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cancer treatment stories: 39 news summaries

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(Newser) - A breakthrough with cancer stem cells may lead to more potent drugs—ones that pair with chemotherapy in the sort of drug cocktail used against AIDS, reports the New York Times. If borne out, the development—in which researchers figured out how to screen for chemicals that attack only cancerous... More »

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cancer • stem cells • chemotherapy • cancer treatment

 Child Cancer  
 Survivors Risk
 Heart Trouble
 Years Later 

Weakening starts to show in young adults

Jul 28, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kids who’ve conquered cancer can end up battling the effects of treatment years later as young adults, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some 10% of kids treated with drugs called anthracyclines, powerful against leukemia and other cancers, later suffer from progressive  weakening of the heart that can lead to... More »

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cancer • chemotherapy • heart • cancer treatment • heart health • cardiomyopathy • childhood cancer

Docs Weigh Longer Chemo in Cancer Battle

Experts say tumors could be treated as chronic diseases

Jul 21, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Instead of waiting for cancer to return, some doctors are keeping up patients’ chemotherapy even when the threat has lessened, the New York Times reports. With maintenance therapy, some in the medical and drug industries say, it may be possible to treat cancer as a chronic disease, with tumors kept... More »

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cancer • health care • chemotherapy • public health • cancer research • cancer treatment • pharmaceutical industry

Mammograms May Lead to Overtreatment: Study

But screening can't determine danger; many treated unnecessarily

Jul 10, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - One-third of breast cancers that show up on mammograms may be essentially harmless, meaning that treating every tumor causes unnecessary trauma, a five-nation study suggests. A mammogram doesn't reveal whether a cancer is lethal or harmless, so all get treated when some could be merely monitored, the BBC reports. The... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • cancer treatment • mammogram • cancer screening • British Medical Journal

OPINION

Health Reform Must Pass
the Test of
Prostate Cancer

Efficacy should trump novelty in care choices

Jul 8, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget public options and universal mandates. The real litmus test for health care reform is prostate cancer testing, writes David Leonhardt of the New York Times. Treatments for the disease range in cost from a few thousand dollars to more than $100,000. "You can probably guess... More »

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health care • health care costs • prostate cancer • medical research • cancer treatment • health care reform • public option

Promising 'Trojan Horse' Cells Kills Animal Cancer

Sydney biotech firm to begin human trials in coming months

Jun 29, 09 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australian researchers have achieved promising results with a new approach to treating cancer, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Scientists have developed mutant bacteria nanocells that slip into tumor cells to switch off drug-resistant genes, and allow cancer-fighting drugs inside, also delivered by the nanocells. The strategy has achieved near-universal success... More »

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cancer • chemotherapy • cells • cancer treatment • tumor • academic research • scientific research

OPINION

 New Class of Drugs Could 
 Revolutionize Cancer Treatment 


PARP inhibitors show potential to transform understanding of cancer

Jun 25, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new class of drugs in development represents the biggest cancer breakthrough in a decade, Robert Bazell writes at NBC. In a study causing much excitement in the medical world, breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients treated with Olaparib, one of a group of drugs known as PARP inhibitors, had... More »

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breast cancer • ovarian cancer • cancer treatment • cancer drug • olaparib • PARP inhibitors • women's issues

VA Doc Botched 92 of 116 Cancer Operations

Philly prostate patients routinely had treatment placed in wrong organ

Jun 21, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The VA Hospital in Philadelphia performed 116 operations to treat prostate cancer before an investigation found that 92 of the them had been seriously botched, the New York Times reports. The VA considered Dr. Gary Kao an expert who didn't need oversight, and allowed him to cover up his mistakes... More »

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prostate cancer • medical malpractice • cancer treatment • radiation • VA Hospital

New Prostate Cancer Drug Amazes Researchers

Experimental therapy cures men's inoperable cancer

Jun 20, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The total recovery of two patients suffering inoperable prostate cancer under a new treatment has amazed researchers at the Mayo Clinic, the Minnesota Post reports. The men, who suffered from a highly aggressive and deadly form of the disease, were found to be cancer-free after treatment with an experimental drug... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • cancer research • cancer treatment • Mayo Clinic • immunotherapy

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Poor Harry Still Pines for Chelsy 

Plus, Susan Boyle rejoins tour, and more

Jun 15, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Harry split with his latest galpal, British TV host Caroline Flack, when he realized ex Chelsy Davy was “the best thing that has ever happened to me,” he told friends. “The fling with Caroline has focused Harry’s mind back on Chelsy,” one tells the... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Brad Pitt • Prince Harry • NBA finals • celebrity • cancer treatment • gossip • Rihanna • Chelsy Davy • Chris Brown • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

