Long-Term Aspirin Lowers Hereditary Cancer Risk By Over 60%
10/28/2011
Patients with a family history of cancer who take daily aspirin for a number of years have a 63% lower chance of developing the disease, scientists from the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds, England, reported in the medical journal The Lancet. The researchers emphasized that it takes some years of daily aspirin therapy for the benefits to kick in...
Avastin (bevacizumab) - Many Doctors Disagree With FDA Ruling
10/27/2011
Ever since FDA Advisers rejected Avastin's (bevacizumab's) indication for metastatic breast cancer in 2010, a controversy among health care professionals has grown...
Avastin (bevacizumab) - Many Doctors Disagree With FDA Ruling
10/27/2011
Ever since FDA Advisers rejected Avastin's (bevacizumab's) indication for metastatic breast cancer in 2010, a controversy among health care professionals has grown...
Nipple Sparing Mastectomy gives Breast Cancer Patients A Third Safe Surgery Option
10/27/2011
A new study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that some women who need a lumpectomy or mastectomy have a third, perfectly safe option for treatment. The NSM or Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. There are essentially two main paths for surgery when breast cancer is detected. The first less aggressive is just to remove the lump and the tissue around it (lumpectomy)...
Nipple Sparing Mastectomy gives Breast Cancer Patients A Third Safe Surgery Option
10/27/2011
A new study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that some women who need a lumpectomy or mastectomy have a third, perfectly safe option for treatment. The NSM or Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. There are essentially two main paths for surgery when breast cancer is detected. The first less aggressive is just to remove the lump and the tissue around it (lumpectomy)...
IVF May Be Tied To Ovarian Tumors Later In Life
10/27/2011
A Dutch study suggests that stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs for in vitro fertilization or IVF, may increase the risk of developing ovarian tumors, some of which may become cancerous, later in life...
IVF May Be Tied To Ovarian Tumors Later In Life
10/27/2011
A Dutch study suggests that stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs for in vitro fertilization or IVF, may increase the risk of developing ovarian tumors, some of which may become cancerous, later in life...
Study Finds That Annual Screening With Chest X-Ray Does Not Reduce Rate Of Lung Cancer Deaths
10/27/2011
In a trial that included more than 150,000 participants, those who underwent annual chest radiographic screening for up to 4 years did not have a significantly lower rate of death from lung cancer compared to participants who were not screened, according to a study in the November 2 issue of JAMA...
Clinical Trial Shows First Evidence That Anal Cancer Is Preventable
10/27/2011
A large, international clinical trial led by doctors at the University of California, San Francisco indicates that a vaccine to prevent anal cancer is safe and effective, according to a study reported in the October 27, 2011 issue of New England Journal of Medicine...
Through-The-Nipple Breast Cancer Therapy Shows Promise In Early Tests
10/27/2011
Delivering anticancer drugs into breast ducts via the nipple is highly effective in animal models of early breast cancer, and has no major side effects in human patients, according to a report by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in Science Translational Medicine on October 26...