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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:00 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Everett Herald, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:53 AM PST Lake Stevens cancer patient needs another round of help http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111220/NEWS01/712209886/-1/news02 Help is needed again for Barbara Hawkins of Lake Stevens. I wrote about Hawkins and her daughter, Sarah Lien, on Aug. 16, 2010, in a column titled "Mother, daughter battling cancer." PhysOrg, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST PET technique promises better detection and response assessment for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-pet-technique-response-non-hodgkin-lymphoma.html Positron emission tomography (PET) and a molecular imaging agent that captures the proliferation of cancer cells could prove to be a valuable method for imaging a form of Non-Hodgkin's disease called mantle cell lymphoma, a relatively rare and devastating blood cancer. The pilot study is published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Philly.com, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:42 AM PST France ponders removing risky breast implants http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20111221_ap_francepondersremovingriskybreastimplants.html French health authorities are considering whether to suggest that an estimated 30,000 women in France get their breast implants removed, amid warnings by leading doctors about the risks of rupture and possible links to cancer. The Wenatchee World, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:41 AM PST Opting to track, not treat, early prostate cancer http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/dec/21/opting-to-track-not-treat-early-prostate-cancer/ WASHINGTON â€" John Shoemaker visited six doctors in his quest to find the best treatment for his early stage prostate cancer â€" and only the last one offered what made the most sense to the California man: Keep a close watch on the tumor and treat only if it starts to grow. Very few men choose this active surveillance option. Yet Shoemaker is one of more than 100,000 men a year deemed candidates ... WebMD, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:37 AM PST 15 Cancer Symptoms Women Ignore http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/15-cancer-symptoms-women-ignore?src=RSS_PUBLIC WebMD exposes 15 cancer symptoms that women tend to ignore, from skin changes to unusual bleeding. Learn what to look for and when to seek medical attention. Playbill, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:30 AM PST Susan Gordon, Stage and Child Film Actress, Dies at 65 http://www.playbill.com/news/article/157879-_Susan_Gordon%20Stage_and_Child_Film_Actress%20Dies_at_65_ Susan Gordon, who was a child actress in a number of infamous "B" movies in the 1950s and '60s, died Dec. 11. The cause was cancer. She was 62. WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:30 AM PST France To Pay For Breast Implant Removal http://www.wgal.com/health/30047172/detail.html The French government will pay for tens of thousands of women to have breast implants removed over concerns about a possible link to a rare form of cancer, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday. Rockbridge Weekly, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:30 AM PST Letter: Praise for Jerry Agnor http://www.rockbridgeweekly.com/rw_article.php?ndx=22620 Rockbridge County Recycling has lost a wonderful employee and friend. Jerry Agnor was the managing attendant of the Rockbridge County Recycling Center at Murat from 2006 until late 2009 when he was diagnosed with cancer. This is when his wife, Christine, took over the job at Murat. Newswise, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:25 AM PST Researchers Identify Potential Target to Delay Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Prolong Survival http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/584249/?sc=rsmn Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University's Center for Translational Medicine found that reducing levels of a well-known, cell-surface protein known as N-cadherin slowed down the pancreatic cancer cells' mobility and prolonged survival in mice. The New Zealand Herald, Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:20 AM PST Sun's rays likely to kill 80 in summer months http://www.nzherald.co.nz/weather/news/article.cfm?c_id=10&objectid=10774742&ref=rss As New Zealanders pack up to go to the beach for the summer holidays, health experts warn we must protect ourselves from the sun's skin-cancer-causing radiation.Skin cancer is New Zealand's most common form of cancer and with Australia... 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=t8Y1el8uNLNSWxVmFGOKzjUDz8GK1E1uYnF_912Vegg3GBhr1A1Lt2jGoQwWx95gMN3A9EgAe848uIXXhIECCtbhLIqXHy_pfNKb to unsubscribe from this alert. 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