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** BREAST CANCER News **
Breast Cancer Confessions: The Emotional Work Of Disclosing A Diagnosis
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117152.php
Women diagnosed with breast cancer shoulder the emotional burden of disclosing their diagnosis to loved ones, managing the feelings of others at precisely the time when they need support themselves, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
In Vietnam, Alongside Progress, A Battle For Life With The Programme Of Action For Cancer Therapy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117146.php
Behind the elegant French colonial-style exterior of the National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, a battle is raging. In the hospital´s crowded wards, treatment rooms and corridors, doctors are struggling against a powerful and insidious enemy: cancer.
Leading Organisations Call For Recognition Of Palliative Care And Pain Treatment As Human Rights
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117069.php
The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) and different organisations from around the world will issue today a Joint Declaration and Statement of Commitment calling for the recognition of Palliative Care and Pain Treatment as Human Rights.
American Cancer Society Study Finds High Use Of Complementary Methods Among Cancer Survivors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117061.php
A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society finds many cancer patients use complementary and alternative methods, most often prayer, relaxation, supplements, meditation, and massage.
Interferon Or Surgery For Eye Surface Cancer - Which Is Best?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117059.php
James Chodosh, MD, and colleagues evaluated 29 patients who were treated within a 10-year period for ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN), a type of cancer, either by surgical removal of the tumor or with topical interferon (alfa-2b).
Turned-off Cannabinoid Receptor Turns On Colorectal Tumor Growth - CB1 Suppresses Tumors, A New Potential Path For Treatment, Prevention
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117055.php
New preclinical research shows that cannabinoid cell surface receptor CB1 plays a tumor-suppressing role in human colorectal cancer, scientists report in the Aug. 1 edition of the journal <i>Cancer Research</i>.
Overcoming Inhibitors Of Cell Death Improves Cancer Therapy Efficacy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117042.php
Individuals with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain tumor, have an extremely poor prognosis. Although pre-clinical studies indicated therapeutics inhibiting a group of proteins known as receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) would likely be beneficial to individuals with GBM, these RTK inhibitors have met with limited clinical success - only a small proportion of patients respond to such treatment and most subsequently relapse after only a short time.
Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution - Each Cancer Type Has Unique Gene Mutations That Give It Darwin's Selective Advantage
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117038.php
Scientists from The Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton and the University of California discovered that the underlying process in tumor formation is the same as for life itself - evolution.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
No news for this category today.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Turned-off Cannabinoid Receptor Turns On Colorectal Tumor Growth - CB1 Suppresses Tumors, A New Potential Path For Treatment, Prevention
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117055.php
New preclinical research shows that cannabinoid cell surface receptor CB1 plays a tumor-suppressing role in human colorectal cancer, scientists report in the Aug. 1 edition of the journal <i>Cancer Research</i>.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
No news for this category today.
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **
Some Types Of Leukemia Are Addicted To Notch Proteins
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117045.php
The leukemic cells in a large proportion of individuals with a form of leukemia known as T-ALL have mutations in the NOTCH1 gene. These mutations lead to the generation of Notch1 proteins that have increased activity, however, it is not known whether they have sufficient increased activity to actually initiate the disease.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
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