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 Breast Cancer 
 May Vanish 
 Without Chemo 

Fewer cancers found in women screened less often

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Nov 25, 08 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Breast cancer goes into spontaneous remission far more often than had been believed, a new study has discovered. Researchers found that a fifth more cancers were found in women screened every two years than in a group screened once in six years, leading them to conclude that many cancers may vanish on their own—and raising the possibility that some women are undergoing unnecessary chemotherapy, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »

More about:  cancer • breast cancer • chemotherapy • mammogram • cancer prevention • cancer screening

Kennedy Returns to Work
on Capitol Hill

Senator anxious to pass stimulus, health care legislation

Boston Globe Boston Globe Nov 17, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy returned to the US Senate today, having undergone 6 months of extensive treatment for a brain tumor, the Boston Globe reports. Accompanied by his wife, Vicki, and their dogs, Kennedy was greeted by applause from his family and staff in the Russell Caucus Room under a banner that read “Welcome Back, Senator.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Congress • President Obama • Senate • cancer • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • Edward Kennedy • chemotherapy

Pesky Beetle Could Hold Cancer Key

Scientists crack code of enzyme that helps cells multiply limitlessly

Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Sep 1, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - An insect that’s a scourge in Southern kitchens could help scientists develop drugs to treat human cancer, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. In studying  the red flour beetle, scientists were able to decode an enzyme called telomerase, which triggers a cell's ability to multiply timelessly, playing an active role in 85% of all cancers. More »

More about:  cancer • DNA • aging • chemotherapy • protein • cell • telomeres

 Kennedy Doing 
 Well, Wife Reports 

Senator responding to cancer treatment

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 7, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy is responding well to cancer treatment, according to his wife, Vicki. Although he's experiencing some fatigue—a “word that has never been in Teddy’s vocabulary before”—he is exercising every morning and sailing nearly every day. The venerable senator is halfway through 6 weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, the AP reports. More »

More about:  Ted Kennedy • brain cancer • radiation • chemotherapy • sailing • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Melanoma Cured by Cloning Patient's Own Immune Cells

Immune system boost wipes out tumors

Scientific American Scientific American Jun 19, 08 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists eliminated a man's late-stage melanoma by giving the body's own defenses a massive boost, Scientific American reports. They removed infection-fighting white blood cells from the patient's body, cloned them in the lab until they numbered in the billions, and injected them back into the patient. He was tumor-free 2 months later and remained so for 2 years.  More »

More about:  cancer • cancer research • immune system • tumor • chemotherapy • immunotherapy

Swayze 'Thrilled' With Results in Cancer Battle

Star thanks fans, reveals 'excellent'  response to treatment

People People Apr 9, 08 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Patrick Swayze is enjoying an "excellent" response to treatment for pancreatic cancer—and is thankful to friends and fans for their support, he and his wife told People . The Dirty Dancing star plans to continue with the same treatment at a California hospital, his doctor said. Swayze announced last month that he's suffering from pancreatic cancer—one of the deadliest forms of the disease. More »

More about:  cancer • pancreatic cancer • cancer treatment • Patrick Swayze • chemotherapy • Dirty Dancing

Study: Many Can Safely Skip Chemo for Breast Cancer

Gene test predicts
risk of recurrence

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 14, 07 4:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of breast cancer patients could be spared the misery and expense of chemotherapy, or at least get a milder regimen than what's usually prescribed, according to a new study. A new genetic test that predicts women's risk of recurrence shows that up to 40% of patients with early stage breast cancer could safely skip chemotherapy. More »

More about:  breast cancer • medical research • genetic testing • cancer treatment • chemotherapy

Lab-Created Mice Resist Cancer

Enhanced activity of a certain gene produces selective cancer cell elimination

Science Daily Nov 28, 07 6:39 PM CST
(Newser) - 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 »

More about:  cancer • chemotherapy • tumors

Taxol Found Ineffective in Many Breast Cancers

Some women could be spared side effects

Associated Press Associated Press Oct 11, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A widely prescribed chemotherapy drug isn't effective against the kind of breast cancer it's most commonly used to treat, new research has found. While Taxol worked well for women with overactive HER-2 genes, it didn't significantly help women with the most common form of the disease in which tumors are HER-2 negative and use estrogen to grow. More »

More about:  cancer • breast cancer • genetic testing • estrogen • chemotherapy

Cancer Patients Gain Fertility Hope

Eggs from girls as young as 5 can be frozen before chemotherapy

BBC BBC Jul 2, 07 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prepubescent girls with cancer do not have to give up the prospect of parenthood because of the effects of chemotherapy. Cancer patients as young as 5 can have their eggs removed and frozen before treatment, preserving their fertility, according to research by Israeli scientists. With childhood cancer survival rates climbing, that's good news for a growing number of patients. More »

More about:  children • cancer • pregnancy • parents • fertility • embryo • chemotherapy • eggs • fertility treatment • puberty

Post-Chemo Memory Loss Isn't All in
the Head

Doctors catch onto "chemo brain"

New York Times New York Times Apr 29, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Docs are finally cluing in to "chemo brain," the fuzzy-headed forgetfulness following treatment that cancer survivors have long suffered—and doctors long denied. The condition, suffered by roughly 15% of breast cancer survivors, refers to a laundry list of memory-loss issues that researchers think result from high levels of toxic exposure during chemo. More »

More about:  health • cancer • breast cancer • cancer treatment • chemotherapy • memory loss

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