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'Major Advance' in Tackling Aggressive Breast Cancer
(Telegraph UK) September 3, 2010 - A breakthrough in understanding how a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer develops could lead to the creation of new drugs which would stop tumours ever developing, scientists hope.
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Hormel Institute Study Reveals Capsaicin Can Act as Cocarcinogen
(University of Minnesota) September 2, 2010 - The September cover story of the nation’s leading cancer journal, “Cancer Research,” features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a component of chili peppers, to skin cancer.
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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of New Preclinical Research Data for Novel Anticancer Compound RX-8243
(MarketWatch) September 2, 2010 - Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced the publication of a research article in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters on the anti-tumor activity of RX-8243 and its analogues.
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Chemopreventative Effects of Protandim® Examined Further in New Peer-Reviewed Study
(Yahoo! Finance) September 2, 2010 - Protandim's ability to modulate relationship between superoxide dismutase and tumor suppressor p53 believed responsible for reduction of skin cancers in mice.
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No Risk Seen From Delaying Prostate Cancer Surgery
(Reuters) September 1, 2010 - Adding to evidence that men with early prostate cancer can safely put off surgery, a new study finds that patients who delayed surgery by over a year had similar outcomes as those who opted for immediate treatment.
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Radiation After Surgery Improves Survival for Rare Type of Breast Cancer
(UC Davis Cancer Center) August 31, 2010 - Radiation therapy following surgery for a rare type of breast cancer improves patient survival, according to a study by a team of surgical oncologists at UC Davis Cancer Center.
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Surgeons Impact Whether a Woman Gets Breast Reconstruction, U-M Study Finds
(U-M CCC) September 1, 2010 - When plastic surgeon is on treatment decision team, patients are more likely to get reconstruction.
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Selenium May Protect Against Bladder Cancer
(WebMD Health News) August 31, 2010 - Adding more selenium to your diet may reduce your risk of bladder cancer.
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Metformin May Protect Against Lung Cancer
(AACR) September 1, 2010 - Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, shows potential in the prevention of tobacco-induced lung tumors and possibly colorectal tumors, according to two studies published in Cancer Prevention Research.
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Near Infrared Light May Open New Frontier in Fighting Cancer
(University of Central Florida) September 1, 2010 - A “game-changing” technique using near infrared light enables scientists to look deeper into the guts of cells, potentially opening up a new frontier in the fights against cancer and many other diseases.
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Novel Nanotechnology Collaboration Leads to Breakthrough in Cancer Research
(UCLA) August 31, 2010 - Researchers clear hurdle on path toward gene-therapy treatment for disease.
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Tumor Budding Identified as Predictor for Unfavorable Outcome in Lung Cancer
(ScienceBlog) August 31, 2010 - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and the prognosis is generally poor, even if surgery is successful. Furthermore, the incidence of one type of lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, has been increasing in recent years.
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High-Fat Diet During Puberty Linked to Breast Cancer Risk Later in Life
(Michigan State University) August 31, 2010 - Girls eating a high-fat diet during puberty, even those who do not become overweight or obese, may be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life, according to Michigan State University researchers.
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Prostate Biopsy Can Cause Urinary, Erectile Problems
(Reuters) August 30, 2010 - Biopsies taken to diagnose prostate cancer commonly cause temporary erectile dysfunction and, in some cases, lingering urinary problems, according to a new study.
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Review Finds No Statin-Cancer Link
(MSN Health & Fitness) August 31, 2010 - There's no evidence that popular cholesterol-lowering statins cause cancer, says a review that challenges earlier research raising concerns that the drugs may be associated with an increase in cancer and cancer-related deaths.
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Really? The Claim: Flying After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Cause Swelling
(New York Times) August 30, 2010 – The facts: Women who have had surgery to remove lymph nodes, a common breast cancer treatment, are often warned that flying can lead to lymphedema, a painful swelling, in their arms.
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“Co-Conspirator” Cells Could Hold Key to Melanoma Prediction, Prevention
(Oregon State University) August 30, 2010 - New research on how skin cancer begins has identified adjacent cancer cells that scientists are calling “co-conspirators” in the genesis of melanoma, in findings that could someday hold the key to predicting, preventing and stopping this hard-to-treat cancer before it spreads.
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Two Clinical Trials Target ‘Triple Negative’ Breast Cancer
(OSUCCC-James) August 31, 2010 - Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute are recruiting patients for two clinical trials for women with “triple negative” breast cancer, an aggressive form of breast cancer that resists treatment.
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Oesophageal Cancer Rates Rise Steeply in Men
(Reuters) August 28, 2010 – Rates of oesophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obesity and poor diet, scientists said on Saturday.
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Testicular Cancer Linked to Abnormal Development in the Womb, Doctors Find
(Bloomberg) August 29, 2010 - Testicular cancer may be linked with abnormal fetal development, according to scientists who have developed a model to investigate how human testes develop in baby boys while they are in the womb.
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Potential Cancer Drug Arises from Sponges
(R&D Magazine) August 30, 2010 - Deep in the ocean, sponges of the Agelas family, or bacteria living within the sponges, emit chemicals believed to help them defend their territory. Those chemicals, called agelastatins, have also shown the ability to kill cancer cells.
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Researcher Finds Revolutionary Way to Treat Eye Cancer
(ScienceBlog) August 27, 2010 - Rare but devastating, eye cancer can strike anyone at any time and treating it often requires radiation that leaves half of all patients partially blind.
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Cancer-Zapping Precision Radiation Beams Could Soon Target Other Diseases
(Scientific American) August 26, 2010 - CyberKnife and other noninvasive radiosurgery systems are producing ever more accurate energy beams, raising the possibility of extending the use of potentially lethal radiation to fight Parkinson's, epilepsy and other afflictions.
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Promising Cancer Drug Created at UA
(Arizona Daily Star) August 30, 2010 - What if you could stop cancer without irradiating or poisoning surrounding tissue?
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Atomic-Bomb Survivors May Offer Clues on Cancer Treatment Risks
(Bloomberg) August 26, 2010 - DNA from survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 65 years ago may help doctors gauge whether certain cancer treatments can trigger genetic defects that can be passed on to patients’ children.
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