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Scientific evidence goes increasingly against the theory that mobile phones cause cancer, a new study has concluded. http://phys.org/news228821254.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:27:44 EST news228821254 (AP) -- Full results of a big study that showed some smokers' lives could be saved by screening with lung scans now reveal more clearly what the risks are: There's a good chance of a false alarm. http://phys.org/news228587934.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:39:04 EST news228587934 (AP) -- Too many doctors are testing the wrong women, or using the wrong test, for a virus that causes cervical cancer. http://phys.org/news227812217.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:10:34 EST news227812217 (AP) -- The gap in cancer death rates between college graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported Friday. http://phys.org/news227502011.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:00:34 EST news227502011 (AP) -- Help is on the way to consumers confused by the jumble of sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. http://phys.org/news227265485.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:18:14 EST news227265485 (AP) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. executives said Monday they have more than a half-dozen drugs in testing against different cancers and could get important data on them and possibly a couple of approvals this year. http://phys.org/news226595808.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:17:03 EST news226595808 German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer said Monday that its Alpharadin treatment for prostate cancer has shown positive results in advanced trials. http://phys.org/news226565285.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:48:24 EST news226565285 A new high-dose chemotherapy regimen has been shown to improve survival of children with high-risk neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer, according to a European clinical trial published Sunday. http://phys.org/news226550549.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:42:47 EST news226550549 (AP) -- They're not cures, but two novel drugs produced unprecedented gains in survival in separate studies of people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, doctors reported Sunday. http://phys.org/news226549097.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:18:41 EST news226549097 An anti-estrogen drug has shown a "promising" 65-percent reduction of breast cancer risk among post-menopausal women, according to the findings of a study released Saturday. http://phys.org/news226414782.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:00:05 EST news226414782 (AP) -- Millions of women at higher-than-usual risk of breast cancer have a new option for preventing the disease. Pfizer Inc.'s Aromasin cut the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half, without the side effects that have curbed enthusiasm for other prevention drugs, a major study found. http://phys.org/news226412912.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:00:01 EST news226412912 Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. http://phys.org/news224961785.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 18:23:31 EST news224961785 Healthy women over 30 who test negative for human papillomaviruses (HPV) may be able to safely extend the period between gynecological exams from every year to three years, said a US study Wednesday. http://phys.org/news224961648.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 18:21:01 EST news224961648 Millions of Americans - mostly women - could find the key to more energy, easier weight control, sharper thinking, less depression, less infertility, lower blood pressure and lower incidence of heart disease. It all depends on who wins a 10-year-old medical debate. http://phys.org/news224496162.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Fri, 13 May 2011 09:50:01 EST news224496162 (AP) -- Many older Americans get repeat colon cancer tests they don't need and Medicare is paying for it, suggests a study that spotlights unnecessary risks to the elderly and a waste of money. http://phys.org/news224180002.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 09 May 2011 20:00:01 EST news224180002 Men under 65 with early prostate cancer had better survival odds if they had surgery right away instead of waiting for treatment only if their cancer got worse, a study in Sweden found. http://phys.org/news223749145.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Wed, 04 May 2011 17:32:43 EST news223749145 Cancer researchers at hundreds of sites nationwide are about to launch a SWOG-led clinical trial that could keep thousands of breast cancer patients from getting chemotherapy that is unlikely to do them any good. http://phys.org/news223030244.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:50:54 EST news223030244 The experimental agent selumetinib has shown promising results in people with advanced biliary cancer, according to a multi-institutional clinical trial led by cancer researchers at The Ohio State University. http://phys.org/news222967807.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:38:26 EST news222967807 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Birmingham has identified a 21 day treatment threshold to facilitate renal recovery and significantly improve survival rates of myeloma or Kahler's disease; a cancer of the bone marrow. http://phys.org/news222671594.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:13:31 EST news222671594 In stark contrast to normal cells, which only divide a finite number of times before they enter into a permanent state of growth arrest or simply die, cancer cells never cease to proliferate. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered an important clue to one of the mechanisms underlying cancer cell immortality. http://phys.org/news222609023.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:50:40 EST news222609023 Women who choose among different breast cancer treatment options make smarter choices when getting the information and making decisions in small doses rather than all at once, as is customary, a University of Michigan study found. http://phys.org/news222538894.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:21:43 EST news222538894 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has been given the green light by US authorities to market its test for screening cervical cancer, the company announced on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news222522001.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:40:10 EST news222522001 Two new studies highlight the power of sequencing cancer patients' genomes as a diagnostic tool, helping doctors decide the best course of treatment and researchers identify new cancer susceptibility mutations that can be passed from parent to child. http://phys.org/news222451688.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:08:22 EST news222451688 Many of the newest weapons in the war on cancer come in the form of personalized therapies that can target specific changes in an individual's tumor. By disrupting molecular processes in tumor cells, these drugs can keep the tumor from growing and spreading. At the forefront of this work are Binghamton University researchers, Susan Bane, and Susannah Gal, who are deploying a new tool in their study of an enzyme called tubulin tyrosine ligase, or TTL. http://phys.org/news222432578.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:20:01 EST news222432578 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research published last week in the journal PNAS may have identified a promising new target for developing drugs against one of the most common types of lung cancer. http://phys.org/news222425004.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:43:38 EST news222425004 Squamous cell cancers, which can occur in multiple organs in the body, can originate from hair follicle stem cells, a finding that could result in new strategies to treat and potentially prevent the disease, according to a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. http://phys.org/news222424620.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:37:23 EST news222424620 A new study shows how inflammation can help cause cancer. Chronic inflammation due to infection or to conditions such as chronic inflammatory bowel disease is associated with up to 25 percent of all cancers. http://phys.org/news222424253.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:32:33 EST news222424253 Donna Vinson suddenly felt she "couldn't think well." She was far off from choosing the right words, even pointing to a garbage can once as she asked a family member to pass the potatoes. http://phys.org/news222363693.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:10:01 EST news222363693 High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), the fifth-deadliest cancer among American women, is thought by many scientists to often be a fallopian tube malignancy masquerading as an ovarian one. While most of the evidence linking HGSOC to the fallopian tubes has so far been only circumstantial, a new Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study suggests there is a direct connection, a finding that could aid in the development of better treatments for the cancer. http://phys.org/news222361125.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:58:56 EST news222361125 Cancer researchers at the University of Calgary are investigating a new tool to use for the prognosis of breast cancer in patients. This new digital tool will help give patients a more accurate assessment of how abnormal and aggressive their cancer is and help doctors recommend the best treatment options. http://phys.org/news222338057.html Medicine & Health - Cancer Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:34:29 EST news222338057