Cancer | -Bone drugs can reduce colon cancer risk in menopause women-

American and Israeli researchers have found that women taking certain bone drugs after menopause were less likely to develop colon cancer. The study has raised researchers’ hopes of using bisphosphonates, which are indicated to stall the loss of bone mass, to help prevent cancer in healthy people, reuters.com reported. Earlier studies have revealed that women [...]

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Cancer| -New Study Shows Less Surgery Better for Breast Cancer Patients-

When breast cancer has spread to a patient’s lymph system, surgeons traditionally have operated to remove a large number of underarm lymph nodes, to eliminate any trace of the cancer. The procedure is effective, but it can cause permanent complications. Now, a new study shows there is no advantage to taking out so many lymph [...]

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Scientists Developing New Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer may have an alternative therapy when they develop resistance to trastuzumab, also known as Herceptin, according to a laboratory finding published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Jacek Cap … Read More via AACR News Related articles Pertuzumab Combined With Herceptin [...]

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Breast Cancer.

Breast cancer occurs when a cell within a breast under-goes changes, that cause it to grow and divide uncontrollably. Usually the cancer arises from tissue that forms milk ducts. (1) At first, extra cells begin to form in this lining, a condition called hyperplasia (="too many cells"). (2) Then these cells become odd-looking and start filling the milk duct. In this [...]

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Breast Cancer And Re-using Your Water Bottle, Is There A Connection?

I heard a news cast about the connection between re-using your water bottle and breast cancer and the next day I had a discussion about it with my chiropractor, Dr. Brandon Di Novi in Shoreline.  He told me he had written an article about it, so with his permission, I am republishing his easy way [...]

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National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society skewered in new book by leading cancer expert .

June 14, 2011 by: Neev M. Arnell A new book by leading cancer expert, Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, skewers the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society and blames the organizations for America losing the war against cancer. In the book, "National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society: Criminal Indifference to Cancer Prevention and Conflicts [...]

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Three new breast cancer genes found and discovery could bring drugs lifesaver in five years (via Cancer Info and Treatments)

Three key breast cancer genes have been pinpointed by British scientists in a breakthrough likened to finding gold in Trafalgar Square. The discovery could save thousands of lives a year by providing researchers with the inspiration they need to come up with vital new treatments for the most common form of the disease. Excitingly, and [...]

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A Breast Cancer Prevention Drug?

Hormone-blocking drug reduces breast cancer risk By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer     CHICAGO (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 [...]

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