• Every 69 Seconds

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:51:43
    Every 69 seconds, a woman dies of breast cancer somewhere in the world. Don’t wait 69 seconds to make a difference. Eggland’s Best and Susan G. Komen for the Cure are going viral today, and you can help them turn the virtual world pink: http://bit.ly/axI3R4 #fightbreastcancer!

  • Mammograms effective from age 40, study says

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:14:28
    Amid the controversy over the age at which women should begin having mammograms, a study from Sweden supports starting breast cancer screening at age 40. That conclusion goes against the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued guidelines recommending against mammograms for women ages 40 to 49. The announcement of those guidelines sparked an uproar among [...]

  • Tobacco control results in lower lung cancer rate

    Updated: 2010-09-30 06:07:31
    A study led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego shows that California's 40 year-long tobacco control program has resulted in lung cancer rates that are nearly 25 percent lower than other states. "The consistency in the trends from cigarette sales and population surveys was reassuring" said John P. Pierce, PhD, Sam M. Walton Professor of Cancer Research in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD School of Medicine and director of the Population Sciences Division at Moores UCSD Cancer Center. "What is really important is that the widening gap in smoking behavior between California and the rest of the nation is replicated in the lung cancer data 16 years later. There is no other behavior that affects a disease like this"........

  • Childhood cancer treatment sparks talk of a "cure"

    Updated: 2010-09-29 22:50:39
    "This is the important leap in cure rates that we’ve had in the last two decades."

  • Mammograms (and Me) In the News

    Updated: 2010-09-29 22:09:23
    Journalism student and writer Kirsten Tellam found my blog recently, then she found me, then we talked on the phone, then she wrote this story, which was published today. New research questions effectiveness of mammograms Nice job, Kirsten! Thanks for the opportunity to share my story.

  • Study: New Test May Detect Two Cancers Earlier

    Updated: 2010-09-29 14:59:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 29 0 Study : New Test May Detect Two Cancers Earlier by : cancercompass Researchers at Somalogic Inc . a privately held company focused on biomarker technology , presented at an American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Denver this . week The company stated that a new blood screening technology will allow doctors to diagnose pancreatic cancer and mesothelioma patients at earlier . stages Currently these cancers are detected at an advanced stage , where

  • Should I get a mammogram?

    Updated: 2010-09-29 01:31:09
    Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Wednesdays, it's Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society. Question asked via e-mail: Is it really worth it to get a mammogram? Should I be getting mammograms? Expert answer: There have been a number of articles in the press about [...]

  • Intensive lifestyle changes improve diabetes risk factors

    Updated: 2010-09-28 21:43:14
    More exercise and a better, healthier diet can lower type 2 diabetes symptoms according to a new study published in Archives of Internal Medicine Monday. Researchers looked at more than 5,000 patients between the ages of 55 and 76 who were overweight or obese and had type 2 diabetes. All the participants were given information about diabetes.  Half of the patients [...]

  • TLC’s “Little Couple” looks to DNA from saliva for genetic testing

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:44:00
    Subscribe by Email Your : email About DNA Genotek Welcome to The Genetic Link a blog from DNA Genotek written to provide new insights about DNA and RNA sample collection . Join us for the latest news or learn more at www.dnagenotek.com Most Popular Posts Rinse , Swab or Spit What's the Real Source of DNA in Saliva 7 Simple Steps to Maximize DNA Yield with Oragene•DNA Saliva-based DNA Collection Solves a Tropical Disease Mystery DNA Genotek's Top 10 List for 2009 Lifestyle Management , Weight Loss and Genetics Hunting for Cancer Genes with DNA from Saliva DNA from Saliva . The Newest Tool in Cancer Research Best Practices for Long-term Storage of Oragene•DNA Samples Has DNA Collection Gone to the Dogs Storage of Purified DNA from Oragene•DNA Samples Browse by Tag animal dna 1 Biobank

  • Guidelines to Reduce Cancer Development

    Updated: 2010-09-28 06:44:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 28 0 Guidelines to Reduce Cancer Development by : cancercompass The Washington Post recently published an article highlighting lifestyle changes to reduce one's chance of developing . cancer Dr . Ranit Mishori , a family physician and faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine , discussed several steps to limit oneself when trying to get healthy and deter cancer development . Those steps includes limiting or :

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month AOL Health

    Updated: 2010-09-27 23:22:39
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  • New Book Released Regarding Cell Phone Radiation

    Updated: 2010-09-27 20:56:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 27 0 New Book Released Regarding Cell Phone Radiation by : cancercompass Dr . Devra Davis released a new book titled Disconnect : The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation , What the Industry Has Done to Hide It , and How to Protect Your Family Davis is an epidemiologist and toxicologist . She also happens to be an expert in environmental health . And according to TIME Davis believes cancer is caused more by our environments than our genes and cell phones are one of her

  • Countdown to Pinktober

    Updated: 2010-09-27 01:55:08
    It won’t be long now until the the world as we know it turns pink. I know, it’s kind of annoying for all sorts of reasons, which I won’t dive into right now, but I do sort of like October for the mere fact that I commit myself to blogging more than usual, and that [...]

