2008

December

• New report says racial gap growing in colorectal cancer -

• Early Stage, HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Patients at Increased Risk of Recurrence -

• Tau Protein Expression Predicts Breast Cancer Survival- Though Not as Expected -

• Breast Cancer Risk Varies In Young Women with Benign Breast Disease -

• Research on Tamoxifen Leads to Recommendation for CYP2D6 Gene Test -

• Alternating Mammography and MRI May Be Best for High-Risk Women -

• Unique Surgery Creates Fully Usable Tongue -

• Music Therapy Helps Relieve Anxiety of Cancer -

• Roche says studies show its drugs help breast cancer -

• Neither Vitamin C or E Associated With Reduced Risk of Prostate Cancer, or Other Cancers -

• What’s Stopping You? Colorectal Screenings Can Prevent Cancer -

• Children’s Cancer Group Recommends Global Evaluation System for Neuroblastoma to Improve Treatment -

• Protein Levels Indicate Risk of Death in Some Colorectal Cancer Patients -

• Selenium May Prevent High Risk-Bladder Cancer -

• Gallstones a risk factor for colon tumors -

• Head and neck cancer worse in blacks -

• Study sheds light on breast cancer drug failure -

• Children with bone cancer at risk for second cancer -

• Cervical cancer chemo easier on black women: study -

• Angled Gantry Technique Reduced Breast Radiation Exposure by 50% -

• Researchers Identify Best Treatments for Long-Term Survival in Brain Tumor Patients -

• HER2 Levels May Aid in Treatment Selection for Metastatic Breast Cancer -

• Delays in Radiation Therapy Lead to Increased Breast Cancer Recurrence -

• Ovarian cancer subtypes are different diseases: Implications for biomarker studies -

• Breast cancer treatment offers better outcome to women with implants -

• European ancestry increases breast cancer risk among Latinas -

• Study unmasks how ovarian tumors evade immune system -

• Prostate cancer spurs new nerves -

November

• Radiation Before Surgery Improves Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes -

• Tracking and feedback registry may reduce racial disparities in breast cancer care -

• Researchers Identify Novel Approach For Suppressing Prostate Cancer Development -

• Mammograms May Detect Some Cancers That Would Have Regressed -

• Causes of Bone Loss in Breast Cancer Survivors Identified -

• 2 new compounds show promise for eliminating breast cancer tumors -

• New platinum-phosphate compounds kill ovarian cancer cells -

• Lower socioeconomic status decreases chances of early detection and survival of colorectal cancer -

• Latinas More Likely to Regret Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions -

• Teaching Breast Health Early to Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality in D.C. -

• Doctors Hesitate to Discuss Fertility Preservation With Cancer Patients -

• Intervention Program Boosts Survival in Breast Cancer Patients -

• Calcium May Only Protect Against Colorectal Cancer in Presence of Magnesium -

• Men Who Take Aspirin Have Significantly Lower PSA Levels -

• Psychological interventions associated with breast cancer survival -

• Scientists Discover Cell Pathway that Drives a Deadly Sub-Type of Breast Cancer -

• Protein compels ovarian cancer cells to cannibalize themselves -

• Cervical cancer vaccine can protect men from HPV -

• How Eating Red Meat Can Spur Cancer Progression -

• Cancer patients often forget details of doctor visit -

• Saturated Fat Linked to Cancer of the Small Intestine -

• A New Way to Study How Breast Cancer Spreads -

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