http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women returned to the clinic within a year for the additional screening. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-women-breast-screening-mri.html Cancer Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:01 EST news247240793 A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-people-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:01 EST news246460581 A new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in those with the highest level of education, and reveals a widening disparity in melanoma mortality rates by education. The authors say the findings call for early detection strategies to effectively target high-risk, low-educated, non-Hispanic White individuals. The study is published Online First by Archives of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-declines-melanoma-deaths-limited.html Cancer Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:08 EST news245926654 Updated guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention from the American Cancer Society stress the importance of creating social and physical environments that support healthy behaviors. The report includes updated recommendations for individual choices regarding diet and physical activity patterns, but emphasizes that those choices occur within a community context that can either help or hinder healthy behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-american-cancer-society-nutrition-guidelines.html Cancer Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:05:09 EST news245502299 A new study has found that when parents get tested for breast cancer genes, many of them share their results with their children, even with those who are very young. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed that most parents think that their children are not distressed when they learn about the test results. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-parents-breast-cancer-genes-results.html Cancer Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:43:30 EST news245306599 Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-moderate-red-wine-women-breast.html Addiction Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:47:48 EST news245065660 The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report shows that between 2004 and 2008, overall cancer incidence rates declined by 0.6% per year in men and were stable in women, while cancer death rates decreased by 1.8% per year in men and by 1.6% per year in women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-american-cancer-society-mortality.html Cancer Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:36:01 EST news244906508 Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face health challenges after their treatments end. Previous research reports as many as 50 percent of breast cancer survivors are depressed. Now, University of Missouri researchers in the Sinclair School of Nursing say a meditation technique can help breast cancer survivors improve their emotional and physical well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-breast-cancer-survivors-benefit-mindfulness-based.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:13:52 EST news244397616 The American Cancer Society has revised its guideline formation process to achieve greater transparency, consistency, and rigor in creating guidance about cancer screening. The new methods align with new principles from the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) by creating a single generalist group for writing the guidelines, commissioning systematic evidence reviews, and clearly articulating the benefits, limitations, and harms associated with cancer screening tests. The new process is outlined in a Special Communication in the December 14, 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-american-cancer-society-screening-guideline.html Cancer Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:25:12 EST news243015905 Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have created a "cocktail" of immune-stimulating peptides they believe could provoke the body's defenses to attack multiple myeloma in its early "smoldering" phase and slow or prevent the blood cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-peptide-cocktail-elicits-immune-response.html Cancer Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:46:56 EST news242970396 A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that there may be common and treatment-specific ways that cancer therapies negatively affect cancer survivors' mental abilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-breast-cancer-survivors-struggle-cognitive.html Cancer Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:00:09 EST news242884795 (Medical Xpress) -- A three-drug combination treatment for the blood cancer multiple myeloma compares favorably to the best established therapy for newly diagnosed patients, according to a multi-center study led by Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the multiple myeloma program at the University of Chicago Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-drug-combination-highly-effective-newly.html Cancer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:00:01 EST news242545705 Heart disease and stroke are emerging complications of treating prostate cancer with drugs to suppress testosterone production, yet standard management of the disease is ignoring this risk, warn specialists in a viewpoint published online in Heart. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-heart-health-prostate-cancer-treatment.html Cardiology Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:30:02 EST news242498007 Women concerned about breast cancer should worry less about cellphones and hair dyes and worry more about weighing or drinking too much, exercising too little, using menopause hormones and getting too much radiation from medical tests. So says a new report on environmental risks by a respected panel of science advisers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-breast-cancer-factors.html Cancer Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:29:42 EST news242490572 In a follow-up study, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have found that patients who receive chemotherapy for breast cancer might experience prolonged fatigue years after their therapy. The new study, published in the American Cancer Society's current issue of CANCER, is a follow-up to a study on fatigue and chemotherapy and radiotherapy for breast cancer Moffitt researchers published in CANCER in 2007. