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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy has become the most commonly used type of radiation in prostate cancer, but research from the University of North Carolina suggests that the therapy may not be more effective than older, less expensive forms of radiation therapy in patients who have had a prostatectomy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-radiotherapy-treatments-similar-morbidity-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:03 EST news288284199 Digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-digital-mammography-cancer-vary-significantly.html Cancer Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:01 EST news287688393 Latin America is facing an alarming increase in cancer rates, and unless urgent action is taken to prevent cancers, improve health-care systems and facilities, access to vital medical care, and treatment of poor people, the region threatens to be overwhelmed by the burgeoning epidemic, say the authors of a major new report on cancer control in the region, published in The Lancet Oncology, and launched at the Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) 2013 conference in São Paulo, Brazil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-latin-america-overwhelmed-burgeoning-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news286129430 More than 80 genetic 'spelling mistakes' that can increase the risk of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer have been found in a large, international research study within the framework of the EU Network COGS. For the first time, the researchers also have a relatively clear picture of the total number of genetic alterations that can be linked to these cancers. Ultimately the researchers hope to be able to calculate the individual risk of cancer, to better understand how these cancers develop and to be able to generate new treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-unique-reveals-genetic-common-cancers.html Cancer Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:07:33 EST news283604832 (HealthDay)—A new model to predict lung cancer risk is more accurate than previous criteria, according to a study published in the Feb. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-accurately-lung-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news280751066 Less than half of all countries in the world have functioning plans to prevent cancer and provide treatment and care to cancer patients, the World Health Organisation lamented Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-world-countries-unprepared-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:40:01 EST news278960089 If the focus on cancer sometimes tilts toward its impact in rich, industrialized nations, statistics show that the disease is a scourge all around the world, with 95 percent of cancer deaths occurring in developing countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-global-menace-cancer-impact-poorer.html Cancer Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:50:01 EST news278853167 People who reside in rural areas of Utah are less likely to follow colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations than their urban counterparts, according to researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. This geographic disparity is evident across all risk groups, including those who have a family history of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-rural-dwellers-cancer-screening-guidelines.html Cancer Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:54:19 EST news274701254 The central skill of cancer is its ability to mutate – that's how it became cancerous in the first place. Once it's started down that path, it's not so difficult for a cancer cell to mutate again and again. This means that different tumors within a single patient or even different areas within the same cancerous deposit may develop different genetic characteristics. This heterogeneity helps cancer escape control by new, targeted cancer therapy drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-lung-cancer-patients-pockets-resistance.html Cancer Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:12:23 EST news273564734 (HealthDay)—The American Cancer Society launches its annual Great American Smokeout event Thursday as anti-smoking advocates push to reverse a slowdown in the decline of tobacco use in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-great-american-smokeout-isthursday.html Addiction Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:55:30 EST news272217317 Radiolabeled agents are powerful tools for targeting and killing cancer cells and may help improve outcomes and lengthen survival times of patients with advanced disease that has spread beyond the initial tumor site. Effective therapy for metastatic cancer requires a combination of treatments, and the benefits of adding radionuclide therapy are explored in three studies published in Journal of Clinical Investigation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-addition-radiolabeled-treatments-outcomes-advanced.html Cancer Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:04:21 EST news272041454 People who are given information tools to help them decide whether to have a colorectal cancer screening test are more likely to request the procedure, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-aids-screened-colon-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:10:01 EST news271411763 Two studies led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that proton therapy preserves the quality of life, specifically urinary and bowel function, in men treated with this targeted radiation modality for prostate cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-proton-therapy-treatment-quality-life.html Cancer Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:10:01 EST news270797622 A team of UC Davis scientists has shown in experimental mouse models that a new drug delivery system allows for administration of three times the maximum tolerated dose of a standard drug therapy for advanced bladder cancer, leading to more effective cancer control without increasing toxicity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-drug-delivery-bladder-cancer-nanoparticles.html Cancer Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:15:18 EST news270396838 The first detailed study to estimate the global impact of cancer on the number of healthy years of life lost by patients has revealed that nearly 170 million years of healthy life were lost because of cancer in 2008, according to an article published Online First in the Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-million-years-healthy-life-lost.html Cancer Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news269520941 Governments around the world are leaving hundreds of millions of cancer patients to suffer needlessly because of their failure to ensure adequate access to pain-relieving drugs, an unprecedented new international survey reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-global-pandemic-untreated-cancer-pain.html Cancer Sat, 29 Sep 2012 05:31:03 EST news268115442 The power of taxane-based chemotherapy drugs are misunderstood and potentially underestimated, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in the September 15 issue of the journal Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-reveal-underlying-mechanism-powerful-chemotherapy.html Cancer Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:03:33 EST news267120203 Cancer kills more than seven million people a year throughout the world. This is more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and African countries, which carry a large part of the burden, are the least able of all developing countries to cope with the challenges it presents, says a consortium of international cancer organizations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-advocacy-toolkit-halt-runaway-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:56:12 EST news266151364 (HealthDay) -- In the community setting, after colonoscopic polyp detection, colonoscopy-related factors such as incomplete polyp removal and lack of surveillance colonoscopies are more important than polyp characteristics in predicting subsequent colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, according to a study published in the Aug. 21 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-post-polyp-crc-idd-colonoscopy-factors.html Cancer Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:16:25 EST news264741377 (Medical Xpress) -- The 2-1-1 phone information and referral system could be a key partner in efforts to reduce cancer disparities affecting low-income and racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., finds a new study by Jason Purnell, PhD, assistant professor of public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-effective-tool-cancer-disparities.html Cancer Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:50:02 EST news258273181 Physical activity is associated with reduced breast and colon cancer mortality, but there is insufficient evidence on the association for other cancer types, according to a study published May 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-physical-linked-mortality-breast-colon.html Cancer Tue, 08 May 2012 16:00:15 EST news255696645 Cancer is a growing health concern in low- and middle-income countries, and there is an opportunity for Canada to make a significant contribution to help tackle the disease, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-canada-role-global-cancer-epidemic.html Cancer Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:02 EST news253273805 Over the next decade, the population of cancer survivors over 65 years of age will increase by approximately 42 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-older-cancer-survivor-population-substantially.html Cancer Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:41:33 EST news237091285 Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) does not have an impact on long-term local-regional outcomes, suggesting treatment success is due more to biologic factors than chemotherapy timing, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-chemotherapy-effective-breast-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:15:25 EST news234713696 If Canada's smoking rates were cut by half to an average national rate of 11% within five years, it would result in 35,900 fewer cases of lung cancer by 2030 and save $656 million in treatment costs, according to analysis using a new web-enabled platform developed for the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-canada-cancer-important-health-tool.html Cancer Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:05:48 EST news229165536 The largest study yet of adult childhood cancer survivors found that the first cancer is just the beginning of a lifelong battle against different forms of the disease for about 10 percent of these survivors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-childhood-cancer-survivors-high-multiple.html Cancer Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:29:19 EST news228410948 A new study has gone some way to answering the question about whether or not a technique called lipofilling is safe for women who are having their breasts reconstructed after surgery for breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-lipofilling-safe-treatment-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 25 May 2011 04:11:24 EST news225515006