  • And the Pendant Goes to Donna!

    Updated: 2010-09-27 01:34:18
    “My Mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had surgery along with several hard months of chemo,” says Donna, who is the lucky winner of the Ovarian Cancer Marble Pendant. “She lost her beautiful hair (she is mistaken for Barbara Bush so you know how beautiful her white hair was). She was a trooper, went through [...]

  • This Room

    Updated: 2010-09-24 17:44:43
    Five and a half years ago, I sat in this exam room, after being shuttled over from the hospital room in which I’d been living for five days with chemo complications. The radiation folks deemed it necessary to prep me for my next therapy, which takes a lot of planning and precision, so they borrowed [...]

  • Beat Cancer Boot Camp

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:37:00
    For Strength. For Health. For Life. That's the motto of Beat Cancer Boot Camp, a workout and support organization for cancer survivors, patients and their loved ones.Based in Tucson, Arizona, Beat Cancer Boot Camp has two other chapters in Ohio and Massachusetts. Founder Anita " the Sarge" Kellman focuses on group support through physical activity as opposed to "woe is me," according to Beat Cancer Boot Camp's new website.What do you think of Beat Cancer Boot Camp? Do you have a cancer-focused physical fitness group that you belong to? What do you and your loved ones do for support and health?

  • Radiation-Ready

    Updated: 2010-09-23 20:26:05
    I know this pre-radiation photo is revealing, and I’m sorry if it offends you in any way. I am a pretty modest person overall, really (no bikinis for me!), but I don’t spare any details when it comes to breast cancer. I figure it can only help to be totally open and honest about the [...]

  • Never Before Done Surgery Saves Woman From Rare Bone Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-23 16:09:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 23 0 Never Before Done Surgery Saves Woman From Rare Bone Cancer by : cancercompass Young mother Janis Ollson experienced excruciating back pain while pregnant with her second child . She knew something was seriously wrong . And after seeing specialists to diagnose the issue , she soon discovered that she had an incurable bone disease called chondrosarcoma Ollson was faced with a major decision : undergo a major surgery that had only been performed on cadavers ,

  • Update – State Fair DNA collection

    Updated: 2010-09-22 19:21:00
    Subscribe by Email Your : email About DNA Genotek Welcome to The Genetic Link a blog from DNA Genotek written to provide new insights about DNA and RNA sample collection . Join us for the latest news or learn more at www.dnagenotek.com Most Popular Posts Rinse , Swab or Spit What's the Real Source of DNA in Saliva 7 Simple Steps to Maximize DNA Yield with Oragene•DNA Saliva-based DNA Collection Solves a Tropical Disease Mystery DNA Genotek's Top 10 List for 2009 Lifestyle Management , Weight Loss and Genetics Hunting for Cancer Genes with DNA from Saliva DNA from Saliva . The Newest Tool in Cancer Research Best Practices for Long-term Storage of Oragene•DNA Samples Has DNA Collection Gone to the Dogs Storage of Purified DNA from Oragene•DNA Samples Browse by Tag animal dna 1 Biobank

  • Cupcakes for a Cause® Week Benefits Childhood Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-21 17:01:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 21 0 Cupcakes for a Cause® Week Benefits Childhood Cancer by : cancercompass Who doesn't love cupcakes It's the amuse bouche of delectable desserts . Perfectly proportioned gems of sweetness that people aged 1 to 100 all . love And this week , cupcakes are doing more than just filling bellies and satisfying sweet . tooths Cupcakes for a Cause® Week a national fundraiser benefitting CancerCare for Kids® , nbsp kicked off its 7th year on Monday . According to the

  • Florida Firefighters Don Pink for Cancer Awareness

    Updated: 2010-09-20 21:26:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 20 0 Florida Firefighters Don Pink for Cancer Awareness by : cancercompass October 1st is the first day of breast cancer awareness month , but the firefighters of Palm Beach County got a head start on Sunday by driving pink fire trucks and donning pink t-shirts as part of the nationwide Pink Heals Tour We treat a lot of people who have cancer , taking them to hospitals and things like that when they're sick , rdquo Fire Rescue engineer Rick Rhodes told WPBF This is

  • 4 possible risk factors for ovarian cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-20 19:56:02
    A consortium of cancer scientists has identified four chromosome locations with genetic changes that are likely to alter a woman's risk of developing ovary cancer. The findings are published in Nature Genetics in an article authored by a Mayo Clinic researcher. Scientists say that while more needs to be learned about the function of the specific chromosomal regions involved in susceptibility, the discoveries move them a major step closer to individualized risk evaluations for ovary cancer. In the future, women at greatest risk due to these and other inherited changes appears to be offered increased surveillance or preventive measures........

