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News Archive for December 2008

Dec 31 2008: Depression, age linked to post-prostatectomy pain
Dec 31 2008: Freezing can preserve semen from cancer patients
Dec 30 2008: Many studies needed to tie genes to cancer: study
Dec 30 2008: High insulin levels may increase breast cancer risk
Dec 30 2008: Pregnancy hCG levels linked to breast cancer risk
Dec 30 2008: No cancer risk reductions seen with antioxidants
Dec 29 2008: Infection control important for high-risk patients
Dec 29 2008: Most families want doctors to be candid
Dec 29 2008: Processed food may fuel lung tumors: Korean study
Dec 26 2008: Pain pills may cut risk of bowel cancer: study
Dec 25 2008: Surgery improves kidney cancer survival: study
Dec 25 2008: Men who live alone fall short on prostate screening
Dec 25 2008: Post-cancer reproduction still low for women, men
Dec 22 2008: Hospice rules may deter some African Americans
Dec 22 2008: Experts identify gene variants linked to lung cancer
Dec 22 2008: Obesity raises risk of cancer-related lymphedema
Dec 19 2008: Chromosomal changes seen in long-term airline pilots
Dec 19 2008: Lung cancer deadliest tumor for Australia women
Dec 18 2008: Fatal attraction: How leukemia seduces blood cells
Dec 18 2008: Improved stool DNA test helps spot colon cancer
Dec 17 2008: New drug promising for melanoma
Dec 16 2008: Cancer even deadlier for people with diabetes
Dec 16 2008: Fruits, veggies slash breast cancer risk: U.S. study
Dec 16 2008: Radiation therapy cuts prostate cancer death: study
Dec 16 2008: Lilly, Amgen: data backs cancer drug use with normal gene
Dec 16 2008: Real-world colonoscopy benefit seen more limited
Dec 16 2008: Smoking linked to colorectal cancer deaths
Dec 15 2008: Diabetes may be linked to risk of lymphoma
Dec 15 2008: Nanotech sensor detects toxic compounds in living cells
Dec 15 2008: Rotating breast cancer tests helps high-risk women
Dec 15 2008: Possible way to treat ovarian cancer reported
Dec 15 2008: U.S. blacks lag whites in colorectal cancer progress
Dec 15 2008: Breast changes tell whether treatment works: study
Dec 15 2008: Estrogen in moisturizers may worsen breast cancer
Dec 12 2008: Drop in breast density means tamoxifen is working
Dec 12 2008: Pfizer drug fails to beat tamoxifen at 2.75 years
Dec 12 2008: Joint pain is increased in breast cancer patients
Dec 11 2008: Letrozole beats tamoxifen for breast cancer
Dec 11 2008: Bone drug Zometa helps shrink breast tumors
Dec 11 2008: Glaxo, Novartis drug combo delays breast cancer
Dec 11 2008: Heart drug linked to breast cancer
Dec 11 2008: China "cancer village" pays ultimate price for growth
Dec 10 2008: Roche says studies show its drugs help breast cancer
Dec 9 2008: Breast cancer variations by race confirmed
Dec 9 2008: Novartis leukemia drugs show promise
Dec 9 2008: Certain drug treatments favored for breast cancer
Dec 9 2008: Cancer deaths in U.S. carry high economic cost
Dec 9 2008: Obesity does not affect leukemia treatment
Dec 9 2008: Cancer to pass heart disease as No. 1 killer
Dec 8 2008: Compound lights up spreading cancer cells
Dec 8 2008: Genentech drug boosts leukemia patient survival
Dec 8 2008: Selenium may protect against bladder cancer
Dec 3 2008: Allergic reactions to Gardasil uncommon: study
Dec 3 2008: Cervical cancer chemo easier on black women: study
Dec 3 2008: Children with bone cancer at risk for second cancer
Dec 2 2008: U.S. study weighs lifetime risks from CT scans
Dec 2 2008: Cancer patients' race may affect well-being
Dec 1 2008: Breast cancer results good for women with implants
Dec 1 2008: Prostate cancer radiotherapy safe for HIV patients

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