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Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment
If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...
Tags: Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses, Mastectomy, Breast Cancer, The New York Times
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Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy comforts other women who make same dramatic choice
San Jose Mercury NewsAcross America, women who face high risk of breast cancer said actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy has transformed one of the toughest parts of taking such a dramatic step: Isolation. "People don't understand and think you're...Tags: American Cancer Society, Celebrities, Celebrity Surgery, Medical Procedures and Tests, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Cancer doctor Otis Brawley urges MCG graduates to focus on disease prevention
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Even with a distinguished career and a top position at the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley conceded he was envious of the new crop of physicians emerging from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University that will benefit from...Tags: American Cancer Society, Diabetes, Prostate Cancer, Obesity, Diseases and Illnesses
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Cancer Consortium seeks to cut disease in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society will be in Indianapolis to speak to a group seeking to reduce cancer in Indiana through the development of a comprehensive plan. Dr. Otis Brawley will speak at the...
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Is enrolling in a clinical trial tied to survival?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with certain cancers enrolled in clinical trials survive longer, not necessarily from the treatment itself but potentially because those enrolled are better off to begin with, according to new research. "The survival...Tags: American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Skin Cancer, Oncology
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Longer span between mammograms OK for older women
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening women over 65 each year for breast cancer doesn't catch any more early tumors - but it does lead to more false positives - than screening every other year, according to a new study. The findings are based on more...Tags: Medical Research, American Cancer Society, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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Racial gaps in access to robotic prostate surgery
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minority and Medicaid cancer patients are less likely to have their prostates removed at hospitals that use robot-assisted surgery, according to a new study that stops short of suggesting the robotic technique represents better...Tags: Government Health Care, American Cancer Society, Harvard Medical School, Prostate Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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Breast Cancer Moonshot
AP Chief Medical WriterThe nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston expects...Tags: American Cancer Society, Good Morning America (tv program), Cancer, Health and Safety at School, Rice University
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Cancer doctors say broach PSA test with some men
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should discuss prostate cancer screening with men who have at least 10 years left to live, one of the country's largest groups of cancer doctors said Monday. But men with a poorer outlook should generally avoid...Tags: Cancer, American Cancer Society, Prostate Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses
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Mammograms may be worth risks for some in their 40s
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that starting breast cancer screening at age 40 might be worthwhile for some women who have a higher-than-average risk of the disease, for example because their mother had cancer. Researchers and cancer...Tags: Cancer, Internal Medicine, Breastfeeding, Drugs and Medicines, Breast Cancer
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U.S. task force: PSA tests do more harm than good
CNNThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Monday recommended against the use of routine PSA prostate cancer-screening test for men of any age, saying that the PSA exam and treatments that may follow, like radiation and surgery, result in far more harm...Tags: Cancer, Human Body, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Internists
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Task Force: PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Should Be Dropped
CNNThe United States Preventive Services Task Force issued their final recommendation on the PSA prostate cancer-screening test Monday, recommending against routine PSA exams for men of any age. The task force says the PSA exam and additional treatments...Tags: Cancer, Human Body, Prostate, CNN (tv network), Prostate Cancer
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