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May 2008
- To Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Get Moving
  
  Reuters | May 13, 08 7:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Exercising regularly while still young may cut the risk of premenopausal breast cancer, a new study shows. Women who were the most physically active were 23% less likely to develop the cancer than the women who were the least active, Reuters reports. Exercising between the ages of 12 and 22 was the most beneficial, the study shows. More »
- Robot Worms Offer Cancer Hope
  
  ABC News | May 13, 08 2:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Little mechanical “worms” offer the latest hope for early detection—and eradication—of cancer. Researchers have created tiny machines that travel through the body, find tumors that are too small to see in normal scans, and then deliver drugs to kill them. The method has worked to spot tumors in mice, but it’s still years from human use, ABC reports. More »
April 2008
- HPV Linked With Lung Cancer, But Many Still Fight Vaccine
  
  ABC News | Apr 28, 08 3:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been linked to increased risk of lung cancer, but conservatives are standing firm in opposition to the new vaccine. Parents and activists charge that Gardasil encourages promiscuous sex, ABC News reports. "If you give kids the vaccine, you're giving them a license to go have sex," insists the head of an abstinence advocacy group. More »
- Gene Variants Increase Breast Cancer Risk
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 28, 08 10:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Scientists have identified versions of a gene that confer a 50% greater chance of developing estrogen-responsive tumors, Bloomberg reports. The study, published in Nature Genetics , found two common gene variants on chromosome 5 that correlated with higher incidences of the types of cancer that respond to estrogen levels. Genetic testing could indicate which women might benefit most from hormone-blocking therapy. More »
- New Cancer Scan Promising, But Much Testing Remains
  
  New York Times | Apr 24, 08 5:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A study claiming to dramatically reduce the risk of lung-cancer death is the object of intense scientific debate, Philip Boffey writes in the New York Times . Researchers screened asymptomatic smokers with spiral CT scans, which are more sensitive than the traditional chest X-ray. They estimate 92% of those found to have early-stage tumors, and get them removed, would survive the next decade. More »
- Skin Cancer of Scalp, Neck Deadlier
  
  Time | Apr 22, 08 6:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Melanoma is the rarest, deadliest form of skin cancer, but new research shows that a tumor's location is an indicator of survival chances. An analysis of 50,000 cases over a decade shows patients with lesions on the scalp and neck died twice as quickly as patients with lesions elsewhere, reports Time . More »

Stories

To Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Get Moving

Robot Worms Offer Cancer Hope

HPV Linked With Lung Cancer, But Many Still Fight Vaccine

Gene Variants Increase Breast Cancer Risk

New Cancer Scan Promising, But Much Testing Remains

Skin Cancer of Scalp, Neck Deadlier