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Gene Linked to Brain Tumors in Young People

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Gene Linked to Brain Tumors in Young PeopleReported January 29, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People with a particular gene may be more likely to develop brain tumors and at an earlier age than those who do not have the gene, according to a new study. The discovery of the gene could help doctors eventually use this knowledge to identify people who have a higher … [Read more...]

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Gentler Treatment for Colon Cancer Sometimes Okay

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Some patients with advanced colorectal cancer may be able to receive a kinder and gentler form of treatment without compromising their overall likelihood of survival. Researchers from both England and the Netherlands found a sequential form of chemotherapy, which begins with just one drug and progresses to other drugs, had no measurable effect on survival when compared with … [Read more...]

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Heart Risk Elevated After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Heart Risk Elevated After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Reported December 21, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer have an increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide. Katja Fall and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden found that the relative risks of cardiovascular events and suicide were … [Read more...]

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Hormone Shots Could Increase Breast Cancer Survival

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Hormone Shots Could Increase Breast Cancer SurvivalReported February 26, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The results of a new clinical trial show an injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone called goserelin can improve long term survival in some women with early breast cancer. The research found two years of goserelin treatment was comparable to two years of a … [Read more...]

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Informed Women Unlikely to Take Tamoxifen

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Informed Women Unlikely to Take Tamoxifen Reported December 07, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- While as many as 10 million women could be eligible to take the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, side effects like hot flashes, sexual problems and blood clots discourage many from taking the step. A new study suggests women at high risk for breast cancer … [Read more...]

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Coffee and liver cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Coffee and liver cancer 05 August, 2007 After lung and stomach cancer, liver cancer is the third largest cause of cancer deaths in the world. A new study on the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) confirmed that there is an inverse association between coffee … [Read more...]

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Killing Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Killing Cancer Reported January 09, 2008 (TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This year, it’s estimated one and a half million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. More than half a million will die of the disease. But researchers may have found a new way to attack cancer. When Jonathan Lopez was a … [Read more...]

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Living Longer With Liver Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Living Longer With Liver Cancer Reported June 27, 2005 OKLAHOMA CITY (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A cocktail using popyseed oil is being used to target cancer cells in the liver. That's a first in the United States. Nearly 19,000 cases of liver cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States. "It is one of the more common tumors in the world ... in the United States … [Read more...]

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Women Fitness : City News

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Cervical cancer risk rises during pill useReported November 09, 2007 Women who take the birth control pill for 10 years have nearly double the normal risk of developing cervical cancer, but the risk begins falling as soon as they stop and returns to near normal within 10 years, according to a study released Thursday. The study confirms previous research linking the pill … [Read more...]

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Identifying New Colorectal Cancer Genes

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Identifying New Colorectal Cancer GenesReported November 21, 2008 Researchers from Ottawa and Toronto played a key role in an international team that identified four new genes for colorectal cancer. The discovery, published online in Nature Genetics examined 38,710 genetic markers in 13,315 individuals from four countries. A total of 10 genes have now been linked to … [Read more...]

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Massage Beneficial to Cancer Patients

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Massage Beneficial to Cancer PatientsReported September 16, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For many, a massage is a way to relax and feel better. New research finds this is especially true for those in the advanced stages of cancer. Pain and depressed mood are common problems for patients with advanced cancer. Drug therapies can help, but they often have side effects that can … [Read more...]

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More Lymph Node Evaluation Needed for Colorectal Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

More Lymph Node Evaluation Needed for Colorectal Cancer Reported February 3, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows too many colorectal cancer patients are going without adequate evaluation of their lymph nodes even though national and international guidelines call for such … [Read more...]

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Nanotubes Track Cancer Drugs

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Nanotubes Track Cancer DrugsReported December 22, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cancer drugs can have a lot of damaging side effects, so doctors would like to deliver them to tumor cells and nothing else. But once the drugs enter the body, it's hard to tell where they end up. New research out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could help solve the … [Read more...]

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New Ultrasound Test for Breast Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

New Ultrasound Test for Breast CancerReported October 21, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Doctors may have a new test to offer women to help determine if a mass in the breast is malignant or benign. A new study finds three-dimensional (3-D) power Doppler ultrasound helps radiologists determine if a mass is cancerous. “Using 3-D scans promises greater accuracy due to more … [Read more...]

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Obesity Complicates Pancreatic Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Obesity Complicates Pancreatic CancerReported March 17, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Obesity may be bad for your health in an unexpected way. Research shows obese patients tend to have worse outcomes after pancreatic cancer surgery, including higher rates of recurrence, an increased risk of cancer spreading to lymph nodes and lower rates of survival. The risks … [Read more...]

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Popular Drug Combo Stops Prostate Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Popular Drug Combo Stops Prostate CancerReported April 15, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The combination of the anti-inflammatory drug, Celebrex, and the cholesterol lowering medication, Lipitor, stops early stage prostate cancer from becoming aggressive and potentially fatal according to new research from the Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy in N.J. When … [Read more...]

