Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:11 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: PhysOrg, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:46 AM PDT Findings suggest how cancer cells can become resistant to DNA damage-inducing treatments http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-cancer-cells-resistant-dna-damage-inducing.html An international team of scientists led by UC Davis researchers has discovered that DNA repair in cancer cells is not a one-way street as previously believed. Their findings show instead that recombination, an important DNA repair process, has a self-correcting mechanism that allows DNA to make a virtual u-turn and start over. WWLP Springfield, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:42 AM PDT Rays of Hope walk draws thousands http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/hampden/Rays-of-Hope-walk-draws-thousands Thousands walked to support the fight against breast cancer at the annual Rays of Hope Walk in Springfield. YNN Austin, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:37 AM PDT 'Lighting up the Night' to overcome cancer http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/281058/-lighting-up-the-night--to-overcome-cancer The 10th annual Light the Night Celebration, hosted by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, brought about 4,000 people to Mueller Lake Park in East Austin. Participants were organized into three groups identified by different colored balloons. Supporters of cancer research held red balloons, cancer survivors held white balloons and those who had lost a loved one to the disease held gold balloons. Highland Community News, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:37 AM PDT Amadeo Joseph Nocchi http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2011/10/23/news/obituaries/doc4e9d9e91b3143121980666.txt Amadeo Joseph Nocchi, 57, passed away Oct. 12 in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. after a battle with cancer. Born Nov. 11, 1953, in Tae Bong Dong, South Korea, he was the oldest of seven children born to Gene and Regina (Jung Soon) Nocchi of San Bernardino. EurekAlert!, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:34 AM PDT Will my breast cancer spread? Discovery may predict probability of metastasis http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uouh-wmb102011.php ( University of Utah Health Sciences ) Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have discovered a new way to model human breast cancer that could lead to new tools for predicting which breast cancers will spread and new ways to test drugs that may stop its spread. The Standard, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:29 AM PDT Early detection key to surviving breast cancer http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/early-detection-key-to-surviving-breast-cancer/2332938.aspx?src=rss ANN Krause once thought breast cancer would kill her but she now lives to make sure other women know how early detection can save their life. Newswise, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:29 AM PDT Discovery May Predict Probability of Breast Cancer Spreading http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/581979/?sc=rsmn Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have discovered a way to model human breast cancer that could lead to new tools for predicting which breast cancers will spread. Medical News Today, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:25 AM PDT Cellphones Do Not Cause Tumors, Large Study Reports http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236457.php A Danish study involving 358,403 people over an 18-year period found no evidence of an association between long-term cellphone usage and the risk of brain or CNS (central nervous system) tumors. The researchers, from the Danish Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) that theirs is the largest study ever made to ... EurekAlert!, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:23 AM PDT UC Davis researchers discover complexities of DNA repair http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoc--udr101911.php ( University of California - Davis Health System ) An international team of scientists led by UC Davis researchers has discovered that DNA repair in cancer cells is not a one-way street as previously believed. EurekAlert!, Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:20 AM PDT Manchester's 'first step' to perfect drug combinations http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-ms102011.php ( University of Manchester ) Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered a way of speeding up the creation of perfect drug combinations, which could help patients recovering from critical health problems such as stroke, heart attacks and cancer. See more health stories that match your keyword at: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?fr=yalerts-health&c=&p=cancer+%2bcat%3ahealth&ei=utf-8 Visit Yahoo! Health: http://health.yahoo.com/ You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use http://us.rd.yahoo.com/alerts/b/email/unsubscribe/*http://alerts.yahoo.com/unsubscribe.php?id=btlS6XYuNLMxgw1NFO6bAiJ9uTfusVYfSWbyt2hm3cWP0ukHYAAn1RuqNWq8rxzoB5VfDnDFBqxW5O.JoR8oGignTvLsyvumvZ5N to unsubscribe from this alert. 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