  • What price beauty? New legislation seeks safety regulations (Huffington Post, 9/19/2010)

    Updated: 2010-09-20 17:26:28
    "Why do companies use harmful ingredients when they can do a product without it? Because they can."

  • Kit’s Shoulder Surgery

    Updated: 2010-09-20 01:36:07
    Kit is an avid tennis player that has been sidelined by a shoulder injury. After seeing Dr. David Geier at MUSC Sports Medicine, she found out that she needed arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery to get back to playing her favorite sport. Follow Kit’s story and see her surgery, physical therapy and [...]

  • Lisa Wins ‘You Are the Best Medicine’ Book

    Updated: 2010-09-19 22:23:09
    Lisa is the lucky winner in the “You Are the Best Medicine” book giveaway, and let me tell you — she is quite deserving! Here’s her “C” story: I turned 41 and knew I needed to set up my mammogram — 40 went by so fast, and I had not done it yet. (I’d had a [...]

  • Winery Renews Capsules for Hope® Program

    Updated: 2010-09-17 15:14:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 17 0 Winery Renews Capsules for Hope® Program by : cancercompass Sutter Home Family Vineyards announced Friday that it will renew its Capsules for Hope® . program Capsules for Hope® encourages Sutter Home wine drinkers to mail-in their wine capsules from any Sutter Home bottle . The wine company provides postage-paid , pre-addressed envelopes at in-store displays . Sutter Home then donates 1 for every mailed-in foil capsule to City of . Hope Every October , I'm

  • Concerns Grow Regarding Tanning Bed Addiction

    Updated: 2010-09-16 21:55:00
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  • Taxicabs and Limos May Brighten Up Next Month

    Updated: 2010-09-15 22:08:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Sep 15 0 Taxicabs and Limos May Brighten Up Next Month by : cancercompass Taxicabs and limousines usually stick to a few distinct colors : yellow , black , white . and pink Yes , you may see more pink taxicabs and limousines in your area as the Taxicab , Limousine Paratransit Association TLPA is encouraging its members to have one vehicle in their fleets go pink all in the name of breast cancer awareness month next . month The Pink Ride' campaign will have donated funds

  • Thin Women Have Higher Breast Cancer Risk After HRT: Study

    Updated: 2010-09-15 04:19:04
    Thinner women who take hormone-replacement therapy have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than heavier women, California researchers have found.

  • Ovarian Cancer Marble Pendant: Giveaway

    Updated: 2010-09-14 23:08:22
    It’s almost October, and yes, that means Breast Cancer Awareness Month is just about here. But we’re not talking breast cancer right now. Nope, we’re paying some attention to another cancer, because guess what? September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and the word needs to get out that 21,880 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2010, and 13,850 [...]

  • Preventive Surgeries Reduce Breast, Ovarian Cancer in Some Women

    Updated: 2010-09-14 19:35:02
    A double mastectomy and ovarian removal reduced the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer by 80 to 95 percent, University of Pennsylvania researchers said.

  • A Great Time Had by All at the Musculoskeletal Institute’s Annual Bone & Joint Reunion

    Updated: 2010-09-13 20:38:23
    The MUSC Musculoskeletal Institute was pleased to host the Annual Bone & Joint Reunion on September 10th at the Omar Shrine Convention Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C. With more than 250 attendees including patients who have had a total joint replacement and many patients who are candidates for a replacement in attendance [...]

  • A Cluster Bomb for Cancer Care

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:46
    Chemotherapy, while an effective cancer therapy, also brings debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity and a battered immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving treatment to cancer patients - getting straight to the source of the disease - has been invented by Dr. Dan Peer of Tel Aviv University's Department of Cell Research and Immunology and the Center for Nano Science and Nano Technology together with Prof. Rimona Margalit of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology........

  • Assess severity of prostate cancers

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:45
    Rutgers scientists are in the process of developing methods that can accurately assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient's prostate gland. This may help physicians decide more confidently which patients need aggressive therapy and which are better served by "watchful waiting," and could even postpone or eliminate invasive biopsies in patients with low-grade tumors........

