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tumor stories: 27 news summaries

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 How Bad Is It, Doc? 

Kennedy's glioma, depending on size of tumor, could affect speech, memory, movement

May 20, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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


 Kennedy Has 
 Malignant 
 Brain Tumor 

Senator's prognosis uncertain; treatment may include chemo, radiation

May 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Cold Virus 
 Joins Cancer Fight 

Brain tumors may yield to targeted infection

Apr 7, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Cell Phones Worse Than Smoking, Study Says

Neurosurgeon warns that handsets double brain tumor risk

Mar 30, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cell phones may cause more deaths than smoking or asbestos, warns a new study in which an Australian neurosurgeon found that a decade of cell use can double brain tumor risk—an effect that he says will show in coming years. "We are currently experiencing a reactively unchecked and... More »

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cancer • cell phones • tumor • neuroscience • cell phone industry • handsets • brain cancer • Vini Khurana

High-Fat Diet May Slow Cancer

Researchers cut off tumor sugar supply

Sep 19, 07 7:12 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

Study explains why breast cancer is
more fatal in black women

Sep 6, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(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... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • women • treatment • tumor • black women • drug resistant • health study

New Drug Battles Liver Cancer

Nexavar, already approved for kidney cancer, shows promise in liver patients

Jun 4, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - An impressive clinical trial has produced what could be the first effective drug treatment for liver cancer, the New York Times reports. Nexavar, which blocks both the blood supply to the tumor and proteins that spur tumor growth, extended the lives of patients in the trial by almost three months,... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • drugs • Nexavar • liver cancer • treatment • cancer treatment • tumor • sorafenib

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