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Health

Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded

Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 21:40
Genentech Seeks Regulatory Approval for Avastin Use in Brain Cancer

Genentech Seeks Regulatory Approval for Avastin Use in Brain Cancer

Drug maker Genentech Inc. seeks regulatory approval for its cancer drug Avastin in patients with...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 15:40

Breast Cancer Post-Op Radiations Raise Risks Of Developing Contralateral Tumors

Breast cancer research for cure, cause and prevention is an on-going struggle for scientists, for...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 19:28
Colorectal Cancer Screenings Should Stop at Age 75, Government Task Force Recommends

Colorectal Cancer Screenings Should Stop at Age 75, Government Task Force Recommends

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has rejected the latest X-ray screening technology, called...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 16:00
Fat Hormone Gene Plays Significant Role In Colon Cancer

Fat Hormone Gene Plays Significant Role In Colon Cancer

Obesity has long been thought to increase the risk for heart disease and cancer in general. Breast...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 15:09
Study: Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Study: Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage could benefit from a shorter, more...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 07:39
Post-Mastectomy Irradiation of Axillary Nodes Unnecessary in Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Post-Mastectomy Irradiation of Axillary Nodes Unnecessary in Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

During the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 20:03
Shorter Radiation Time Effective In Breast Cancer

Shorter Radiation Time Effective In Breast Cancer

Results of a study performed by Canadian researchers have been revealed to the public on Monday,...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 21:07
Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment

Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment

An experimental breast cancer vaccine proved efficient in treating breast cancer caused by an...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:45
MRI Is No Longer The First Choice in Case of Breast Cancer

MRI Is No Longer The First Choice in Case of Breast Cancer

Apparently the use of breast MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans to evaluate cancer after it had...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 08:46
New Screening Tool To Detect Breast Cancer

New Screening Tool To Detect Breast Cancer

Researchers claim that a radioactive tracer which "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 16:06
New Experimental Method, MBI, Detects More Breast Cancers

New Experimental Method, MBI, Detects More Breast Cancers

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 180,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 15:14
Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence After 5 Years Relatively Low

Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence After 5 Years Relatively Low

Women who survive breast cancer after having completed five years of what specialists call...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 15:25
Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Lowers Significantly After 5 Years

Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Lowers Significantly After 5 Years

A new study on breast cancer comes to reassure women that their recurrence risk lowers in time,...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 12:00
Amgen’s VEGF Inhibitor Motesanib Proves Effective in Thyroid Cancer

Amgen’s VEGF Inhibitor Motesanib Proves Effective in Thyroid Cancer

A study published in the July 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that Amgen...
» read full story July 04th, 2008 - 15:28
Herceptin Combined with Chemo Halts Progress of Breast Cancer

Herceptin Combined with Chemo Halts Progress of Breast Cancer

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG announced Friday that new data from a study with Herceptin showed...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 12:35
Breast Cancer Tumors Grow More Rapidly in Younger Women

Breast Cancer Tumors Grow More Rapidly in Younger Women

The importance of being screened for breast cancer was once again highlighted by Norwegian...
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 14:58
More Women Suffer from Alcoholism

More Women Suffer from Alcoholism

More women than previously thought have problems with alcoholism, probably because after the World...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 23:06
Aspirin May Protect Women against Breast Cancer

Aspirin May Protect Women against Breast Cancer

A daily dose of aspirin cuts women’s risk of developing a particular type of breast cancer by 16...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 09:56
Stopping HRT Leaves Breast Cancer Rate Unchanged in Black Women

Stopping HRT Leaves Breast Cancer Rate Unchanged in Black Women

New research shows a significant drop in U.S. breast cancer cases in recent years, but only in...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 12:41
Alcohol Boosts Breast Cancer Risk

Alcohol Boosts Breast Cancer Risk

Though consumed in small amounts, alcohol seems to increase the risk of breast cancer,...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 14:01
New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

A small clinical trial (conducted by the U.S. military) of an experimental vaccine designed to...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 11:19
High Estrogen Indicates Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk

High Estrogen Indicates Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk

U.S. researchers said on Thursday that high estrogen levels are directly linked with a higher risk...
» read full story March 08th, 2008 - 19:23
Cancer Risk Still Haunts Women after Quitting Hormone Therapy

Cancer Risk Still Haunts Women after Quitting Hormone Therapy

A new study reveals that menopausal women have a higher risk of developing cancer, even after...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 13:12
U.S. Cancer Death Toll on the Rise, after Two Years of Decline

U.S. Cancer Death Toll on the Rise, after Two Years of Decline

Cancer deaths in the United States have dropped between 10 percent and 20 percent since the early...
» read full story February 20th, 2008 - 13:52
Study: Obesity Boosts Risk of Developing Various Types of Cancers

Study: Obesity Boosts Risk of Developing Various Types of Cancers

Being obese or even overweight may boosts a person’s risk of developing up to a dozen different...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 12:02
Avastin Found To Be Effective In Breast Cancer Treatment

Avastin Found To Be Effective In Breast Cancer Treatment

The latest clinical trials have shown that Genentech’s cancer drug, Avastin, proved its...
» read full story February 13th, 2008 - 15:32
FDA Approves Dako’s New Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Patients

FDA Approves Dako’s New Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a new genetic test on Monday that helps predict...
» read full story January 15th, 2008 - 12:44
Glaxo Gets Positive EMEA Opinion on Its Cancer Drug Tykerb

Glaxo Gets Positive EMEA Opinion on Its Cancer Drug Tykerb

The world’s second-biggest drugmaker, GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday that the European Medicines...
» read full story December 17th, 2007 - 14:54
GlaxoSmithKline's Tykerb Marketed in EU as Tyverb

GlaxoSmithKline's Tykerb Marketed in EU as Tyverb

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has granted GlaxoSmithKline conditional approval to sell their...
» read full story December 14th, 2007 - 20:32
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Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Shorter, More Intense Radiation Proves Effective For Breast Cancer

Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage could benefit from a shorter, more...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 14:20
MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned

MRI Efficiency in Breast Cancer Patients Questioned

The latest study on breast cancer appears to question the efficiency of an MRI or magnetic...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 14:45
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