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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1285 health Health - Cancer en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:19 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/20091126/hl_hsn/naturalsoycomponentmayhelptreatcoloncancer hsn/20091126/naturalsoycomponentmayhelptreatcoloncancer HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:19 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Sphingadienes, natural lipid molecules found in soy, could become a key ingredient in treatments for colon cancer, California researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/cetuximabhelpstreatcolorectalcancer hsn/20091126/cetuximabhelpstreatcolorectalcancer HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:18 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can shrink tumors and boost the odds of successful surgery in colorectal cancer patients with inoperable metastatic liver lesions, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/implantablecancervaccineshowspromise hsn/20091126/implantablecancervaccineshowspromise HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:16 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/longtermproblemslinkedtotesticularcancerchemo hsn/20091126/longtermproblemslinkedtotesticularcancerchemo HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:13 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Neurological side effects are among the potential problems faced by long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_diabetes_rituxan nm/20091125/us_diabetes_rituxan Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:13:13 GMT Reuters - Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_cancer_pancreas_test nm/20091125/us_cancer_pancreas_test Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:09:57 GMT Reuters - Researchers in Italy said on Wednesday they have developed a test that identifies most people with autoimmune pancreatitis, which could make it easier for doctors to distinguish it from pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/hl_nm/us_testicular_cancer nm/20091125/us_testicular_cancer Reuters health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:03:15 GMT Reuters - Men wondering about the long-term side effects of chemotherapy for testicular cancer may now have a road map defining likely outcomes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/recentcancerscreeningchangesleavemanyconfused hsn/20091125/recentcancerscreeningchangesleavemanyconfused HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:33 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The world of cancer screening has been upended in the past two weeks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_fertility_drugs nm/20091124/us_fertility_drugs Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:30 GMT Reuters - Though the use of fertility drugs does not seem to generally increase uterine cancer risk, a Danish study identified small increases in risk from certain fertility drugs used for longer duration. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091124/hl_hsn/weightmaynotdriveracialdisparitiesincoloncancer hsn/20091124/weightmaynotdriveracialdisparitiesincoloncancer HealthDay health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:49:01 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Body weight and co-existing health problems don't explain why black colon cancer patients have lower survival rates than whites, U.S. researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091124/hl_hsn/combotreatmentbeneficialinbiliarytractcancerstudy hsn/20091124/combotreatmentbeneficialinbiliarytractcancerstudy HealthDay health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:48:59 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new combination drug therapy shows promise in treating patients with advanced biliary-tract cancers, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091124/hl_hsn/sleepdisordersplaguecancerpatients hsn/20091124/sleepdisordersplaguecancerpatients HealthDay health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:48:50 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Insomnia and sleep disorders affect more than three-quarters of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a rate nearly three times higher than that of the general population, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/greatamericansmokeout09timetoquit hsn/20091123/greatamericansmokeout09timetoquit HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:39:03 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The less you smoke, the more birthdays you'll have, says the American Cancer Society as it encourages smokers to quit on Thursday, the day of the 34th Great American Smokeout. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/discoveryboostsboysprospectsforpostcancerfertility hsn/20091123/discoveryboostsboysprospectsforpostcancerfertility HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:48:59 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys stricken by cancer to prepare for the future when they may be infertile but still want to become natural fathers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_he_me/us_breast_cancer_screening_healy ap/20091122/us_breast_cancer_screening_healy AP health Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:43:04 GMT AP - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/acs/20091122/hl_acs/acog_revises_cervical_cancer_screening_guidelines acs/20091122/acog_revises_cervical_cancer_screening_guidelines American Cancer Society health Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT American Cancer Society - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is now recommending women begin cervical cancer screening at age 21, instead of 3 years after the onset of sexual activity, as was previously recommended by the group. ACOG has also modified its recommendations for how often women should be screened for cervical cancer, a disease that affected 11,270 US women in 2009, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/hl_nm/us_cancer_morticians nm/20091120/us_cancer_morticians Reuters health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:16 GMT Reuters - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_cancer_screening_list ap/20091120/us_med_cancer_screening_list AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:25 GMT AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthwomenuscancercervical afp/20091120/healthwomenuscancercervical AFP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthwomenuscancercervical"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258723640104-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=57yccaasOykemFWHi5T.Qw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/File/Thierry Zoccolan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthwomenuscancercervical"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258723640104-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=57yccaasOykemFWHi5T.Qw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/File/Thierry Zoccolan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthuscancercervical afp/20091120/healthuscancercervical AFP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthuscancercervical"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258723640104-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=57yccaasOykemFWHi5T.Qw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/File/Thierry Zoccolan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cancer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/hl_afp/healthuscancercervical"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258723640104-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=57yccaasOykemFWHi5T.Qw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/File/Thierry Zoccolan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)