Health News: [cancer]

UT MD Anderson President Ronald DePinho elected to National Academy of Sciences EurekAlert! Wed, 02 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT ( University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ) The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center President Ronald DePinho, M.D., has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences -- one of the most prestigious accolades in the United States bestowed in the field of science and engineering. MANCHESTER: Grass Lake Sanctuary awarded grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure The Manchester Enterprise Wed, 02 May 2012 05:59 AM PDT The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Mid-Michigan Affiliate, recently awarded a grant of $75,130 to Grass Lake Sanctuary in Manchester, and the grant will provide women breast cancer survivors a three-day stay at a 145-acre retreat center and nature preserve. Former Indonesian Health Minister Dies Of Cancer Bernama Wed, 02 May 2012 05:58 AM PDT JAKARTA, May 2 (Bernama) -- Former Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih who had resigned her post to undergo treatment for cancer died at 11.41am today at the age of 57. For Breast Cancer Care, Radiation of Whole Breast May Be Best Philly.com Wed, 02 May 2012 05:44 AM PDT Study finds poorer outcomes with localized, partial-breast approach Local Sports The Mining Journal Wed, 02 May 2012 05:44 AM PDT MANISTIQUE â€" The Gladstone Braves and breast cancer research were the big winners in Manistique on Tuesday in a girls golf scramble. Expression of tyrosine kinases may limit effectiveness of agents against sarcomas News-Medical-Net Wed, 02 May 2012 05:44 AM PDT To better understand the signaling pathways active in sarcomas, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center used state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based proteomics to characterize a family of protein enzymes that act as "on" or "off" switches important in the biology of cancer. The tyrosine kinases they identified, the researchers said, could act as "drivers" for the growth and survival of sarcomas. Jury rules against man with rare cancer WISH-TV Indianapolis Wed, 02 May 2012 05:43 AM PDT A jury has sided with aluminum producer Alcoa in a lawsuit filed by a man who blamed an aggressive cancer on hazardous substances the company dumped at a southwestern Indiana mine. Read more at www.WISHTV.com Aveo says cancer drug not better than existing therapy Reuters Wed, 02 May 2012 05:39 AM PDT (Reuters) - Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc said a combination of its experimental drug to treat a type of lung cancer and the standard of care did not significantly improve the response and survival rate in a mid-stage study. Study: Women with melanoma fare better than men Fox News Wed, 02 May 2012 05:30 AM PDT Women diagnosed with melanoma are more likely to survive the skin cancer than men and less likely to have it recur, according to a new study National Lung Cancer Partnership, Medical Centers Collaborate to Provide Tumor Testing PRWeb Wed, 02 May 2012 05:27 AM PDT The National Lung Cancer Partnership is collaborating with 14 top cancer centers across the country to sustain the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium, the largest-ever effort to promote molecular tumor testing for lung cancer patients. (PRWeb May 02, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/LCMC/05/prweb9465544.htm

See more health stories that match my keyword Visit Yahoo! Health

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.