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  • August 2008

    • Ovarian Cancer Test 'Premature,' Critics Worry

      New York Times  |  Aug 26, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      Ovarian Cancer Test 'Premature,' Critics Worry

      (Newser) - Though a new ovarian cancer test gives hope that the 21,000 new cancer cases expected this year may be detected at a treatable stage, the FDA is worried OvaSure may do more harm than good, the New York Times reports. If the unregulated test detects cancer where there isn't any—as expected in 0.6% of cases—some women may have unnecessary surgeries. More »

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      cancer  • FDA  • public health  • medical research  • women's health  • ovarian cancer

  • June 2008

    • Fungus Drug Zaps Cancer in Study

      Reuters  |  Jun 30, 08 6:39 AM CDT

      Fungus Drug Zaps Cancer in Study

      (Newser) - A powerful new cancer drug has been developed from a fungus discovered by accident, Reuters reports. The drug, called lodamin, is dramatically effective against a range of cancers and works by starving tumors of blood, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Mice infected with cancer cells were nearly cancer free within days. More »

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      cancer  • lung cancer  • prostate cancer  • ovarian cancer  • melanoma  • nanotechnology  • glioblastomas

  • February 2008

    • Obesity Linked to Cancers

      WebMD  |  Feb 15, 08 4:32 AM CST

      Obesity Linked to Cancers

      (Newser) - Researchers have identified a powerful link between being overweight and the risk of developing certain types of cancer. Strong links were discovered between obesity and cancer of the esophagus in men and women, and uterine endometrial and gallbladder cancers in women, reports WebMD. Researchers also found modest connections between obesity and colon cancer in men, some breast cancer in women, and blood cancers for both, according to the study published in the Lancet . More »

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      cancer  • obesity  • breast cancer  • diet  • overweight  • ovarian cancer  • American Cancer Society  • Body Mass Index  • weight gain  • Karolinska Institutet

  • January 2008

    • Pill Guards Against Ovarian Cancer: Study

      Canadian Press  |  Jan 25, 08 8:45 AM CST

      Pill Guards Against Ovarian Cancer: Study

      (Newser) - Oral contraceptives "confer powerful and long-lasting protection" against ovarian cancer, a cancer that often proves deadly because it's so difficult to diagnose early, a new study has found. The effect is so strong that women who take the pill for 10 years will enjoy significant protection against ovarian cancer even 30 years later, the Canadian Press reports. More »

    • Coffee May Lower Risk of Ovarian Cancer

      Reuters  |  Jan 22, 08 11:27 AM CST

      Coffee May Lower Risk of Ovarian Cancer

      (Newser) - One day after the release of a study linking caffeine and miscarriages, female coffee addicts got some good news today: Caffeine appears to lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a new study shows. What's more, the benefit appears to increase with the amount of caffeine consumed. The risk is lowest for women who have never taken oral contraceptives or postmenopausal hormones, reports Reuters. More »

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      cancer  • coffee  • cancer research  • caffeine  • ovarian cancer

  • December 2007

    • Breast Cancer Risk Seen for Latinos, Blacks

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Dec 26, 07 6:40 PM CST

      Breast Cancer Risk Seen for Latinos, Blacks

      (Newser) - A genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer has been linked to Hispanic and young black women, according to a new study. The findings could lead to changes in screening, the San Jose Mercury News reports. In the survey of 3,181 women with breast cancer, 16.7% of black patients under 35 and 3.5% of Hispanic patients had the mutated gene, compared with 2.2% of white patients. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • breast cancer  • disease  • genetics  • Hispanic  • genetic mutation  • ovarian cancer  • black women  • BRCA1

    • French Fries May Increase Risk of Cancer

      BBC  |  Dec 3, 07 1:52 PM CST

      French Fries May Increase Risk of Cancer

      (Newser) - Women who eat too many French fries or potato chips may increase their risk of cancer, say researchers tracing the effect of the chemical acrylamide in the diet. In a new Dutch study, women who ingested 40mg of acrylamide a day—about one order of fries—developed twice as many cases of ovarian or uterine cancer as others. More »

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      cancer  • cancer research  • fat  • ovarian cancer  • snack foods

  • September 2007

    • Tangerine Peel May Help Fight Cancer

      Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 3:54 PM CDT

      Tangerine Peel May Help Fight Cancer

      (Newser) - UK researchers may have found a natural way to combat certain cancers. In tests, a chemical compound in tangerine peel attacked and destroyed cancer cells. The findings could lead to treatments for cancers of the breast, lung, prostate, and ovaries, Reuters says. “It is very exciting to find a compound in food that can target cancers specifically,” said one chemist. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • diet  • lung cancer  • prostate cancer  • ovarian cancer

  • August 2007

    • Cancer Cures Hiding in Poisonous Lake

      Wired  |  Aug 28, 07 6:47 PM CDT

      Cancer Cures Hiding in Poisonous Lake

      (Newser) - Two scientists may be fishing cancer cures out of an abandoned, poisonous lake, Wired reports. Don and Andrea Stierle are finding microbes in the green goup of an old Montana pit lake that don’t exist anywhere else – and happen to make compounds that inhibit a lung cancer and an ovarian cancer. So far Big Pharma hasn’t taken enough notice to fund a full investigation of the underwater slime.  More »

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      cancer  • science  • cancer research  • lung cancer  • Montana  • poison  • ovarian cancer  • lake  • microbe  • Butte

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Women Alerted to Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

      New York Times  |  Jun 13, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Women Alerted to Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

      (Newser) - In an effort to dispel the belief that ovarian cancer has few early symptoms, experts are urging women to acquaint themselves with an array of common conditions associated with one of the deadliest types of cancer. The new guidelines acknowledge for the first time that late diagnosis is not a given, opening up the possibility of earlier testing and treatment. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • medicine  • women's health  • ovarian cancer

  • April 2007

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