We at ACSH are accustomed to media reports about trace exposure to “chemicals” causing a spectrum of diseases — including cancer. Usually these claims come from self-appointed “consumer”/”environmental” groups like the Environmental Working Group — and even some savvy people in the media and the general public know to take the assertions with a significant […]
(HealthDay News) - Women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer should have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the other breast in addition to mammography. Doing so may help doctors find a small number of cancer cases missed by mammography, a new study reports.
The study found that MRI scans picked up 3 […]
Thousands of men, women and children turned out to pound the pavement in support of women’s cancer research Saturday as part of the 10th annual Revlon Run/Walk.
This year’s 5K was hosted by actress Halle Berry and “Law and Order’s” Jesse Martin.
The opening ceremony also included a performance by Mandy Moore. Mayor Michael Bloomberg also […]
The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) with computed radiography (CR) is effective in the detection of breast cancer, according to a recent study conducted by radiologists at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC and iCAD in Nashua, NH, a press release by EurekAlert says.
“I wanted to undertake this study because we need to […]
The State drug-buying agency Pharmac has confirmed that it will fund Herceptin for treatment of early breast cancer from July.
Herceptin will be funded under a nine-week treatment plan.
About 350 women a year will receive the treatment, which will be given with a form of chemotherapy.
Clinicians may be one step closer to having a critical tool in identifying which smokers are at higher risk for developing lung cancer, the deadliest of all cancers, thanks to an assessment model generated by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The prediction tool detailed in the May 2 issue of […]
April 30, 2007 – 10:39 am
NEW DELHI: Cancer is one of the three top causes of death in the country and in the Capital it’s lung cancer among men and breast cancer in women that claims the highest casualty, according to the latest report released by Delhi Cancer Registry titled “Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delhi”.
The report warns about […]
April 26, 2007 – 12:19 pm
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) — A new study released earlier this week sought to put a stain on previous research showing that induced abortions result in a rise in the chance of developing breast cancer. However, the study ignored a 2003 report published in the journal BMC Cancer on latency issues.
The new study, published in the […]
April 19, 2007 – 11:24 am
Experimental Drug That Targets Tumors at Their Roots Also Shows Signs of Success
By Charlene Laino
April 18, 2007 (Los Angeles) — Researchers are reporting early success using gene-based therapies to combat cancers ranging from those of lung and skin to those of the breast and prostate.
Meanwhile, other scientists say that an experimental drug designed to put […]
April 15, 2007 – 10:06 am
Elizabeth Edwards is moving along the line at the Iowa headquarters for her husband John Edwards’s presidential campaign. As outstretched hands reach towards her a burly man in a leather jacket gives her a Lance Armstrong Live Strong bracelet. Mrs Edwards stares at the yellow rubber ring. “I have one of these,” she says.
