December 15, 2009
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December 12, 2009
SAN ANTONIO - As therapies for breast cancer continue to emerge, the issues of how to best monitor success and gauge prognosis remain...
December 11, 2009
• Anti-estrogen therapy significantly decreased the risk of lung cancer death.
• Results support the role of estrogens in lung cancer...
December 11, 2009
• Results are not explained by lack of access to care or more advanced stage.
• Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy adherence was similar...
December 11, 2009
SAN ANTONIO - As scientists and clinicians continue to uncover new information about breast cancer, the landscape of acceptable treatment...
December 11, 2009
SAN ANTONIO - Breast cancer continues to be a dynamic field of research, and the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, now in its...
December 10, 2009
• Fewer advanced cancers detected with MRI plus mammography.
• Early detection meant smaller breast cancer size, less lymph node spread.
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December 10, 2009
• Alcohol may raise the risk of breast cancer recurrence.
• Obese women who drink alcohol may be at greater risk of recurrence.
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December 10, 2009
• Obesity leads to late diagnosis of breast cancer.
• Obese patients have poorer breast cancer survival.
• Adjuvant treatment is...
December 8, 2009
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SAN ANTONIO - Dennis Slamon, M.D., Ph.D., director of clinical/translational...
December 8, 2009
• Awareness, rate of HPV vaccine uptake in low-income areas vary by ethnicity.
• HPV vaccine not always offered to low-income patients.
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December 8, 2009
• Xanthohumol from hops has anti-androgenic activity.
• Stimulation of the secretion of prostate specific antigen was inhibited.
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December 8, 2009
• Poorer neighborhoods associated with higher risk for various health problems.
• Risk for death increased with level of fiscal...
December 8, 2009
• Pistachios are a source of gamma-tocopherol.
• Eating pistachios increased serum levels of gamma-tocopherol.
• A pistachio-rich...
December 7, 2009
• Majority of first mammograms under age 40 were for screening purposes.
• Rates of false positives vary more in diagnostic mammograms.
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December 7, 2009
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December 7, 2009
• Five-year selenium-based antioxidant compound supplementation was beneficial.
• Supplementation reduced recurrence of colorectal...
December 7, 2009
• WHI results led to decrease in hormone use.
• Women experienced steep decline in breast cancer.
• Only part of that decline can...
December 7, 2009
• Consumption of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids reduced cancer in whites.
• Benefit observed in white participants, but not black...
December 7, 2009
• Three MET-hours of physical activity a week reduced overall death rates.
• Vigorous exercise five hours a week reduced cancer-specific...