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  • May 2008

    • Robot Worms Offer Cancer Hope

      newser  |  ABC News  |  May 13, 08 2:31 PM CDT

      Robot Worms Offer Cancer Hope

      Little mechanical “worms” offer the latest hope for early detection—and eradication—of cancer. Researchers have created tiny machines that travel through the body, find tumors that are too small to see in normal scans, and then deliver drugs to kill them. The method has worked to spot tumors in mice, but it’s still years from human use, ABC reports. More »

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 22, 08 6:06 PM CST

      FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer

      The FDA has approved a drug currently prescribed to treat lung and colon cancer for use on breast cancer patients, the AP reports. The decision defies the advice of the FDA's own advisory panel, which recommended that Avastin not be used to treat breast cancer on the grounds that it slowed tumor growth without increasing life expectancy. Patient advocates are thrilled with the ruling. More »

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      FDA  • breast cancer  • lung cancer  • colon cancer  • tumors  • Genentech  • mortality  • Avastin

  • January 2008

    • Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jan 16, 08 7:42 AM CST

      Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

      Cancer researcher Judah Folkman, whose insights and tenacity spawned a whole new branch of oncology, died Monday at age 74, the Boston Globe reports. Folkman pioneered the notion that cancer tumors could be halted if their blood supply was cut off; he persevered despite decades of skepticism in the field and research setbacks. The work led to the creation of several successful drugs, most notably Avastin, and there are many more in the pipeline. More »

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      obituary  • cancer  • Boston  • cancer research  • tumors  • Harvard Medical School  • blood vessels

  • December 2007

    • Sun Exposure May Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 18, 07 10:50 AM CST

      Sun Exposure May Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer

      Lack of exposure to sunlight may increase the risk of lung cancer, a study of 111 countries shows. Smoking is the risk factor most closely associated with the disease, accounting for as many as 85% of cases, but limited access to UV rays is second, the Telegraph reports. Vitamin D, which is generated by exposure to the sun, can slow or even halt tumor growth, reports the BBC. More »

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      lung cancer  • skin cancer  • tumors  • vitamin D  • oncology

    • Researchers Find New Breast Cancer Marker

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 17, 07 5:19 PM CST

      Researchers Find New Breast Cancer Marker

      Tens of thousands of women may avoid unnecessary treatment for breast cancer in the future, thanks to the discovery of a means to predict which precancerous breast tumors will become cancerous, the Chicago Tribune reports. Researchers found molecular markers that can be used to identify—out of 50,000 women diagnosed with precancerous tumors annually—the 8-15% that will eventually become lethal. More »

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      breast cancer  • medical breakthrough  • tumors

    • New Key to Breast Cancer Discovered

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 4:57 AM CST

      New Key to Breast Cancer Discovered

      Scientists believe they've made a breakthrough discovery in why a certain genetic mutation can cause a particularly deadly form of breast cancer. Mutations in the BRCA1 gene are apparently linked to the loss of an important protein, PTEN, that checks cell growth, according to a new study in the journal Nature. More »

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      breast cancer  • genetic mutation  • tumors  • BRCA1

  • November 2007

    • Lab-Created Mice Resist Cancer

      newser  |  Science Daily  |  Nov 28, 07 6:39 PM CST

      Lab-Created Mice Resist Cancer

      A mouse seemingly invulnerable to cancerous tumors has been engineered, Science Daily reports. Researchers at the University of Kentucky introduced a more active version of the Par-4 gene—which appears able to differentiate cancer cells from healthy ones, then kills them—into mouse embryos. They found that the enhanced mice never developed cancers and passed the gene on to their offspring. More »

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      cancer  • tumors  • chemotherapy

  • October 2007

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