Tag: cancer
Study Compares 3 Common Prostate Cancer Treatments
by on Feb.02, 2012, under Health and Fitness
TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Experts comparing three leading prostate cancer therapies find external beam radiation therapy to be more toxic and expensive than either surgery or a more localized form of radiation therapy known as brachythe…
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Science Shows How Exercise Might Help in Prostate Cancer
by on Feb.01, 2012, under Health and Fitness
TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Vigorous exercise causes changes in some 180 prostate genes among men with early stage prostate cancer, a new study suggests.
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Diabetes drugs tied to pancreatic cancer risk
by on Jan.31, 2012, under Health and Fitness
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study links the diabetes drug metformin to fewer cases of pancreatic cancer — at least in women — but finds other diabetes medications are associated with a higher risk of the disease. The differences in medicat…
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Cell Therapeutics withdraws cancer drug application
by on Jan.30, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Cell Therapeutics Inc said on Monday it has voluntarily withdrawn the marketing application for its cancer drug, sending its shares down 17 percent before the bell. The company said it withdrew the application as it needed additional t…
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Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy
by on Jan.29, 2012, under Health and Fitness
A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.
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Infinity stops cancer trial as drug fails to show
by on Jan.28, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Infinity Pharmaceuticals said it stopped a mid-stage trial of its experimental pancreatic cancer drug following an interim analysis that showed it would not meet its main goal. Data from the preliminary analysis showed that patients re…
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Statins May Stave Off Liver Cancer in People With Hepatitis B
by on Jan.27, 2012, under Health and Fitness
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) — Popular cholesterol-lowering statins may also lower risk for liver cancer among people with hepatitis B, a new study shows. Hepatitis B, an inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis B virus, is one of the…
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China cancer village tests reach of law against pollution
by on Jan.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
XIAOXIN, China (Reuters) – Nothing in Wu Wenyong's rural childhood hinted he would end up on a hospital bed aged 15, battling two kinds of cancer. Born to poor farmers in Xiaoxin, a dusty village of low brick houses in southwestern Yunnan prov…
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Argentina’s Fernandez sent home, never had cancer
by on Jan.07, 2012, under Health and Fitness
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer despite being diagnosed with the disease last month and having her thyroid gland removed on January 4, her spokesman said on Saturday. The government announced just a…
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Women’s lung cancer risk not tied to childbirths
by on Dec.26, 2011, under Health and Fitness
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman's lung cancer risk doesn't appear to be linked to the number of children she has, although some scientists had thought hormonal changes during pregnancy might protect against the disease. That's acco…
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