Health News: [cancer]

Local teen speaks to FDA about cancer treatment The Daily News Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:01 PM PDT Last month, 16-year-old Logan Emmons, a sophomore at Franklinton High School and a resident of Plainview, spoke to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the cancer treatment he is currently receiving, called SGN-35. Father, daughter in walk to fight breast cancer The Times Press Recorder Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:54 PM PDT After months of training, a South County father and daughter will walk 60 miles over three days next weekend to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and community-based breast health and education programs. 9/11 firefighters more likely to get cancer - study InterAksyon Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:53 PM PDT Firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center attacks are more likely to get cancer, while 9/11 rescue workers still suffer high illness rates generally, according to studies published Friday. Firefighters host riders in Oceano The Times Press Recorder Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:52 PM PDT About 25 cyclists pedaling from San Francisco to Los Angeles on the Fire Service Cancer Awareness Bicycle Ride were treated to lunch at the Five Cities Fire Authority’s Station 61 in Oceano last week. Two World Trade Center Studies Find No Big Jump In Cancer, Deaths CBS New York Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:44 PM PDT Advocates for the firefighters said the trend was still worrisome, however, and doctors said they could not rule out the possibility that more cancer cases will develop among the firefighters as time goes on. 9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk: study Reuters Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:39 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. WTC studies find no big jump in cancer, deaths WABC-TV New York Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:29 PM PDT Two major new medical studies have failed to find significant increases in deaths or cancer people exposed to WTC dust. Biological 'computer' destroys cancer cells: Diagnostic network incorporated into human cells Science Daily Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:24 PM PDT Researchers have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological "computer" network into human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer cells using logic combinations of five cancer-specific molecular factors, triggering cancer cells destruction. Key function of mutation in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer gene discovered Science Daily Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:23 PM PDT It is widely known that mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility 1 (BRCA1) gene significantly increase the chance of developing breast and ovarian cancers, but the mechanisms at play are not fully understood. Now, researchers have shown that certain BRCA1 mutations result in excessive, uncontrolled DNA repair, which challenges the prior assumption that mutations in BRCA1 only contribute to ... Web Poll: Should JJC name new building for late president? The Herald News Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:22 PM PDT Last month, board Vice Chairman Jeff May suggested at a meeting that the school name the new campus center after JJC President Gena Proulx, who was seriously ill with cancer. She died three days after the meeting, but she was aware of May’s suggestion.Taken by surprise by the suggestion, May’s fellow trustees said they wanted to know the status of a new building naming policy before taking ...

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