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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, November 28, 2011 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: North Platte Telegraph, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:56 AM PST Cancer patients will benefit from traveling comedy tour http://www.nptelegraph.com/articles/2011/11/28/news/70001256.txt hjohnson@nptelegraph.com Bloomberg, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:52 AM PST Seattle Genetics Gains After Analyst Raises Sales Estimate for Cancer Drug http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-28/seattle-genetics-gains-after-analyst-raises-sales-estimate-for-cancer-drug.html Seattle Genetics Inc. (SGEN) , the maker of the recently approved cancer medicine Adcetris, rose as much as 7.9 percent after an analyst said sales of the drug will be higher than previous estimates. Boston Globe, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:49 AM PST Perry making Houston stop for new cancer center http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/11/28/perry_making_houston_stop_for_new_cancer_center Gov. Rick Perry is diverting from the GOP presidential trail for a home state appearance as the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announces a new facility in Houston. Perry on Monday was joining officials from the medical school, which is part of Houston's famed Texas Medical Center, to unveil the new Institute for Applied Cancer Science. EurekAlert!, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:47 AM PST UT MD Anderson creates institute to accelerate cancer drug development http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/uotm-uma112811.php ( University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ) Academic and government leaders announced today the establishment of a major new research institute at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that will blend the best attributes of academic and industrial research to identify and validate new cancer targets, convert such scientific knowledge into new cancer drugs, and advance these ... Nasdaq, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:46 AM PST Celsion To Continue Phase III HEAT Study Of ThermoDox In Primary Liver Cancer http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201111281244rttraderusequity_0720&title=celsion-to-continue-phase-iii-heat-study-of-thermodox-in-primary-liver-cancer Celsion To Continue Phase III HEAT Study Of ThermoDox In Primary Liver Cancer EurekAlert!, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:33 AM PST Risk of second cancer in cancer survivors mainly confined to the same cancer type as the first http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/cmaj-ros112211.php Cancer survivors have more than double the risk of a second primary cancer of the same type, according to a study published in CMAJ, whereas the risk of a second primary cancer of another type was only slightly elevated. EurekAlert!, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:33 AM PST What wakes dormant tumor cells http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/rup-wwd112211.php Prostate tumor cells can be lulled to sleep by a factor released by bone cells, according to a study published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Disease recurs in up to half of prostate cancer patients after treatment, often as a result of metastases that spread to distant organs. Diagnostic Imaging, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:33 AM PST GE Introduces Tools to Improve Quantitative PET SUV Readings http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/conference-reports/rsna2011/content/article/113619/1997788?CID=rss Q.Suite positioned as improvement in cancer treatment assessment. Forbes, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:29 AM PST Why Does Pouring Millions of Dollars into Cancer Research Often Do Nothing at All? http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2011/11/28/why-does-pouring-millions-of-dollars-into-cancer-research-often-do-nothing-at-all/?feed=rss_home Why Does Pouring Millions of Dollars into Cancer Research Often Do Nothing at All? This question was originally answered on Quora by Michael W. Long. 14 WFIE Evansville, Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:28 AM PST Study: Coffee drinkers may lower risk of endometrial cancer http://www.14news.com/story/16134606/study-coffee-drinkers-may-lower-risk-of-endometrial-cancer A study by Harvard University found women who drink four or more cups of coffee a day lowered their risk for endometrial cancer by 25 percent. 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! 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