Cancer News http://www.news-spider.com/Health/Cancer/index.html Latest Cancer News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:53:31 GMT Increase In Breast Cancer Among Alaska Native Women Appears To Be Slowing, Researchers Say http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216929714 The 30-year increase in breast cancer rates among Alaska Native women appears to be leveling off, according to researchers making a presentation on Tuesday at a cancer symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216929714 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT Advanced Liver Cancer Patients Live Longer By Taking Anti Cancer Drug Sorafenib http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216904529 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found that sorafenib (Nexavar) helps patients with advanced liver cancer live about 44 percent longer compared with patients who did not ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216904529 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT VEGFbTM Has Been Granted Orphan Drug Designation By The FDA For The Treatment Of Advanced Melanoma http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216900880 PhiloGene, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to VEGFb for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma. This approval is for a lar ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216900880 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT Comparison Of Postoperative Pain, Convalescence, And Patient Satisfaction Between Laparoscopic And Percutaneous Ablation Of Small Renal Masses http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897457 UroToday.com - In this study of 58 laparoscopic cryoablations, 20 percutaneous cryoablations, and 15 percutaneous radiofrequency ablations for renal tumors averaging 2.2-2.6 cm., the percutaneous appr ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897457 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Wilms' Tumor Associated With Vertebral Anomalies http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897458 UroToday.com - Dr. Serhan Kupeli, and his colleagues presented a case of a child who was diagnosed with Wilms' tumor. The child was given a thorough evaluation for tumor extension and was found to hav ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897458 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Tumor Growth Significantly Inhibited When Tumor Blood Flow Is Interrupted Following Radiotherapy http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897459 Vascular disrupting agents (VDA) are a new class of anti-cancer drugs which obliterate all vessels in tumors and prevent nutrient supply to the tumor, thereby leading to necrosis of solid tumors. To c ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897459 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Immunotherapy With Leukemia-cell-derived Heat Shock Protein 70 Triggers Induction Of Leukemia-specific Antibodies http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897460 Even after chemotherapies and stem cell transplants, relapses still occur in leukemia patients. This study established a mouse model after bone marrow transplant and found that the immunization of mic ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897460 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Individual Tumorigenesis Pathways Of Sporadic Colorectal Adenocarcinomas Linked To The Biological Behaviors Of Tumors http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897461 Particular pathways of colorectal tumor growth are closely associated with characteristic pathologic features which, in turn, determine biological behaviors such as tumor growth, invasion and recurren ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216897461 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Cancer Institute Urges Caution With Cell Phones http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216894145 A prominent US cancer institute has posted a notice on its website urging cell phone users to take precautions when using cell phones because advice from an international panel of experts says cell ph ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216894145 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Familial And Genetic Risk Of Transitional Cell Carcinoma Of The Urinary Tract http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216894146 UroToday.com - Bladder cancer is the second most common genitourinary malignancy, and the incidence has continued to rise modestly since 1975. It occurs primarily in middle-aged men, and the majority ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1216894146 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT