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** BREAST CANCER News **

Breakthrough's Comment On Research Suggesting Women Who Have Migraines Have A Reduced Risk Of Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128444.php
Research to be published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention suggests that women who suffer from migraines may have a reduced risk of developing certain types of breast cancer.

Risk Assessment Tool Not Reliable Predictor For Some Women At High Risk Of Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128415.php
A statistical model commonly used to predict the risk of breast cancer in women was not accurate when used to evaluate women with atypical hyperplasia, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Women Who Have Migraines Have Lower Breast Cancer Risk
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128395.php
Women who suffer from migraines may take at least some comfort in a recent, first-of-its-kind study that suggests a history of such headaches is associated with a significantly lower risk of breast cancer.

Black And Spanish-Speaking Hispanic Women More Likely Than White Women To Show Dissatisfaction, Regret About Breast Cancer Treatment Decision Process
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128390.php
Black and Hispanic women, particularly Hispanic women who prefer to speak Spanish, are more likely than white women to be dissatisfied or regret decisions made about their breast cancer treatment, according to a study by <a href="http://www.

Breast Cancer - Targeting A Protein Called Cyclin D1 May Block The Expansion Of Cancerous Stem Cells
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128357.php
Breast cancer stem cells are known to be involved in therapy resistance and the recurrence of cancerous tumors. A new study appearing in Clinical and Translational Science shows the mechanisms governing stem cell expansion in breast cancer (called Notch activity), and finds that therapy targeting a protein called cyclin D1 may block the expansion of cancerous stem cells.

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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **

Stanford Co-Sponsors November 8th Conference To Discuss Life After Cancer Treatment
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128457.php
The Northern California Cancer Center, the Stanford Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society are co-sponsoring Nov. 8 the second annual Cancer Survivorship Conference "Now what? The new normal of cancer survivorship after treatment.

Tackling Hard-to-treat Childhood Cancer By Targeting Epigenetic Changes
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128406.php
A very difficult-to-treat child leukemia may benefit from the discovery of a small but potent epigenetic change that launches the cancer - but could potentially be reversed relatively easily, preventing cancer-promoting genes from being turned on.

When Cancer Pain Spreads To Bones MRI And Ultrasound May Provide Relief
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128396.php
Physicians at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are studying ways to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound to relieve some of the most intense pain resulting from cancer that has spread to the bones.

Minority Patients Discouraged From Cancer Screening By Negative Messages
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128389.php
New behavioral science research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, found that constantly emphasizing the negative consequences of a lack of cancer screening among minorities can actually make them less likely to go for screening.

Age Is Not A Major Factor In Cancer Survival, But Clinical Trials Exclude Older Patients
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128385.php
Age is not an independent factor in cancer survival rates and should not influence decisions about how to treat older patients, according to a study in the November issue of IJCP, the Independent Journal of Clinical Practice.

Racial Disparities Increasing For Cancers Unrelated To Smoking
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128356.php
A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African Americans and whites may be due primarily to smoking-related cancers, and that cancer mortality differences related to screening and treatment may still be increasing.

MIT Creates Tiny Backpacks For Cells - Polymer Patches Could Ferry Drugs, Assist In Cancer Diagnosis
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128348.php
MIT engineers have outfitted cells with tiny "backpacks" that could allow them to deliver chemotherapy agents, diagnose tumors or become building blocks for tissue engineering. Michael Rubner, director of MIT's Center for Materials Science and Engineering and senior author of a paper on the work that appeared online in Nano Letters on Nov.

Scientists Map Cancer Patient's Complete Genome
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128339.php
US scientists have mapped the complete genome of a middle-aged female cancer patient who died of acute myelogenous leukemia; they decoded 3 billion bits of her DNA and identified the genes involved in her disease, including 8 new ones.

Genentech Submits Application To U.S. Food And Drug Administration For Avastin In The Most Aggressive Form Of Brain Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128331.php
Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) announced that the company submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Avastin® (bevacizumab) as a therapy for people with previously treated glioblastoma.

Gene Variations Alter Risk Of Esophageal Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128326.php
Variations in a common gene pathway may affect esophageal cancer risk, a dangerous and rapidly increasing type of cancer, according to research by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Researchers Describe How Chronic Inflammation Can Lead To Stomach Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128324.php
A multi-center research team, led by Columbia University Medical Center, has uncovered a major contributor to the cause of stomach cancer the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world.

Brain Tumor Drug Derived From Herpes Virus Passes Next Hurdle
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128323.php
An anti-brain tumor agent developed from a genetically engineered herpes simplex virus has been shown to be safe when given in two doses and injected directly into the brain of patients with malignant glioma.

Washington University Scientists First To Sequence Genome Of Cancer Patient
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/128322.php
For the first time, scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease - acute myelogenous leukemia - to its genetic roots. A large research team at the Genome Sequencing Center and the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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