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Prostate Cancer Screenings, Less is More?

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Prostate cancer is often detected using prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening. Now, a new study reveals, despite the cancer’s status as the leading cause of cancer death in American men, there is little reason to screen men more often than every four years. Researchers in Amsterdam wanted to know if screening every two years would save more lives than screening every … [Read more...]

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Fitness News : Women Fitness> A Role for Viruses in Cancer?

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

A Role for Viruses in Cancer? Reported November 11, 2005  (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could common viruses be behind some cases of cancer? A new study out of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York suggests they might. Researchers who studied a monkey virus find it can, indeed, lead to potentially cancerous cells. According to the investigators, doctors have known since the … [Read more...]

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Selenium May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Selenium May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk TUESDAY, Nov. 16 By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter (HealthDayNews) --High levels of selenium in the blood may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a new study that suggests but doesn't prove the mineral's role as a preventive.Selenium is a trace mineral found in meats, grains, seafood and … [Read more...]

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Social Isolation and Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Social Isolation and Cancer Reported October 01, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nobody wants to be left alone, especially when they are battling a deadly disease. A new study shows social isolation can cause tumors in the body to grow at an increased rate. Scientists at the University of Chicago took mice that were predisposed to develop breast cancer and raised them in two … [Read more...]

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Sunscreen Safety

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Summer is here! While skin cancer is at an all-time high in this country, many will bask in the sun without sunscreen. But just five burns in your life can double your risk of skin cancer. "No tan is safe. Every time you're exposed to the sun, you're damaging DNA, you're damaging the skin," says Michelle Pelle, M.D., a dermatologist at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San … [Read more...]

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Sunlight Reduces Risk Of Lymph Gland Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Sunlight Reduces Risk Of Lymph Gland Cancer 2005-02-09 A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University shows that, contrary to previous belief, sunlight reduces the chances of developing tumours in the lymphatic glands (malignant lymphoma). The … [Read more...]

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Timing may be Essential in Combined Cancer Treatment

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Timing may be Essential in Combined Cancer Treatment Reported December 27, 2004 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The success of a cancer treatment that combines drugs inhibiting blood vessel growth with treatments that destroy cancer cells may depend on timing, according to a new study. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in … [Read more...]

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‘Tests Pose Extra Cancer Risk’

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

'Tests Pose Extra Cancer Risk' Reported January 28, 2009 Women carrying a breast cancer gene may be at even greater risk of the disease if they have early mammograms, scientists have said. Starting screenings young had been seen as vital for women who have the potentially deadly BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. But scientists have found the risk of … [Read more...]

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Fitness News : Women Fitness> Virtual colonoscopy may Help Prevent Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Virtual colonoscopy may Help Prevent Cancer Reported October 25, 2005 By Marsha Hitchcock, Ivanhoe Executive Producer/Consumer News ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The world's largest virtual colonoscopy trial is underway nationwide. The trial compares a traditional colonoscopy to that of a virtual colonoscopy. The tests could result in a faster, cheaper, risk-free … [Read more...]

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Smoking, drinking up risks of gut, throat cancers

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Smoking, drinking up risks of gut, throat cancers Reported December 31, 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study confirms that smoking raises a person's risks of the major forms of esophageal and stomach cancers, while drinking has more narrow effects. In a study that followed more than 120,000 Dutch adults for 16 years, researchers found that … [Read more...]

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Women Motivate Men to Get Screened

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Women Motivate Men to Get ScreenedReported December 09, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It is widely known that early screening is linked to prostate cancer survival, but men are less likely to be screened unless they live with a wife or significant other. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States, but early … [Read more...]

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Sun Can Show a Cancer Benefit

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

(HealthDayNews) -- In a perplexing finding, a new study suggests that exposure to sunlight may help people with melanoma live longer. And a second study found sunshine confers yet another cancer benefit: It may reduce the risk of developing non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The results of both pieces of research raise obvious questions. "Sunlight is one of only 60 agents designated by … [Read more...]

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More non-melanoma cancers ‘unacceptable’

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

More non-melanoma cancers 'unacceptable' Reported October 15, 2008 A new government report has found that 434,000 Australians will be diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer this year, a finding that Cancer Council Australia says is unacceptable. A new report into non-melanoma skin cancer will be released on the internet Wednesday, with … [Read more...]

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Black Raspberries Fight Cancer

January 20, 2009 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

Black Raspberries Fight CancerReported January 12, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswires) -- Black raspberries not only taste delicious, and now scientists say they may also help ward off cancer. A study by the Ohio State Comprehensive Center revealed black raspberries contain the cancer fighting agent known as anthocyanins, a class of flavonoids that inhibit the growth of … [Read more...]

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