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** BREAST CANCER News **
'Molecular Manual' For 100s Of Inherited Diseases Compiled By Researchers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133548.php
An international research team has compiled the first catalogue of tissue-specific pathologies underlying hundreds of inherited diseases. These results provide information that may help treat conditions such as breast cancer, Parkinson's disease, heart disease and autism.
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Has Anti-Cancer Components
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133535.php
Good quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, 'phytochemicals', that can trigger cancer cell death. New research published in the open access journal <i>BMC Cancer</i> sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Medical Alliance Pays Off-Collaboration Leads To Expanded Research Opportunities
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133430.php
A vast resource of information critical to cancer research is now leading to new opportunities for scientists - information that could lead to improved cancer treatments.The collaboration known as the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Care Program is now yielding data that can be used for studies relating to genetics, health services and public health.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Colonoscopy Study Underscores Importance Of Quality Standards
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133546.php
A study by Baxter, et al. scheduled to be published in the Jan. 6, 2009, edition of<i> Annals of Internal Medicine</i>, concluded that while screening colonoscopy is associated with fewer deaths from colorectal cancer, the association is primarily limited to deaths from cancer developing in the left side of the colon.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **
Stem Cells And Leukemia Battle For Marrow Microenvironment
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133633.php
Learning how leukemia takes over privileged "niches" within the bone marrow is helping researchers develop treatment strategies that could protect healthy blood-forming stem cells and improve the outcomes of bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and other types of cancer.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Prostate Cancer Patient From Warrington Becomes First In UK To Be Treated Using RapidArc™ Radiotherapy From Varian Medical Systems
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133413.php
65-year-old grandfather of six, Graham McCormack has become the first cancer patient in the UK to be treated using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems . Mr McCormack, from Warrington in Cheshire, received the fast and efficient treatment at Clatterbridge centre for Oncology in the Wirral, the first UK cancer centre to introduce the revolutionary new treatment technique.
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