Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1285 Health - Cancer en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:30:45 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1285 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/healthstemcellsdrugsdiseasecancer afp/20080820/healthstemcellsdrugsdiseasecancer AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:30:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/healthstemcellsdrugsdiseasecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nip78.200808122903.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8UhVoHGV8V9XWQvZn0jrwg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A French doctor examines a patient's medical results as he looks for tumours at a hospital in Nancy, France. British researchers have developed a more accurate technique for spotting the most aggressive forms of bowel cancer.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Researchers in Britain have developed a more accurate technique for spotting the most aggressive forms of bowel cancer, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/hl_afp/healthstemcellsdrugsdiseasecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nip78.200808122903.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8UhVoHGV8V9XWQvZn0jrwg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A French doctor examines a patient's medical results as he looks for tumours at a hospital in Nancy, France. British researchers have developed a more accurate technique for spotting the most aggressive forms of bowel cancer.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080820/hl_hsn/imagingsystemletsdoctorsseecancerduringsurgery hsn/20080820/imagingsystemletsdoctorsseecancerduringsurgery HealthDay Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:19 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging system that highlights cancerous tissue makes it easier for surgeons to detect and remove tumors without harming surrounding healthy tissue, according to U.S. researchers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080820/hl_hsn/mathematicalmodelhelpspredictcancertumorsize hsn/20080820/mathematicalmodelhelpspredictcancertumorsize HealthDay Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:11 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A mathematical model to find blood biomarkers that can help doctors estimate the size of cancer tumors has been developed by researchers at Stanford University. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080820/hl_hsn/zoledronicacidprotectsbonesofwomengettingbreastcancertreatment hsn/20080820/zoledronicacidprotectsbonesofwomengettingbreastcancertreatment HealthDay Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:09 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss in breast cancer patients undergoing endocrine therapy and improves bone mineral density after treatment, according to an Austrian study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/hl_nm/cancer_bowel_dc nm/20080820/cancer_bowel_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:18:43 GMT Reuters - Stem cell scientists have developed a new and more accurate way of spotting aggressive forms of bowel cancer, allowing for tailored treatment that should improve patients' chances of survival. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080819/hl_hsn/newlydiscoveredairpollutantsmaycauselungproblems hsn/20080819/newlydiscoveredairpollutantsmaycauselungproblems HealthDay Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:46:39 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Recently discovered so-called free radicals that are attached to small particles of air pollution could cause lung damage and perhaps even lung cancer, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080819/hl_hsn/newimagingtechniquecouldspotearlycancers hsn/20080819/newimagingtechniquecouldspotearlycancers HealthDay Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:46:36 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Nanotechnology may offer doctors a noninvasive way to detect early stages of cancer and also help monitor treatment, a new report says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/acs/20080815/hl_acs/scientists_identify_genetic_contributor_to_colorectal_cancer_risk acs/20080815/scientists_identify_genetic_contributor_to_colorectal_cancer_risk American Cancer Society Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:18:28 GMT American Cancer Society - Researchers at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Northwestern University's Cancer Genetics Program have found a definitive link between an inherited genetic variation and colorectal cancer risk. The variation, which occurs on a gene known as TGFBR1, significantly increases a person's lifetime risk of getting the disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080815/hl_hsn/moisturizersspurskincancerinmousestudy hsn/20080815/moisturizersspurskincancerinmousestudy HealthDay Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080815/hl_hsn/moisturizersspurskincancerinmousestudy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf29.140808172813.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=7lMIWn2ixCTAGe26NGzNjw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Lab mice. Moisturisers used by millions of people induced skin cancer in experiments on mice, a study released Thursday said, as experts expressed strong doubts over any possible risk to humans from creams.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0" /></a>HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Common moisturizing creams helped skin cancers spread and tumors grow in mice exposed to UV radiation, researchers at Rutgers University reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080815/hl_hsn/moisturizersspurskincancerinmousestudy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf29.140808172813.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=7lMIWn2ixCTAGe26NGzNjw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lab mice. Moisturisers used by millions of people induced skin cancer in experiments on mice, a study released Thursday said, as experts expressed strong doubts over any possible risk to humans from creams.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (HealthDay) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/hl_nm/screening_rates_dc nm/20080814/screening_rates_dc Reuters Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:18:29 GMT Reuters - Minority men and women who believe their health providers are biased against them are less likely to be screened for breast and colon cancers, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/ushealthcancer afp/20080814/ushealthcancer AFP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:15:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/ushealthcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhg42.140808201347.photo00.photo.default-261x173.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RuUUJQ0Y4S.Z8nDRq7pQRA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US researchers have discovered a genetic trait that shows the strongest link yet to colorectal cancer, the number-two cancer killer in the United States, according to a study published Thursday.