  • Targeting advanced prostate cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:45
    In its early stages, prostate cancer requires androgens (hormones that promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics) for growth, and current first-line therapies target the receptor for these hormones to slow cancer's development and spread. However, advanced prostate cancers are often androgen-independent, meaning that androgen-blocking therapies are ineffective........

  • High-risk prostate cancer and bone mineral content loss

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:45
    Men with prostate cancer lose significantly less bone mineral content (BMC) as they age than men who are free of the disease, as per research in the recent issue of BJUI The findings are important because loss of BMC can play a key role in the development of fragile bones, fractures and osteoporosis........

  • Studying Cells in 3-D

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:44
    Showing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A newly released study led by Johns Hopkins University engineers indicates it may happen. Looking at cells in 3-D, the team members concluded, yields more accurate information that could help develop drugs to prevent cancer's spread........

  • Potential biomarkers for colorectal cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:44
    Colorectal cancer, cancer of the colon and rectum, is a common cause of mortality worldwide. Statistical data showed that the number of deaths caused by colorectal cancer is increasing in both men and women. Proteins are functional components of the cell that regulate the cell's activity. Understanding the differential expression of proteins in colorectal cancer and normal tissues will lead to a better understanding of the development of the disease, furthermore, these proteins may serve as biomarkers for therapy or detection of the disease. Hydrophobic proteins play a vital role in various cellular processes, by virtue of their cellular location, and may serve as a target for drug-targeted treatment........

  • Key Enzyme in Melanoma Cell Development

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:44
    Virginia Commonwealth University scientists have discovered a mechanism by which an enzyme regulates gene expression and growth in melanoma cells, a finding that could someday lead to more effective drugs to attack cancers and make them more treatable. Melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is highly resistant to current therapeutic strategies for reasons that are not well understood. New research at VCU suggests that an enzyme discovered in 2003 might be used to target a specific genetic component that helps to regulate gene expression and defends melanoma cells against therapy........

  • Exercise may keep cancer patients healthier

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:43
    Breast and patients with prostate cancer who regularly exercise during and after cancer therapy report having a better quality of life and being less fatigued, as per scientists at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "Using exercise as an approach to cancer care has the potential to benefit patients both physically and psychologically, as well as mitigate therapy side effects," says study main author Eleanor M. Walker, M.D., division director of breast services in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Henry Ford Hospital........

  • Making the tumor glow

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:43
    A series of novel imaging agents could light up tumors as they begin to form before they turn deadly and signal their transition to aggressive cancers. The compounds fluorescent inhibitors of the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) could have broad applications for detecting tumors earlier, monitoring a tumor's transition from pre-malignancy to more aggressive growth, and defining tumor margins during surgical removal........

  • Gene can determine cancer susceptibility

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:42
    It is an accepted fact that genetics play a key role in a person's susceptibility to cancer, and that throughout life, mutations can cause damage to tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) further increasing the chances of developing malignant tumors. Now a newly released study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) demonstrates that even subtle changes in expression of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene can significantly increase cancer susceptibility in specific tissues, suggesting that environmental factors, such as diet or exposure to carcinogens, may have a more dramatic influence on tumor development than previously recognized. Appearing in this week's Advance On-line issue of Nature Genetics, the findings propose a new model for the role of tumor suppressor genes in the onset of cancer and could prove valuable in the development of diagnostic tests targeted to these gene alterations........

  • Getting Physical Against Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:42
    Conventional biological wisdom holds that living cells interact with their environment through an elaborate network of chemical signals. As a result a number of therapies for the therapy of cancer and other diseases in which cell behavior goes awry focus on drugs that block or disrupt harmful chemical signals. Now, a new road for future therapies may have been opened with scientific evidence for a never seen before way in which cells can also sense and respond to physical forces........

  • Cancer in the other breast in women with breast cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:42
    Postmenopausal women, including those over 70 years old, who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, in comparison to premenopausal women, say scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida. They observed that 3.8 percent of 425 women had breast cancer in the undiagnosed breast that had not been found with a clinical or mammographic examination; all were postmenopausal. In these women, detecting and treating cancer in both breasts at the same time may save costs, patient stress, and the potential toxicity that may come from having to treat cancer later in the second breast once it is discovered, the scientists say in the March/recent issue of The Breast Journal........

  • Gene mutation that causes endometrial cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:41
    A mutation in a single gene can cause endometrial cancer that is responsive to a specific drug treatment, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study. The finding suggests that eventually it might be possible to screen women with endometrial cancer to see if they have that mutation and use the drug as targeted treatment, the scientists said........

  • MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Designated A Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

    Updated: 2010-09-07 20:14:31
    Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). By awarding the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in all of the College’s voluntary, breast-imaging accreditation programs [...]

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