AP - Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to the fetus.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) --
The cancer drug bexarotene quickly eliminates Alzheimer's
disease-associated amyloid beta from the brain and reverses memory
problems in mice, a new study finds.
Reuters - People enrolled in early stage trials for possible cancer treatments may underestimate the risks involved and overestimate the potential benefits, suggests a new study.
Reuters - About two-thirds of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer want to take part in making decisions about their treatment, according to a new survey of patients from five different countries.
Reuters - An independent advisory panel to the U.S. health regulator said that Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd's Dacogen did not show a favorable risk-benefit profile to treat a type of blood cancer.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Fasting, especially when
combined with chemotherapy, appears to slow the growth of cancerous tumors
in mice, new research suggests.
Reuters - An advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that U.S. health regulators reject the use of Amgen Inc's drug Xgeva to delay the spread of prostate cancer to the bone, dimming the chance of a wider use for one of the company's key growth drivers.
AP - A Pennsylvania woman who submitted nearly $100,000 worth of fake cancer treatment insurance claims for herself and her husband must repay the money while she serves nearly nine years on probation.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to prevent breast
cancer in women at high risk for the disease appears to cause bone loss in
some postmenopausal women, a new study finds.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of dying from a
hormone receptor-positive breast cancer increases with age, according to
new research. And one reason might be that older women with breast cancer
are undertreated compared to their younger peers.
AP - NASA astronaut Janice Voss, who first worked for the space agency as a teenager and flew five shuttle missions in seven years, has died. She was 55.
Reuters - Breast cancer is often considered more deadly among younger women, but a new study shows older women are actually more likely to die of the disease.
ContributorNetwork - FIRST PERSON | When should you get your first mammogram? The current guidelines from the American Cancer Society are that all women over 40 should get yearly mammograms. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) states women over 50 should get one every two years and women under 49 should not have routine screenings. The guidelines are contradictory and confusing. What is the right thing to do?
Reuters - Health regulators granted a priority review for an experimental Roche breast cancer drug that in clinical trials added six months to the time before the disease worsened.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with three
relatively new cancer drugs may be linked to a slightly increased risk of
death, a new analysis suggests.
Reuters - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey.
AP - Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects.