(Newser) - The world’s largest cancer conference convened this weekend and offered some hope but no cures, USA Today reports. Researchers are getting closer to developing treatments that are gentler and more individualized, and that increase longevity and quality of life. But a cure remains elusive, and even the most promising... More »

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breast cancer • cancer research • cancer treatment • conference • experimental drugs

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s treatment for anal cancer “has pretty much ended,” partner Ryan O’Neal tells People. The 62-year-old actress spends nearly all of her time in bed now, with doctors trying to make her as comfortable as possible. “I just don't know how to play... More »

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television • film • death • cancer treatment • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • Redmond O'Neal • anal cancer

Colon Cancer Drug Flunks Important Test

Avastin's effects on early-stage disease don't meet expectations

Apr 22, 09 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clinical trials to determine the drug Avastin’s effects on early-stage colon cancer were a big disappointment for drug firm Genentech, the New York Times reports. The drug, which is typically used in late-stage cancer, didn’t significantly cut the recurrence rate among 2,700 subjects in the early stages,... More »

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study • drug companies • cancer research • cancer treatment • Genentech • Roche • Avastin • clinical trials

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s anal cancer spread to her liver in 2007, indicating that the malady is worse than previously thought, the AP reports. Her ongoing stay at a Los Angeles hospital is the result of treatment she underwent in Germany, but not directly related to her cancer, her doctor said.... More »

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Germany • Los Angeles • liver cancer • cancer treatment • Farrah Fawcett • hematoma • anal cancer

 Swayze Fires Back 
 at 'Negative' 
 Tabloids 

Actors slams reports that he's losing cancer fight

Mar 12, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze is sick of reading tabloid stories claiming he's losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, he tells Access Hollywood. The Beast star says that rather than being at death's door, he is responding well to a new course of chemotherapy, and he has plenty of positive things in his... More »

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tabloids • cancer treatment • pancreatic cancer • National Enquirer • actor • Patrick Swayze • The Beast

Cancer Study Unlocks Clues
to Who Lives,  Who Dies 

Breakthrough helps docs decide treatment

Feb 2, 09 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - A new discovery may help predict whether a woman with breast cancer is more likely to live or die, reports Reuters. The breakthrough may help doctors make vital decisions about which patients should be treated the most aggressively. Researchers discovered patients were more likely to survive the disease if they... More »

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breast cancer • surgery • chemotherapy • cancer treatment • radiation • DyNeMo Biosystems

(Newser) - Patrick Swayze quickly scotched tabloid rumors today that he's stopped receiving treatments for his pancreatic cancer, People reports. "The reports are not true," said a spokeswoman. "Patrick is continuing his treatment." Swayze, 56, was hospitalized earlier this month for pneumonia, and several tabloids reported that he'd... More »

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cancer treatment • pancreatic cancer • rumor • actor • Patrick Swayze

 Study May Help 
 Mastectomy 
 Dilemma 

Research identifies factors likely to imperil second breast

Jan 27, 09 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers alarmed by a spike in potentially unnecessary double mastectomies have identified three risk factors that might help breast cancer patients make better decisions about whether to have a healthy breast removed, the Houston Chronicle reports. The research was motivated by an earlier study that revealed 80% of women who... More »

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breast cancer • preventative medicine • medical research • cancer treatment • cancer screening • cancer prevention • double mastectomy • elective surgery

 Jack Kemp Treated for Cancer 

Docs can't say what afflicts former NFL star, GOP lawmaker, 73

Jan 7, 09 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Jack Kemp, the former NFL star and Republican congressman, is in treatment for cancer, the Buffalo News reports. A spokeswoman said the type of cancer is “undetermined,” but that tests are under way to identify it. Kemp, 73, served 18 years as a representative from New York before... More »

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cancer • Congress • Buffalo Bills • House of Representatives • cancer treatment • Bob Dole • quarterback • vice presidential candidate • Jack Kemp

 Gene Discovery Raises 
 Breast Cancer Hopes 

Targeted therapy may prevent lethal spread, researchers say

Jan 6, 09 5:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have singled out a gene that spreads breast cancer and makes it chemo-resistant, raising the prospect of drug therapy that localizes the disease and improves survival rates, the Baltimore Sun reports. Scientists believe that metadherin, or MTDH—found in 40% of the breast cancer patients studied—makes tumor cells... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • prostate cancer • science • death • cancer treatment • genes • medical study

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