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Colon cancer tests should begin earlier in blacks
• Cancer • Mar 28 05
The American College of Gastroenterology now recommends that Colorectal cancer screening begin at age 45 for African-Americans, instead of age 50, which is recommended…
Diet counseling benefits colorectal cancer patients
• Cancer • Mar 28 05
In Colorectal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, individualized nutritional counseling promotes better nutrition and less weight loss, leading to a marked reduction in the severity…
Most cancer survivors able to stay on the job
• Cancer • Mar 28 05
Most working-age cancer survivors fare well enough to remain at their jobs in the first few years after treatment, according to a new study.
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Silica dust linked to esophagus cancer
• Cancer • Mar 25 05
Research in China provides further evidence that exposure to silica dust raises the risk of cancer of the esophagus, the organ that…
Skin cancer rates in UK could triple -scientists
• Cancer • Mar 23 05
Rates of the deadliest form of skin cancer could triple in the next 30 years if Britons do not protect themselves from…
Endometrial cancer worse in African-American women
• Cancer • Mar 22 05
African-American women with advanced endometrial cancer appear to have more aggressive tumors than Caucasian women, which may explain worse outcomes even when…
Anti-HIV drugs help prevent AIDS-related cancers
• Cancer • Mar 16 05
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), a combination of drugs used to treat HIV infection, can help prevent cancers that are associated with AIDS, new…
Scientists put skin cancer cells into endless “coma”
• Cancer • Mar 15 05
Instead of removing skin cancer cells with surgery or killing them with drugs, scientists said Tuesday they have tricked them into a…
English cancer plan making progress -auditor
• Cancer • Mar 11 05
A 10-year campaign to cut cancer deaths in England is having positive effects, though more remains to be done, a public spending watchdog said…
Thalidomide helps pancreas cancer patients - study
• Cancer • Mar 08 05
The controversial drug thalidomide slows weight loss in patients suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, doctors said on Tuesday.
In one out of five…
Freezing tumors reduces cancer pain
• Cancer • Mar 08 05
Cancer that has spread to bone or soft tissues can cause severe pain and be difficult to treat. Doctors at Brown University now report…
Studies Address Issues of Risk and Survival in Rapidly Increasing Gastrointestingal Cancers
• Cancer • Mar 01 05
Studies published today by the American Gastroenterological Association shed new light on risk factors and predictors of survival associated with two types of cancer…
Plant derivative kills leukemia cells
• Cancer • Mar 01 05
Parthenolide, a chemical derived from the feverfew plant, destroys acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, leaving normal bone marrow cells relatively unscathed.
Moreover, the compound…
Nordic nations call for new limits on sun beds
• Cancer • Feb 28 05
The five Nordic nations called on the European Union Monday to impose a tighter limit on the strength of sun beds, and warned sun-starved…
Zinc shortage linked to esophageal cancer
• Cancer • Feb 28 05
People with low levels of zinc in their tissues may be at increased risk for developing cancer of the esophagus, according to research…
Viruses are Vaccines’ New Anti-Cancer Weapon
• Cancer • Feb 26 05
The natural infectious power of four viruses could be the key to battling colon cancer, according to research underway at Duke University’s Comprehensive Cancer…
End-of-life care often begun too late: study
• Cancer • Feb 24 05
End-of-life care intended to make the terminally ill more comfortable often begins too late to be of much benefit to patients and their…
Cancer threat from radon gas has been underestimated, report says
• Cancer • Feb 24 05
MORE PEOPLE than previously thought could be at risk of lung cancer from radioactive gas seeping into homes in Montgomeryshire and Ceredigion, scientists say.…
Study shows how green tea may fight bladder cancer
• Cancer • Feb 23 05
Green tea extract may interfere with a process that helps early bladder cancer to spread throughout the body, new laboratory research suggests.
The findings,…
Deadline looms for UK recall of “cancer risk” food
• Cancer • Feb 23 05
Britain has a set a deadline of Thursday morning for the country’s food industry to remove 420 products containing an illegal dye that…
Cancer care good under managed care, study shows
• Cancer • Feb 22 05
Wider adoption of managed care as a way to keep down health care costs has minimal effects on the quality of treatment for…
High tech twist to ancient drug kills cancer
• Cancer • Feb 18 05
Using a high tech process to modify an ancient drug called artemisinin, researchers have created a compound that is highly lethal to cancer cells,…
UK warns about 350 food products with cancer risk
• Cancer • Feb 18 05
Britain’s food safety watchdog advised people Friday not to eat some 350 food products that have been inadvertently contaminated with an illegal dye that…
Blood drive to benefit cancer victim
• Cancer • Feb 17 05
From 4 to 8 p.m. today, the San Joaquin County Coordinating Council and the Delta Blood Bank are holding a blood drive to benefit…
Colon cancer survival better in US than Europe
• Cancer • Feb 16 05
Overall, patients with colorectal cancer live longer in the United States than in Europe, according to a report from Italy.
The findings suggest that…