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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 07, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:58 AM PDT Peregrine doubles lung cancer survival in small trial http://ca.news.yahoo.com/peregrine-doubles-lung-cancer-survival-small-trial-155812114--finance.html (Reuters) - A mid-stage trial of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental drug bavituximab showed that it doubled the length of time lung cancer patients survived, supporting the company's plans to conduct a pivotal-stage study. The Phase 2 trial, involving 121 previously treated patients, found that those given a lower dose of bavituximab plus chemotherapy lived for a median of 11.1 months ... Associated Press via Yahoo! Singapore News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT Taylor Swift to debut song for cancer victim http://sg.news.yahoo.com/taylor-swift-debut-song-cancer-victim-100910227.html Taylor Swift will pay tribute to a young cancer victim with a special song on Friday's "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon. Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT Radiation may up breast cancer risk in some women http://news.yahoo.com/radiation-may-breast-cancer-risk-women-224337339.html Mammograms aimed at finding breast cancer might actually raise the chances of developing it in young women whose genes put them at higher risk for the disease, a study by leading European cancer agencies suggests. ANI via Yahoo! India News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:51 AM PDT Screening halves risk of dying from breast cancer http://in.news.yahoo.com/screening-halves-risk-dying-breast-cancer-105117423.html Washington, September 7 (ANI): Breast cancer screening can save lives of many women, suggests a new study from the University of Melbourne. ANI via Yahoo! India News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:09 AM PDT Exposure to diagnostic chest radiation before 30 may up breast cancer risk http://in.news.yahoo.com/exposure-diagnostic-chest-radiation-30-may-breast-cancer-080939001.html London, September 7 (ANI): Women carrying a mutation in the BRCA1- or BRCA2- genes (which control the suppression of breast and ovarian cancer) who have undergone diagnostic radiation to the chest before the age of 30 are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who carry the gene mutation but who have not been exposed, a study has found. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:19 PM PDT Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas hears input from area researchers, experts http://lubbockonline.com/health/2012-09-06/cancer-prevention-and-research-institute-texas-hears-input-area-researchers Lubbock regional meeting discusses future goals, impacts The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News, Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:42 PM PDT Study: Mammograms, X-rays could raise breast cancer risk in young women with gene mutations http://ca.news.yahoo.com/study-mammograms-x-rays-could-raise-breast-cancer-224247677.html LONDON - Mammograms aimed at finding breast cancer might actually raise the chances of developing it in young women whose genes put them at higher risk for the disease, a study by leading European cancer agencies suggests. Reuters via Yahoo! News, Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:45 PM PDT Questions remain on value of robot prostate surgery http://news.yahoo.com/questions-remain-value-robot-prostate-surgery-204528040.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get robot surgery for prostate cancer have fewer short-term complications than men whose procedure is done the old-fashioned way - but the newer treatment is pricier, according to a new analysis of close to 30,000 patients. Although the findings may help inform decisions about cancer surgery, a gold-standard trial comparing the two methods of prostate removal ... 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=RAwDkDouNLPt7K5CUukSDeoeUF0mzYWwtKWP.MRCLHqSVb76US6aAg27LWGqNI8x0onWJkp4Xzr.RcQzGqalCYiBj4gG1j8l8N6Z 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.