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Fitness May Boost Survival for Women With Breast Cancer

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:52:38 -0400

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women with advanced breast cancer who have higher levels of fitness during treatment tend to live longer than women with lower levels of fitness during treatment, new research finds.

Cancer Patients Share Web Info With Docs for Insight, Advice

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:52:37 -0400

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients' primary goal in talking with their doctors about information they've found on the Internet is to get more insight and advice on the online information, new research indicates.

Few U.S. Hispanics Screened for Skin Cancer

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:52:37 -0400

FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in 14 Hispanic adults in the United States has ever been screened for skin cancer, far fewer than the one in four whites screened, a new study finds.

Women get less information on post-cancer fertility

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:32:53 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer treatment can sometimes lead to infertility, but young women are less likely than young men to be informed of that risk, a new study suggests. Swedish researchers found that of nearly 500 cancer survivors ages 18 to 45, most men -- 80 percent -- said their doctor had told them their chemotherapy could affect their future fertility. But only 48 percent of women said the same, the team reports in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. What's more, women were far less likely to have received information about options for preserving their fertility. ...

Why People Stick with Cancer Screening, Even When It Causes Harm

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:20:00 -0400

The data on PSA testing to detect prostate cancer has long been shaky -- so much so that the discoverer of PSA (or prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme made by the prostate) himself decried the test two years ago as "hardly more effective than a coin toss."

Screening finds skin cancer, but does it save lives?

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:49:09 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors find a high number of malignant tumors when a state-wide skin cancer screening program is introduced, says a new study. Based on results from a program in Germany, researchers say 116 people need to be screened for skin cancer and five people need to have a biopsy to find one malignant tumor. They, however, cannot say whether the screenings actually saved lives. Still, the numbers reported in the new study are "quite good," said Dr. Alexander Katalinic, one of the study's coauthors, in an email to Reuters Health. ...

Onyx rises on analyst view of blood cancer drug

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:44:16 -0400

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares rose Thursday after a Bernstein Research analyst started covering the stock with an "Outperform" rating, saying he thinks the company's blood cancer drug candidate will reach $1 billion in annual sales by 2016.

Sanofi to test cancer-starving compound in China in 2013

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:23:07 -0400

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis plans to begin testing a novel compound that is designed to starve liver cancer to death in a phase one human clinical trial in China and possibly South Korea in 2013. The compound, called slit-trap, was developed by its Chinese collaborator, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, and will soon be ready for a "first-in-man" trial. "It is now in pre-clinical (stage) and is going into clinic early next year," said chief executive officer Christopher Viehbacher in an interview in Hong Kong. ...

Cancer Docs Often Deal With Own Grief, Doubts When Patients Die

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:52:16 -0400

WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Some cancer doctors may build up emotional walls -- distancing themselves from the patients they can't save -- to avoid grief, sadness and even despair, new research shows.

Celldex breast cancer drug shrinks some tumors: study

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:38:42 -0400

(Reuters) - Interim results from a mid-stage trial of Celldex Therapeutics Inc's experimental drug showed trends toward reducing tumors in patients with advanced breast cancer, with rates improving for those patients with high levels of a key protein. Celldex shares dropped 8 percent in after-hours trading. The drug, CDX-011, which links a tumor-targeting antibody to a cell-killing chemotherapy drug, was tested in 122 patients whose breast cancer had progressed despite several previous rounds of standard therapy. ...

NY bride who faked cancer released from jail

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:34:30 -0400

A woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her "dream wedding" and Caribbean honeymoon was released from jail Wednesday after paying back more than $13,000 to the people she duped.

Childhood cancer effects may linger in adults

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:08:30 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survivors of childhood cancers have an increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss later in life, and for some that may lead to long-term emotional distress, suggests a new study. Compared to their siblings, survivors were more likely to have scarring and disfigurement on their head, arms and legs later in life. And adults with those traits had more depression and a lower quality of life, on average. "I think it showed us these aren't necessarily life threatening late effects of cancer... ...

NY bride who faked cancer sentenced to time served

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:01:30 -0400

An upstate New York woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon was sentenced Wednesday to the nearly two months she has already served in jail for duping individuals and businesses out of more than $13,000.

1 in 5 Americans Will Get Skin Cancer. Will It Be You?

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:13:53 -0400

You know you've reached the zenith of pop culture zaniness when Saturday Night Live parodies you. That's exactly what happened to Patricia Krentcil, the overly bronzed New Jersey mom facing second-degree child endangerment charges for allegedly allowing her then five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. Audiences across America may have laughed at an Oompa-Loompa orange Kristin Wiig spoofing the infamous "Tanning Mom," but doctors say that this is no laughing matter.

Sentencing set for NY bride who faked cancer

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:21:54 -0400

Sentencing is set for Wednesday for an upstate New York woman who admits she faked having cancer to con donors into paying for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon.

Task Force Calls Routine Prostate Cancer Tests Unnecessary

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:45:00 -0400

When it comes to middle age, routine prostate cancer screening tests are to men what mammograms are to women. However, a federal task force believes administering the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test on a routine basis to healthy middle-aged men is a waste of time.

Sentencing set for bride who faked cancer to collect donations

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:36:46 -0400

GOSHEN, N.Y. - Sentencing is set for an Upstate New York woman who admits she faked having cancer to con donors into paying for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon.

Colonoscopy May Detect Curable Cancer in Elderly: Study

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:52:12 -0400

TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Colonoscopies helped doctors detect a high rate of curable cancer in elderly people who had the screening for the first time, a new study indicates.

Study Ties Genes to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Prostate Cancer Risk

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:52:11 -0400

TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Certain gene variants linked to prostate cancer may make men more susceptible to lower urinary tract symptoms, according to a new study. On the other hand, a different gene variant might protect against those symptoms, the study found.

U.S. Advisers Say 'No' to Routine PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:52:11 -0400

MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- In a highly anticipated move sure to unleash heated debate, a prominent U.S. government advisory panel is recommending that men of all ages no longer be screened for prostate cancer by undergoing the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test.

Do Bald Men Face Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer?

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:52:11 -0400

TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Got hair? If you don't, you might have a higher risk of prostate cancer, a preliminary study suggests.

Studies See Advances in Detecting, Treating Pancreatic Cancer

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:52:08 -0400

TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Two preliminary studies suggest that some headway is being made in both the detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Manager pleads guilty in Miss. cancer clinic fraud

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:45:35 -0400

An ex-office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors say was a multimillion dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic gave patients diluted chemotherapy drugs and used old syringes on multiple people.

Folic acid tied to lower child cancer risks

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:14:49 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of two rare childhood cancers declined after the U.S. began requiring grain products to be fortified with the B vitamin folic acid, a new study finds. Reported in the journal Pediatrics, the study does not prove that folic acid deserves the credit. But researchers say the findings at least offer reassurance that folic-acid fortification has not led to an increase in children's cancers -- which has been a theoretical concern. "The good news is that there doesn't seem to have been an increased risk of childhood cancer," said lead researcher Amy M. ...

New Pancreatic Cancer Test May Detect Early Signs

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:15:33 -0400

Doctors might be able to pick up early signs of pancreatic cancer by looking inside the intestine, a new study suggests.