Looks really can kill you: Protect yourself against skin cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140501100924.htm
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Surgeons, health care settings influence type of breast cancer surgery women undergo — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140430121108.htm
Bad penny: Cancer’s thirst for copper can be targeted — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140409134310.htm
Patients receiving ADT should be counseled to improve mental, emotional well-being — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140123222340.htm
Radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer linked to increased risk of bladder cancer later in life — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217134706.htm
Cancer Statistics 2014: Death rates continue to drop
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. The data are disseminated in two reports, Cancer Statistics, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, and its companion article, Cancer Facts & Figures. This year’s report estimates there will be 1,665,540 new cancer cases and 585,720 cancer deaths in the United States in 2014…
The mouse that ROR’ed
The findings, published in the Dec. 30, 2013 Online Early Edition of PNAS, suggest ROR1 could be an important therapeutic target for patients with CLL, the most common form of blood cancer. …
Radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer linked to increased risk of bladder cancer later in life
In the United States, uterine cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, with an estimated 49,560 women diagnosed in 2013. In addition to surgery, 38 percent of patients undergo pelvic radiation therapy to decrease uterine cancer recurrence…
Potential biological factor contributing to racial disparities in prostate cancer
In the United States, African-American men are 1.5 times more likely to develop prostate cancer and more than twice as likely to die from the disease compared with non-Hispanic white men. "The causes of prostate cancer disparities are numerous, complex, often interrelated, and only partially understood," said David P. …
Cervical cancer screenings overused in some groups of women
“Almost two-thirds (64.5%) of women who have had hysterectomies reported having recent Pap tests,” said Deanna Kepka, PhD, MPH, co-author of the study, a Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) investigator, and assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah. “And half (50.4%) of women over 65 who have no cervical cancer history also reported a recent Pap test. This represents 14 million women in the United States receiving an unnecessary procedure.” Because the risk of developing this slow-growing cancer is very small at such a late stage in life, Pap tests do not benefit women over age 65 who have no history of cervical cancer or pre-cancerous conditions…