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- Top Cancer Killer of Women in Wealthy Nations
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer as the leading cancer killer of women in developed countries, reflecting changing smoking patterns among females worldwide, a new report shows. Legions of women began smoking fou
Read Full Article - FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Drug
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Pfizer's Ibrance (palbociclib) inhibits molecules that play a role in the growth of cancer
Read Full Article - Americans Confused About Cancer Risks
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer than half of Americans are aware that some major lifestyle factors can affect their cancer risk, a new survey suggests. Instead, many people worry about cancer-causing claims that aren't back by scientific evidence --
Read Full Article - Bacteria May Help Battle Cancer, Study Suggests
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter SATURDAY, Jan. 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Bacteria may offer a new way to treat cancer, a small, preliminary study suggests. Researchers injected a weakened strain of Clostridium novyi-NT bacteria spores into tumors in six patients. The bacteria grew in the tumo
Read Full Article - Researchers Learning More About Pancreatic Cancer
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are working to find new ways to treat pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer in the United States. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the country. Each year, more t
Read Full Article - Colon Cancer Rates Rising Among Americans Under 50
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Although the overall rate of colon cancer has fallen in recent decades, new research suggests that over the last 20 years the disease has been increasing among young and early middle-aged American adults. At issue are colon c
Read Full Article - Obama Lifts Curtain on 'Precision Medicine' Plan
Jan. 30, 2015 – The “Precision Medicine Initiative,” a move toward tailoring medical treatments to individuals, promises to improve the health of Americans as well as that of the economy, President Obama said Friday in a White House speech. The promise of precision medicine, Obama said, is “deliveri
Read Full Article - Prostate Cancer Patients Who Smoke Fare Worse
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking doubles the chances that a prostate cancer patient will see his disease spread and that he will eventually die from his illness, a new study finds. "Basically we found that people who smoke had a higher risk of their
Read Full Article - Many Breast Cancer Patients Lack Info on Disease
By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Many women with breast cancer lack basic knowledge about their disease, such as their cancer stage and other characteristics, according to a new study. The lack of knowledge was even more pronounced among minority women,
Read Full Article - 'The Pill:' Higher Risk for Rare Brain Cancer
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for developing a rare form of brain cancer known as glioma appears to go up with long-term use of hormonal contraceptives such as the Pill, new Danish research suggests. Women under 50 with a glioma "were 90 percen
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