Cancer News - Special Coverage - Cancer News RSS Feeds from Brightsurf Science NewsSpecial Coverage - Cancer :: CancerCancer News Stories, Current Cancer News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Cancer Cancer News Stories Current Cancer News Events, Discoveries and Articles New ovarian stimulation technique offers more cancer patients the chance to preserve their fertility Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to stimulate a woman's ovaries to produce eggs for collection during the final phase of the menstrual cycle. (2008-07-08) Overweight, insulin resistant women at greater risk of advanced breast cancer diagnosis, says study Women who have risk factors commonly associated with Type 2 diabetes also have much greater odds of being diagnosed with an advanced breast cancer. (2008-07-08) Protein thought to promote cancer instead functions as a tumor suppressor, researchers report A protein previously thought to promote colorectal cancer instead suppresses the growth of human cancer cells in culture, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. (2008-07-08) 98 percent of elective mastectomy patients would have reconstruction again, says ASPS study Women who have breast reconstruction after an elective mastectomy are satisfied with their decision, have low complication rates and 98 percent would do it again. (2008-07-08) Treatment delays result in poor outcomes for men with breast cancer Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show. (2008-07-07) Counting tumor cells in blood predicts treatment benefit in prostate cancer Counting the number of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer can accurately predict how well they are responding to treatment, new results show. (2008-07-07) Researchers identify cancer preventive properties in common vitamin supplement Early laboratory research has shown that resveratrol, a common dietary supplement, suppresses the abnormal cell formation that leads to most types of breast cancer, suggesting a potential role for the agent in breast cancer prevention. (2008-07-07) News from Cancer: Risk factors for deadly form of lymphoma A new study indicates that the incidence of mantle cell lymphoma, an aggressive type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is on the rise, most frequently striking men, Caucasians and older individuals. (2008-07-07) Sunburn alert: UVB does more damage to DNA than UVA As bombs burst in air this July 4, chances are that sunburn will be the red glare that most folks see - and feel. But unfortunately, even when there is no burn, the effects of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays can have deadly consequences. (2008-07-01) Cancer 'cure' in mice to be tested in humans Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are about to embark on a human trial to test whether a new cancer treatment will be as effective at eradicating cancer in humans as it has proven to be in mice. (2008-06-30) |
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