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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT Oncolytics lung cancer drug meets main goal in mid-stage trial http://ca.news.yahoo.com/oncolytics-lung-cancer-drug-meets-main-goal-mid-121428532--finance.html (Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said the first part of a mid-stage trial of its lung cancer drug met the main goal of showing patient response. The U.S. mid-stage trial, which is divided into two parts, is testing Oncolytics's Reolysin in combination with chemotherapy drugs carboplatin and paclitaxel on patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Lung cancer is the biggest cancer ... ANI via Yahoo! India News, Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:38 AM PDT Benefits of breast cancer screening outweigh harms http://in.news.yahoo.com/benefits-breast-cancer-screening-outweigh-harms-073811086.html Washington, September 13 (ANI): A major review of breast cancer screening services in Europe, jointly led by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, has found that the benefits of screening in terms of lives saved outweigh the harms caused by over-diagnosis. Tulsa World, Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:08 AM PDT Single mother fights cancer, cares for 2 daughters http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120913_4_D1_CUTLIN32308 Robert Baker was "invincible." Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:50 PM PDT European breast screening "benefits outweigh harms" http://ca.news.yahoo.com/european-breast-screening-benefits-outweigh-harms-235007384.html LONDON (Reuters) - National breast screening programs in Europe save more lives by catching tumors early than they harm through over-diagnosis and women should be made more aware of benefit-risk balance, researchers said on Thursday. In the first comprehensive review of European breast cancer screening programs, scientists found that for every 1,000 women aged 50 to 69 screened every two years ... Takepart.com via Yahoo! News, Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:59 PM PDT Quick Study: Middle-Aged Smokers Have Astoundingly Higher Odds of Dying of Cancer http://news.yahoo.com/quick-study-middle-aged-smokers-astoundingly-higher-odds-225916668.html The study: Convincing smokers to quit isn’t easyâ€"most have a hard time giving up their addiction to nicotine. But a new study released today provides some statistics that may help doctors persuade patients to kick the habit for good, making this a public health issue as well as a personal one. After analyzing 10 cohorts of men and women, researchers found that middle-aged smokers have a far ... 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=bjJ9WSwuNLMcQuUxS2vr1UEFnxa5b7A8qGpv5vxzWTTPi5gypQdv6IDn0qYT1pcLE2hc4JNHYC77KbAd8CRqmzsIkdyv7OHLmpw4 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 . To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, please read our privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ . Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.