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, February 15, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Miami Gardens News, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:54 AM PST Local kids unite to fight cancer at Relay for Life http://www.communitynewspapers.com/pinecrest/local-kids-unite-to-fight-cancer-at-relay-for-life/ In 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt decided to marry two of his favorite passions â€" running marathons and stopping the spread of cancer by supporting the American Cancer Society. UC Newsroom, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:51 AM PST Radiation kills, then generates cancer stem cells http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27138 LOS ANGELES â€" Breast cancer stem cells, thought to be the sole source of tumor recurrence, are known to be resistant to radiation therapy and don't respond well to chemotherapy. EurekAlert!, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:46 AM PST Promising early results with therapeutic cancer vaccines http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/mali-per021512.php Therapeutic cancer vaccines, which stimulate the body's immune system to target and destroy cancer cells, are being used in combination with conventional chemotherapy with growing success, as described in several illuminating articles in Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. NewsInferno, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:44 AM PST First Status Conference Scheduled for Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/first-status-conference-scheduled-for-actos-bladder-cancer-lawsuits/35692 The litigation surrounding the type 2 diabetes drug Actos is moving forward. In an order issued Monday, the federal judge in Louisiana overseeing Actos bladder cancer lawsuits has scheduled the first status conference in the litigation for March 22. According … Continue reading â†' WSOC-TV Charlotte, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:42 AM PST Roche warns of counterfeit cancer drug in US http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/cancer-drug-web-extras/nHdKj/ The maker of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product distributed in the U.S.    Roche's Genentech unit says the fake products do not contain the key ingredient in Avastin, which is used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney and brain.    A spokeswoman said the counterfeit drug has been distributed to health care facilities ... EurekAlert!, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST Oncolytic virus extends survival in medulloblastoma model http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/osum-ove021512.php A new study shows that a strain of measles virus engineered to kill cancer cells can prolong survival in a model of medulloblastoma that is disseminated in the fluid around the brain. Treatment with the oncolytic virus called MV-GFP extended survival of animals with disseminated human medulloblastoma up to 122 percent, with treated animals surviving 82 days on average versus 37 days for controls ... EurekAlert!, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST Using online patient communities and new trial approaches to optimize clinical research http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/iaft-uop021512.php Dr. Howard West, medical director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, and Dr. Ross Camidge, director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinical Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine are looking for ways to help patients tackle these geographic barriers using both online patient communities and innovative trial approaches. EurekAlert!, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST Female cancer survivors have 'worse health behaviors' than women with no cancer history http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/hlmc-fcs021512.php A recent study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found that female cancer survivors receiving screening mammography have "worse health behaviors" than women receiving mammography screening and who had never had cancer. ESPN, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST Gwynn's 14-hour cancer surgery said success http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7578270/hall-famer-tony-gwynn-14-hour-tumor-removal-surgery Tony Gwynn's cancer surgery was deemed a success Wednesday, after five doctors spent 14 hours removing a malignant tumor from the Hall of Famer's right cheek. PR NewsChannel, Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:39 AM PST Wife’s breast cancer battle serves as inspiration for lifestyle changes in new guide to achieving better health http://www.prnewschannel.com/absolutenm/templates/?z=4&a=4477 “I Can See My Shoes Again: A humorous yet sarcastic... 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=xWpHVrwuNLPmvBKiY60jFgBvRbgAHJ6VNAcTm8cmYupp9efywFE4HLs0DSYuX219AR7GbXayr7NOGjXD0tWWa0OAQerhXJ72gMt5 to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.done=http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount . 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