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-follow-up-prolonged-fatigue-chemotherapy-breast.html Cancer Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:42:38 EST news242314947 Elevated blood sugar levels are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The findings, observed in nearly 5,000 postmenopausal women, appear in the Nov. 29 online edition of the British Journal of Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-high-blood-sugar-older-women.html Cancer Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:00:02 EST news241843288 It turns out that catching cancer early isn't always as important as we thought. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-reset-cancer-screening.html Cancer Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:04:44 EST news239893476 This year, more than 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and nearly 40,000 women will not survive their battle with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. New research from the University of Missouri shows that certain factors, including marital status, having children in the home, income level and age, affect the likelihood of depression in breast cancer survivors. Further, depressed patients are less likely to adhere to medication regimens, potentially complicating the progress of their treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-link-depression-breast-cancer-outcomes.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:21:24 EST news239473253 Whitehead Institute scientists report that patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers have high levels of the ancient cellular survival factor heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) experience poor outcomes -- including increased mortality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-high-master-protein-linked-poor.html Cancer Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:01 EST news239284830 After a mastectomy, women who undergo breast reconstruction with tissue from their own abdomen experience significant gains in psychological, social, and sexual wellbeing as soon as three weeks after surgery. That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results provide new information to breast cancer survivors who are contemplating these types of breast reconstruction procedures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-advanced-post-mastectomy-breast-reconstruction-women.html Cancer Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:18:34 EST news238648700 Postmenopausal women who gained weight during adulthood had an increased risk for endometrial cancer compared with women who maintained a stable weight, according to data from the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-significant-weight-gain-adulthood-endometrial.html Cancer Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:17:30 EST news238648641 The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have proposed new guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The proposed guidelines, which are now posted for public comment, generally advise that women reduce the number of tests they get over their lifetime to better ensure that they receive the benefits of testing while minimizing the risks. The proposed guidelines also include a preference for co-testing using the Pap test and HPV test for women age 30 and over. After a public comment period that begins immediately and a multi-stakeholder symposium in November to discuss the proposed recommendations among a broad group of experts, the recommendations will be revised and incorporated into a final guideline from the American Cancer Society, anticipated in mid-2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-groups-issue-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:38:48 EST news238239300 Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a Pap test every year is too often and probably doing more harm than good. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-annual-cancer-screening-urged.html Cancer Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:01 EST news238213870 There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women. Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's only needed once every three years. But they say there is not enough evidence yet to back testing for HPV, the virus that causes the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-doctors-pap-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:44:15 EST news238092240 For the first time, a specific microorganism has been found to be associated with human colorectal cancer. In two studies published online today in Genome Research, independent research teams have identified Fusobacterium in colon cancer tissue, a finding that could open new avenues for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-link-bacterium-colon-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:00:05 EST news238080896 For women today, turning 40 often brings birthday cake and candles. But it also brings a question: Should I get a mammogram? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-mammography-imperfect.html Cancer Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:20:13 EST news237818595 Terry Dyroff's PSA blood test led to a prostate biopsy that didn't find cancer but gave him a life-threatening infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-prostate-dark-side-men.html Cancer Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:32:57 EST news237652370 California governor Jerry Brown won praise Monday for banning under 18s from using tanning beds, the first US state to do so to protect minors from increased skin cancer risks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-california-minors-tanning-beds.html Health Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:45:14 EST news237480305 A new study has found that an osteoporosis drug protects against the bone damaging side effects of certain breast cancer medications. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that some breast cancer patients could take zoledronic acid in addition to their anti-cancer medications to maintain bone health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-drug-bone-loss-side-effects.html Cancer Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:33:54 EST news237436424 (AP) -- Pancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal - there are almost as many deaths from it each year as there are new cases. The deaths this week of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Nobelist Ralph Steinman bring unusual attention to this less-well-known type of cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-pancreatic-cancer-4th-deadly-treatments.html Cancer Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:43:51 EST news237267790