American Cancer Society :: News and Features

Virtual colonoscopy is about as effective as traditional colonoscopy in finding colorectal cancer and large polyps, according to a new large study....

add a comment | Sep 23, 2008    


SAVI Device For Treatment Of Breast Cancer Shows Excellent Cosmetic Results, Few Side Effects-study Reports On Use For Women Excluded From Balloon Brachytherapy

by (author unknown), Cancercompass News: top stories

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A new study of breast cancer radiation treatment performed at 21st Century Oncology has found that the SAVI(TM) applicator delivered excellent cosmetic results with minimal side effects, for women who had not qualified for breast conservation therapy using a previously available balloon device. Reporting on 12 recent...

add a comment | Sep 23, 2008    


Risk Of Breast Cancer Mutations Underestimated For Asian Women, Stanford Study Shows

by (author unknown), Cancercompass News: top stories

Oncologist Allison Kurian, MD, and her colleagues at the Stanford University School of Medicine were perplexed. Computer models designed to identify women who might have dangerous genetic mutations that increase their risk of breast and ovarian cancer worked well for white women. But they seemed to be less reliable for another...

add a comment | Sep 23, 2008    


Study Quantifies Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

by (author unknown), American Cancer Society :: News and Features

A Journal of the National Cancer Institute study offers women a detailed picture of the risk of recurrence years after treatment....

add a comment | Sep 17, 2008