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  • August 2008

    • Can an Orange a Day Keep Cancer Away?

      Reuters  |  Aug 5, 08 8:17 AM CDT

      Can an Orange a Day Keep Cancer Away?

      (Newser) - Injections of high doses of vitamin C may help the body fight tumors, a new study has found. While previous tests have shown that oral doses don't provide much cancer-fighting help, the high concentrations injected into lab mice resulted in only half as much tumor growth as in the control group, Reuters reports. More »

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      cancer  • medical breakthrough  • tumor  • medical studies  • vitamin C

  • July 2008

    • Tobacco May Help Cure Cancer

      Newsweek  |  Jul 22, 08 5:39 PM CDT

      Tobacco May Help Cure Cancer

      (Newser) - Scientists are trying to use the tobacco plant to produce a cancer vaccine, Newsweek reports. Ironic though it may be, the plant could someday offer fast and cheap production of antibodies personalized for individual’s tumor cells. In the first study of its kind, scientists found that the plant-based vaccine triggered the immune systems of patients with a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma without dangerous side effects. A larger study will now determine how effective the vaccine is at fighting the cancer. More »

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      cancer  • cancer research  • vaccine  • tobacco  • immune system  • tumor

    • Devils Breed Earlier to Stave Off Cancer

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 14, 08 8:46 PM CDT

      Devils Breed Earlier to Stave Off Cancer

      (Newser) - Tasmanian devils are reproducing at a younger age to offset a contagious cancer epidemic, the Daily Telegraph reports. The ill-tempered marsupials, suffering from tumors that cut their lifespan in half, are now breeding at age 1 instead of 2 or 3. "We could be seeing evolution occurring before our eyes," one expert told the AP—though the devils may still die off in about 25 years. More »

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      Australia  • endangered species  • evolution  • tumor  • breeding  • Tasmania  • Tasmanian Devil

  • June 2008

    • Melanoma Cured by Cloning Patient's Own Immune Cells

      Scientific American  |  Jun 19, 08 6:11 AM CDT

      Melanoma Cured by Cloning Patient's Own Immune Cells

      (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 »

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      cancer  • cancer research  • immune system  • tumor  • chemotherapy  • immunotherapy

    • Baby Born 'Again' After Tumor Operation

      CBS  |  Jun 7, 08 7:56 PM CDT

      Baby Born 'Again' After Tumor Operation

      (Newser) - A Texas baby is faring well after doctors pulled her from the womb, cut off a tumor, and put her back in to be born 4 weeks ago, CBS News reports. Doctors noticed Macie McCartney's tumor 4 months into pregnancy and identified it as fatal—so they pulled out her mom's uterus and operated. "My hands are big and that tumor filled my hand," one surgeon said. More »

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      surgery  • baby  • tumor  • prenatal care  • womb

    • Brain Cancer Vaccine Doubles Survival Time

      Reuters  |  Jun 3, 08 11:41 AM CDT

      Brain Cancer Vaccine Doubles Survival Time

      (Newser) - A new vaccine more than doubles the expected survival time of patients with the most common form of brain cancer, Reuters reports. Although the test group was small, patients lived an average of 33 months—"almost unheard of" compared to the average of 14 months, says one doctor. The drug also boosts the body's immune response. More »

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      brain cancer  • tumor  • Edward Kennedy  • cancer vaccine  • glioma  • survival rates

    • Ted Kennedy to Undergo Brain Surgery Today

      CNN  |  Jun 2, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      Ted Kennedy to Undergo Brain Surgery Today

      (Newser) - Ted Kennedy will undergo brain surgery this morning at Duke University Medical Center to treat his malignant tumor, CNN reports. Afterwards, he will begin chemotherapy, but he doesn’t expect it to sideline him for long. “After completing treatment, I look forward to returning to the United States Senate and to doing everything I can to help elect Barack Obama as our next president,” the senator said in a statement. More »

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      Ted Kennedy  • neurology  • tumor  • Edward Kennedy  • brain surgery

  • May 2008

    • Feisty Kennedy Goes Sailing

      Boston Globe  |  May 22, 08 6:34 AM CDT

      Feisty Kennedy Goes Sailing

      (Newser) - Just a few hours after leaving the hospital where he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Ted Kennedy set sail off Cape Cod with his wife and their dogs, the Boston Globe reports. The senator-turned-skipper took his 50-foot schooner for a two-hour voyage on the Nantucket Sound. “It was wonderful to be on the water," the senator said on his return to the dock. "It's all it takes.” More »

