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** BREAST CANCER News **

Breast Cancer Patients Not Offered All Options For Reconstruction, UK
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123315.php
Free <a href="http://www.breastreconstructionforlife.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DVD</a> for Breast Cancer Patients Revealing Range of Alternatives. An inequality in breast reconstruction options for mastectomy patients has been highlighted by a West Sussex hospital.

Breast MRI Scan Could Determine Need For Radiation Therapy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123280.php
For women whose breast cancer has spread to their lymph nodes, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan could replace exploratory surgery as the method for determining whether those women need radiation therapy to treat their disease, according to a study to be presented during the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) which opens in Boston.

New Computer Based Tools Will Help Make Best Use Of Genetic Breast Cancer Tests
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123279.php
A new federal project, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will lead efforts to develop, implement and evaluate four computer-based decision-support tools that will help clinicians and patients better use genetic tests to evaluate and treat breast cancer.

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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **

'Open Cancer Surgery Set To Become A Thing Of The Past'
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123284.php
The surgeon's knife is playing an ever smaller role in the treatment of cancer, as it is replaced by increasingly efficient and safe radiation therapy techniques. Progress in radiation technology will also lead to better detection rates for cancer.

PNAS: How A Stuck Accelerator Causes Cancer Cell Expansion
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123263.php
The cellular oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes are analogous to the accelerator and brake pedals in a car. If an oncogene is permanently active, similar to a stuck accelerator in a car, cells divide without restraints and a tumor develops.

IDM Pharma Provides Update On Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) Regulatory Status Following September Meeting Of European Committee For Medicinal Products
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123253.php
IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI) announced that it met with representatives of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and Secretariat of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) on September 25th, following the CHMP's September meeting where CHMP considered the Company's Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) for the treatment of patients with non-metastatic, resectable osteosarcoma, a rare and often fatal bone tumor that typically affects children and young adults.

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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **