August 2006

Low Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Faces Dilemma

WASHINGTON — It took eight agonizing months for Charles Linzey to decide how to treat his early-stage prostate cancer. His wife, in contrast, had her early-stage breast cancer surgically removed just a month after diagnosis. It’s not that the Baltimore businessman was less decisive. Instead, Linzey ran into a distressing reality: Unlike with breast cancer [...]

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Botswana Study: Cancer Is On Rise

In the advent of the HIV epidemic, the number of people with cancer has escalated, the head of Oncology at Princess Marina Hospital said last week. Dr Alexander Von Paleske informed the media that the ward, which was initially meant to be for admissions and observations, has now turned into a cancer ward. He said [...]

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Vitamin D Mimic May Improve Prostate Cancer Therapy

ISLAMABAD: Treating prostate cancer cells with a vitamin D-like compound appears to make them more susceptible to the destructive effects of radiation, lab experiments show. If this research holds up, pretreating prostate cancer patients with the vitamin D “analog” could offer two benefits. It might allow the radiation dose to be reduced, resulting in fewer [...]

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ABC Cancer Scare Linked With Delayed Childbirth

A RELIGIOUS newsletter has linked the breast cancer scare at ABC’s Toowong studios with the rise of career women delaying childbirth. The August edition of Festival Focus Queensland said that breast cancer might not just be linked to radiation from broadcasting equipment, as ABC journalists have claimed. Instead, it said lifestyle factors could be involved [...]

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PM Hails Fundraising Cancer Cyclist

Inspirational fundraiser and terminal cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson has been praised by Tony Blair as she entered the final week of her 4,200-mile Ride Across America for charity. The mother of three received the Prime Minister’s best wishes in a hand-written letter delivered to her in Washington during the latest stage of her journey from [...]

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Obesity Reduces Ovarian Cancer Survival

MONDAY, Aug. 28 — (HealthDay News) — Obese women with ovarian cancer typically fare worse than those who are not obese, a new study shows. “If women develop ovarian cancer and they are obese, they have a lower chance of survival than those who are overweight or normal weight,” noted senior researcher Dr. Andrew Li, [...]

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Scholarship Opens Doors For Student, Cancer Community

Many college students are beginning their pursuits in higher education with private scholarships. Each year, millions of dollars are awarded to college students as a result of private gifts that flow from alumni and donors. These scholarships help universities compete for the best and brightest students. And the beneficiaries of these scholarships are many. Universities [...]

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Scots Chuch Leaders Condemns The Move For Under-Age Sex

Schoolgirls as young as nine could be given a controversial vaccine to protect them against a virus which causes cervical cancer, it emerged yesterday. But the vaccine is causing controversy, with Scots church leaders condemning the move as giving the “green light” to under-age sex. The jab has been resisted in other countries, most notably [...]

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Skin Cancer Is More Likely To Kill “Men”

Men over the age of 60 are more than twice as likely to die from skin cancer than women of the same age, health chiefs say. New figures show the number of Victorian men diagnosed with malignant melanoma had increased by more than 30 per cent for those aged between 60 and 80. Associate Professor [...]

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Scientists Finds Molecules Which Makes Cancer Cell Self-Destruct

Scientists have developed a way of “executing” cancer cells. Healthy cells have a built-in process which means they commit suicide if something is wrong, a process which fails in cancer cells. The University of Illinois team created a synthetic molecule which caused cancer cells to self-destruct. Cancer experts said the study, in Nature Chemical Biology, [...]

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Fine Line Between Healthful And Harmful Drinking For Women

Sometimes drinking alcohol is healthy. And sometimes drinking alcohol is harmful. Studies show that one drink per day — compared with no drinking at all — can reduce a woman’s risk for heart disease and stroke by 50 percent. And other research indicates that older women who drink moderately have better cognitive skills. But there [...]

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Hormonal Therapy Teleconference By LBBC

Hormonal Therapies: Making Decisions and Quality of Life After Breast Cancer is the next teleconference hosted by Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC). Get the latest treatment strategies and learn about quality of life issues surrounding hormonal therapy during a free teleconference from 12 p.m to 1:30 p.m on Tuesday, September 26th.Speaker Ruth Oratz, MD, FACP, [...]

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