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      cancer  • Ted Kennedy  • Massachusetts  • tumor  • Cape Cod  • sailing

    • The Youngest Brother Is His Own Man

      Washington Post  |  May 21, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      The Youngest Brother Is His Own Man

      (Newser) - Ted Kennedy's malignant brain tumor adds yet another chapter to the tragic epic of the Kennedy clan, Robert Kaiser writes in the Washington Post . The youngest of Joe Kennedy's sons got a huge boost from his older brothers when he entered politics, Kaiser notes, but he built his legacy of different stuff than theirs—not so much brilliance and charisma, but effectiveness, admired on both sides of the aisle, at making government work. More »

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      Senate  • Ted Kennedy  • John F. Kennedy  • senator  • brain cancer  • tumor  • Robert F. Kennedy

    • Kennedy Leaves Hospital

      CNN  |  May 21, 08 9:27 AM CDT

      Kennedy Leaves Hospital

      (Newser) - Ted Kennedy waved to well-wishers and gave a smiling thumbs-up as he left Massachusetts General Hospital and headed for home this morning, a day after the discovery of a malignant brain tumor. “Senator Kennedy has recovered remarkably quickly from his Monday procedure and therefore will be released from the hospital today ahead of schedule,” his doctors said in a statement. The senator will recuperate in his Cape Cod home while doctors devise a treatment plan. More »

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      cancer  • Ted Kennedy  • Massachusetts  • brain cancer  • tumor

    • How Bad Is It, Doc?

      CNN  |  May 20, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      How Bad Is It, Doc?

      (Newser) - While doctors know that Sen. Ted Kennedy has the most common form of brain cancer, the positioning, type and size of the tumor will determine the degree of danger and side effects from surgery, CNN reports. Kennedy’s glioma is in the left parietal lobe, which is involved in speaking and understanding speech as well as motor control for the body's right side. More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • cancer  • Ted Kennedy  • brain  • brain cancer  • tumor  • brain damage  • glioma

    • Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

      CNN  |  May 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

      (Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, CNN reports. The 76-year-old senator has a glioma, the most common brain cancer in adults. Kennedy will spend at least 2 more days at the Boston hospital where he's been undergoing extensive tests since suffering two seizures Saturday at his Cape Cod home. More »

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      Senate  • cancer  • Ted Kennedy  • senator  • brain cancer  • tumor  • Edward Kennedy  • glioma

  • April 2008

    • Cold Virus Joins Cancer Fight

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 7, 08 2:14 PM CDT

      Cold Virus Joins Cancer Fight

      (Newser) - Scientists are trying to beat some of the most untreatable forms of cancer by employing another undefeated ailment: the common cold. A research team in Seattle has "modified the viruses so they can selectively target the tumor cells, replicate inside them and kill them," says one of the scientists, but so far just in mice. Deploying viruses against cancer isn't a new technique, reports the Post-Intelligencer. More »

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      cancer  • medical breakthrough  • virus  • tumor  • clinical trials  • common cold  • scientific breakthroughs  • measles

  • March 2008
  • September 2007

    • High-Fat Diet May Slow Cancer

      Time  |  Sep 19, 07 7:12 AM CDT

      High-Fat Diet May Slow Cancer

      (Newser) - A diet high in fat but devoid of sugars is being tested as a new strategy to fight cancerous tumors. Researchers are exploiting tumors' dependence on sugar fermentation by banning most carbohydrates in the regimen, similar to the Atkins diet, Time magazine reports. Nutrition is supplied by plant oils and soy and animal products. As healthy cells can burn fat, only the cancer should starve. More »

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      health  • cancer  • food  • diet  • fat  • tumor  • Atkins diet

    • Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

      Associated Press  |  Sep 6, 07 10:53 AM CDT

      Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

      (Newser) - Doctors have long known that breast cancer is more deadly in black women; new research suggests why: They are more likely to suffer from treatment-resistant tumors, a major study at the University of Michigan concludes. Analysis of data from nearly 100,000 women with later-stage breast cancer shows that black patients have higher incidence of tumors that don't respond to hormone-blo