February 27, 2007 – 9:58 am
In an enlightening and alarming new study, researchers led by Dr. Jeffrey Peppercorn of the University of North Carolina report that clinical breast-cancer trials that are funded by drug companies tend to produce more favorable results than independently funded studies. According to the authors, “Pharmaceutical involvement in published clinical breast-cancer research may affect study design, […]
February 27, 2007 – 9:57 am
Newswise — Women who regularly engage in strenuous physical activity may have a lower risk of developing both invasive breast cancer and in situ (early-stage) breast cancer than women who do not, according to a report in the February 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
“Few established risk factors for […]
February 27, 2007 – 9:55 am
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - State Department of Health officials are working out a program that would make the cervical cancer vaccine available to fifth-grade girls in public schools, starting next fall.
“The best way to get a vaccine in the population and get good penetration is to target one grade and offer all three doses in the […]
February 27, 2007 – 9:54 am
Boston (eCanadaNow) - Girls in Massachusetts between 9 and 18 will be eligible for a free cervical cancer vaccine of Governor Deval Patrick’s new proposal goes through.
The shot though would not be a mandatory one though.
The plan was unveiled on Tuesday in terms of a new budget and includes funding for a new rotavirus vaccine […]
February 27, 2007 – 9:53 am
MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) — The future of lung cancer detection may involve a simple, inexpensive breath test that can pick up the chemical “signature” of patients with the disease, a new study suggests.
“Think of it as a proof of principle study,” said Dr. Peter Mazzone, lead author of the study and director of […]
February 27, 2007 – 9:52 am
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet) – U.S. Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s mandate that all of the state’s middle-school-aged girls be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer angered Texas lawmakers who pushed a bill through committee to rescind the executive order, and Friday the unidentified parents of three Texas girls sued […]
February 14, 2007 – 6:39 am
ST. LOUIS — When Joy Lagos learned she had cancer, she was confident she would beat it. What brought the San Francisco resident to tears, however, was knowing that radiation and chemotherapy would lead to early menopause and rob her of the chance to have children.
Last week, that may have changed.
February 14, 2007 – 6:38 am
A large-scale analysis of data on breast cancer risk has concluded that a common variation in the gene caspase-8 (CASP8) is associated with a somewhat lower risk of the disease. Variants are small changes that occur in a gene sequence. The results are from the second study published by the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), […]
February 14, 2007 – 6:37 am
By BEN DOBBIN
Associated Press Writer
NAPLES, N.Y. (AP) - Five weeks after Wayne Schenk was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, he hit a $1 million state lottery jackpot on a $5 scratch-off ticket.
With doctors giving him little more than a year to live, the former Marine has no need for a new house, or a fancy […]
February 14, 2007 – 6:35 am
By Staff Writer
AMDL has said that its subsidiary in China, Jade Pharmaceuticals, has set up production and applied for China State Food and Drug Administration approval to market the cancer drug docetaxel.
AMDL said its subsidiary’s sales network is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the significant marketing opportunity in China. Docetaxel is an anticancer drug […]
