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, October 01, 2012 11:20 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:28 AM PDT Venezuela's Chavez sweats to find old election magic http://uk.news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-sweats-old-election-magic-152824275.html GUARENAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Dancing, singing odes to the moon and even jogging gingerly onto stage, Venezuela's cancer-weakened President Hugo Chavez is squeezing out every last ounce of energy to recapture some of his old campaign magic before Sunday's election. Though a far cry from the inexhaustible showman who swept to power in 1998 and has since won two more presidential elections ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:18 AM PDT Chavez sweats to find old election magic http://ca.news.yahoo.com/chavez-sweats-old-election-magic-151837270.html GUARENAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Dancing, singing odes to the moon and even jogging gingerly onto stage, Venezuela's cancer-weakened President Hugo Chavez is squeezing out every last ounce of energy to recapture some of his old campaign magic before Sunday's election. Though a far cry from the inexhaustible showman who swept to power in 1998 and has since won two more presidential elections ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:16 AM PDT FEATURE-Venezuela's Chavez sweats to find old election magic http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/feature-venezuelas-chavez-sweats-old-election-magic-151658709--business.html * Weakened by cancer, socialist leader does his best tocampaign * Supporters fear Chavez might be risking health again * President faces energetic rival mimicking his style GUARENAS, Venezuela, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Dancing, singing odesto the moon and even jogging gingerly onto stage, Venezuela'scancer-weakened President Hugo Chavez is squeezing out everylast ounce of energy to recapture some of ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:02 AM PDT RPT-UPDATE 4-Roche's breast cancer franchise boosted by trial data http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/rpt-4-roches-breast-cancer-franchise-boosted-trial-150202667--finance.html (Repeats to additional subscribers with no change to text) * Results of key trials suggests 1 year of Herceptin is best * Results limit downside risk for Roche's Herceptin revenues * Data on antibody drug boost firm's breast cancer franchise * Researcher hails TDM-1 survival results as "remarkable" LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Roche, the world's biggest maker ofcancer drugs, got a boost on Monday ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:10 AM PDT Roche's breast cancer franchise boosted by trial data http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/roches-breast-cancer-franchise-boosted-trial-data-141059536--finance.html LONDON (Reuters) - Roche, the world's biggest maker of cancer drugs, got a boost on Monday as results of trials that will protect sales of its breast cancer drug Herceptin coincided with data showing a new drug in the franchise helped patients live longer. Two trials on Roche's blockbuster Herceptin wiped out a risk that they could have indicated a shorter period of treatment than the current ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:10 AM PDT UPDATE 4-Roche's breast cancer franchise boosted by trial data http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/2-cancer-trials-show-1-roches-herceptin-best-072800563--finance.html * Results of key trials suggests 1 year of Herceptin is best * Results limit downside risk for Roche's Herceptin revenues * Data on antibody drug boost firm's breast cancer franchise * Researcher hails TDM-1 survival results as "remarkable" (Recasts with addition of data on TDM-1 breast cancer drug) LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Roche, the world'sbiggest maker of cancer drugs, got a boost on Monday ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:09 AM PDT Breast cancer patients live longer on Roche's TDM-1 http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/breast-cancer-patients-live-longer-roches-tdm-1-120931707--finance.html LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Women with an aggressive type ofadvanced breast cancer who were treated with an experimental"armed antibody" drug from Roche lived more than fivemonths longer than those receiving the standard drug cocktail,researchers said on Monday. Data from a Phase III trial of the drug, called trastuzumabemtansine or TDM-1, in HER2-positive breast cancer, showedpatients treated ... ANI via Yahoo! India News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:19 AM PDT Myths and misunderstandings obstructing efforts to prevent cancer http://in.news.yahoo.com/myths-misunderstandings-obstructing-efforts-prevent-cancer-101944805.html Washington, October 1 (ANI): Many people are highly misinformed about the important role lifestyle factors play in raising their risk of developing cancer, according to a new research. ANI via Yahoo! India News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:22 AM PDT Smoking tied to early onset of pancreatic cancer http://in.news.yahoo.com/smoking-tied-early-onset-pancreatic-cancer-082212567.html Washington, October 1 (ANI): Those who smoke and drink heavily may are likelier to develop pancreatic cancer at an earlier age than those who don't, according to a new study. Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:30 AM PDT Cancer trials show 1 year on Roche's Herceptin is best http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/cancer-trials-show-1-roches-herceptin-best-073023267.html LONDON (Reuters) - Extending treatment with Roche's breast cancer drug Herceptin to two years from the one year current standard is not worth while, trial data showed on Monday, but shortening treatment to six months also looks unlikely to benefit patients. The results of two keenly-watched studies on Herceptin, known generically as trastuzumab, banish a downside risk for Roche, but also limit ... 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. 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