(Science)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US researchers have discovered a genetic trait that shows the strongest link yet to colorectal cancer, the number-two cancer killer in the United States, according to a study published Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/ushealthcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhg42.140808201347.photo00.photo.default-261x173.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RuUUJQ0Y4S.Z8nDRq7pQRA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US researchers have discovered a genetic trait that shows the strongest link yet to colorectal cancer, the number-two cancer killer in the United States, according to a study published Thursday.(Science)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/hl_nm/cancer_micromet_dc nm/20080814/cancer_micromet_dc Reuters Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:05:26 GMT Reuters - A new kind of antibody drug that makes the body's own "killer" cells fight tumors has produced promising early-stage results in patients with a deadly form of blood cancer, researchers said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/hl_nm/cancer_colon_dc nm/20080814/cancer_colon_dc Reuters Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:04:32 GMT Reuters - Researchers have identified what they see as the leading cause of inherited colorectal cancer -- a genetic abnormality that makes a person about nine times more likely to get the disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/healthcancerskin afp/20080814/healthcancerskin AFP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:39:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/healthcancerskin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf29.140808172813.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=7lMIWn2ixCTAGe26NGzNjw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Lab mice. Moisturisers used by millions of people induced skin cancer in experiments on mice, a study released Thursday said, as experts expressed strong doubts over any possible risk to humans from creams.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Moisturisers used by millions of people induced skin cancer in experiments on mice, a study released Thursday said, as experts expressed strong doubts over any possible risk to humans from creams.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/healthcancerskin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf29.140808172813.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=7lMIWn2ixCTAGe26NGzNjw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lab mice. Moisturisers used by millions of people induced skin cancer in experiments on mice, a study released Thursday said, as experts expressed strong doubts over any possible risk to humans from creams.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/japanhealthcancerfood afp/20080814/japanhealthcancerfood AFP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:37:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/japanhealthcancerfood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf27.140808175105.photo00.photo.default-512x347.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=78QYxur2elDtcwv0mSrFGg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A stall owner sells fruits at a market in Hong Kong in May 2008. Men who eat more fruit and vegetables have less risk of developing a type of cancer of the esophagus, a study by a Japanese medical team said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Men who eat more fruit and vegetables have less risk of developing a type of cancer of the esophagus, a study by a Japanese medical team said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/hl_afp/japanhealthcancerfood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf27.140808175105.photo00.photo.default-512x347.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=78QYxur2elDtcwv0mSrFGg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A stall owner sells fruits at a market in Hong Kong in May 2008. Men who eat more fruit and vegetables have less risk of developing a type of cancer of the esophagus, a study by a Japanese medical team said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/hl_nm/cancer_radiation_dc nm/20080813/cancer_radiation_dc Reuters Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:18:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/hl_nm/cancer_radiation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_13t171715_317x450_us_cancer_radiation.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=UjBVeKoBg59MzpEjr0LAnA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="A boy lies on his bed in a special ward for patients with cancer in an advanced stage at a hospital for oncological diseases in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk April 25, 2006. (Alexander Khudotioply/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Precisely targeted radiation therapy can eradicate tumors that have spread to other parts of the body, offering more months or years of life to patients who have no other options, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/hl_nm/cancer_radiation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_13t171715_317x450_us_cancer_radiation.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=UjBVeKoBg59MzpEjr0LAnA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="A boy lies on his bed in a special ward for patients with cancer in an advanced stage at a hospital for oncological diseases in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk April 25, 2006. (Alexander Khudotioply/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080813/hl_hsn/olderpatientswithcanceratheightenedsuiciderisk hsn/20080813/olderpatientswithcanceratheightenedsuiciderisk HealthDay Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:47:17 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients are at increased risk for suicide, according to three new studies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080813/hl_hsn/newchemotherapycomboholdspromiseforlungcancer hsn/20080813/newchemotherapycomboholdspromiseforlungcancer HealthDay Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:47:11 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary research has produced promising findings regarding a possible alternative treatment for people with a common type of lung cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080813/hl_hsn/surgeryhelpswithprostatecancersometimes hsn/20080813/surgeryhelpswithprostatecancersometimes HealthDay Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:47:09 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The latest update from a European study that has followed men with prostate cancer for more than a decade leaves the debate about the advantages of aggressive treatment versus "watchful waiting" undecided. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080813/hl_hsn/riskofbreastcancerrelapsecanlinger hsn/20080813/riskofbreastcancerrelapsecanlinger HealthDay Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:47:06 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of relapse can linger for some breast cancer survivors even after completing five years of what doctors call systemic therapy, a new study found.