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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1285 health Health - Cancer en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1285 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091107/hl_hsn/earlymorningcolonoscopiesmayfindmorepolyps hsn/20091107/earlymorningcolonoscopiesmayfindmorepolyps HealthDay health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:43 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early morning colonoscopies detect more polyps than colon cancer screenings done later in the day, and the number of polyps found decreases by the hour as the day progresses, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091107/hl_hsn/thyroidcancerhigherinvolcanicareas hsn/20091107/thyroidcancerhigherinvolcanicareas HealthDay health Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:41 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that living near a volcano puts people at higher risk of getting a type of thyroid cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/healthussciencecancer afp/20091106/healthussciencecancer AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/hl_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_health_prostate nm/20091106/us_health_prostate Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:25:51 GMT Reuters - Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity nm/20091106/us_cancer_obesity Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091106/hl_hsn/greenteamayhelppreventoralcancer hsn/20091106/greenteamayhelppreventoralcancer HealthDay health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:49:00 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new study appears to add to growing evidence that green tea might help protect against cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/hl_nm/us_meats_cancer nm/20091105/us_meats_cancer Reuters health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:34:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/hl_nm/us_meats_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r2959705326.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=15e9suQAO2rV8nvsIlPT_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Hamburgers are seen on a barbecue in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Newscom/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Men who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats may have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those who limit such foods, a large study of U.S. men suggests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/hl_nm/us_meats_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r2959705326.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=15e9suQAO2rV8nvsIlPT_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Hamburgers are seen on a barbecue in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Newscom/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/hl_nm/us_cancer_wart_vaccine nm/20091105/us_cancer_wart_vaccine Reuters health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:35:48 GMT Reuters - An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals, producing major improvement in nearly four out of five, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091105/hl_hsn/focusedradiationmayhelpsomewithlungcancer hsn/20091105/focusedradiationmayhelpsomewithlungcancer HealthDay health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:48:47 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Three-year survival was 100 percent for people with early-stage lung cancer and good lung function who were treated with radical stereotactic radiosurgery using CyberKnife, according to a new study funded by the product's maker. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091105/hl_hsn/shortermoreintenseradiationokforsomebreastcancers hsn/20091105/shortermoreintenseradiationokforsomebreastcancers HealthDay health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:48:39 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A shorter, more intense course of whole-breast radiation works as well as the traditional six-week course, at least for some early-stage breast cancers, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091105/hl_hsn/newhpvvaccinemightstopvulvarcancerinitstracks hsn/20091105/newhpvvaccinemightstopvulvarcancerinitstracks HealthDay health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:48:32 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that targets human papillomavirus (HPV) is able to stop precancerous lesions in the vulva from progressing into full-blown malignancies, Dutch researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091104/hl_hsn/drugcouldhelptreatsmallher2positivebreasttumors hsn/20091104/drugcouldhelptreatsmallher2positivebreasttumors HealthDay health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:14 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a relatively uncommon type of breast cancer are significantly more likely to face its recurrence and spread, but researchers now say these women may benefit from treatment with the breast cancer drug Herceptin. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091104/hl_hsn/lowcholesterolmayhelppreventcancer hsn/20091104/lowcholesterolmayhelppreventcancer HealthDay health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:06 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Low blood cholesterol levels reduce the risk not only of heart disease but also of cancer, two new studies show. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/hl_nm/us_cancer_cholesterol nm/20091103/us_cancer_cholesterol Reuters health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:44:31 GMT Reuters - Low total cholesterol may be a sign of cancer rather than a cause, as some researchers have suggested, and men who have low cholesterol actually have a lower risk of developing high-risk prostate cancer, two teams reported on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/hl_nm/us_brain_trouble nm/20091103/us_brain_trouble Reuters health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:08:28 GMT Reuters - Survivors of childhood brain tumors often suffer lasting problems with memory and other "cognitive" functions, results of a study indicate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_he_me/us_med_prostate_cancer_cholesterol ap/20091103/us_med_prostate_cancer_cholesterol AP health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:23:11 GMT AP - Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/hl_afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast afp/20091103/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast AFP health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:32:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/hl_afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257212395364-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=TiCUJdvgKGFd7Pp.iGI35Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="File photo shows a woman undergoing a mammogram scan at a hospital in Paris. Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/hl_afp/healthusscienceresearchcancerbreast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257212395364-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=TiCUJdvgKGFd7Pp.iGI35Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows a woman undergoing a mammogram scan at a hospital in Paris. Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_breast_cancer ap/20091103/us_med_healthbeat_breast_cancer AP health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_breast_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091030/capt.a49e13b21ab648b386093050a8d12269.pink_ribbon_project_ohpiq101.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=vXENQNG7NTNbPGdhiy2mPQ--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="More than 600 Upper Valley JVS students and staff take part in a human Pink Ribbon Project at the Piqua, Ohio campus on Friday, October 30, 2009. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month students donated money to the Relay for Life to become part the human ribbon. The project was done, in part, to honor retiring Upper Valley JVS teacher Connie Hobbs who is currently fighting breast cancer. (AP Photo/The Piqua Daily Call, Mike Ullery)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" &mdash; and with him, the family's income.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_breast_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091030/capt.a49e13b21ab648b386093050a8d12269.pink_ribbon_project_ohpiq101.jpg?x=130&y=118&q=85&sig=vXENQNG7NTNbPGdhiy2mPQ--" align="left" height="118" width="130" alt="photo" title="More than 600 Upper Valley JVS students and staff take part in a human Pink Ribbon Project at the Piqua, Ohio campus on Friday, October 30, 2009. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month students donated money to the Relay for Life to become part the human ribbon. The project was done, in part, to honor retiring Upper Valley JVS teacher Connie Hobbs who is currently fighting breast cancer. (AP Photo/The Piqua Daily Call, Mike Ullery)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091103/hl_hsn/fiveminutesurveycanhelppredictlungcancer hsn/20091103/fiveminutesurveycanhelppredictlungcancer HealthDay health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:49:25 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A simple questionnaire can identify patients at high risk for lung cancer, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091103/hl_hsn/childhoodbraincancercausesotherlongtermproblems hsn/20091103/childhoodbraincancercausesotherlongtermproblems HealthDay health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:49:24 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, a U.S. study has found.