Health News: [cancer]

Hugo Chavez Calls Doctor "Liar" After Claiming He's Dying From Cancer ThirdAge Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT Hugo Chavez has said a doctor who has reportedly never treated him and who claims that he has only two years to live is a "liar."... Mummy Had History's Second-Oldest Prostate Cancer Case Wired News Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT Some 2250 years ago in Egypt, a man known today only as M1 struggled with a long, painful, progressive illness. A dull pain throbbed in his lower back, then spread to other parts of his body, making most movements a misery. Komen grant aids low-income women with breast cancer Mansfield News Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:59 AM PDT A statewide nonprofit is helping women manage the toll that breast cancer takes not only on their bodies, but their wallets. Funded by a grant from the Massachusetts affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, VNA Care Network and Hospice’s Breast Cancer Treatment Support Program offers stipends of $250 to low-income women struggling to keep up with medical bills. Chemotherapy via the nipple most effective way to treat breast cancer says study Daily Mail Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:56 AM PDT Researchers at Jefferson University in Philadelphia found that by targeting the breast ducts directly, a higher concentration of drugs can be delivered to the diseased area. Too much drinking may raise lung cancer risk 14 WFIE Evansville Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT While smoking has long been linked to cancer, its frequent companion, drinking, may be as well, a new study suggests. Apple's next big thing? PhysOrg Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:49 AM PDT Along with revelations about his "thermonuclear war" on Google and funding of non-traditional cancer treatments, Steve Jobs' newly published biography drops a bomb about the next big thing he and Apple were working on. Researchers find more clues to causes of breast cancer PhysOrg Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT Publishing in the current issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry (Vol. 286, No 43), researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered additional mechanisms of "Akt" activation and suggest a component of that activation mechanism â€" inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit epsilon (IKBKE) â€" could be targeted as a therapeutic intervention for treating cancer. Skin Cancer Check May Come With New Hairdo Philly.com Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT Hairdressers, barbers often first to spot skin changes that signal melanoma, experts say Jimmy Fund Golf Raises $6.4 Million for Cancer Research The Patriot Ledger Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:45 AM PDT Hundreds of local residents came out for the 29th annual Jimmy Fund Classic at The International Golf Club in Bolton, Mass., on Oct. 3, to celebrate another season of raising funds on the greens for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. From unknown cancer gene to potential cancer drug | Not Exactly Rocket Science Discover Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT It’s a seemingly simple idea: if you can find the genetic changes that turn normal cells into cancerous ones, you could find new ways of treating cancer. But that’s easier said than done. The genome of a cancer cell is a chaotic mess. Typos build up throughout its DNA, corrupting the encoded information. Entire sections [...]

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