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DATE	IN THIS ISSUE
December 22, 2004	Iressa Problems, Protecting Against Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer, Less Frequent Mammograms OK, Women Cool to Tamoxifen, False Positive Screens Costly, Guidelines For Childhood Cancer Survivors, Understanding the Stats
December 10, 2004	Protecting Against Pre-Mature Menopause, Ritalin For Young Cancer Survivors, Adding New Measure To Skin Cancer Test, Arimidex Recommended Over Tamoxifen, Tips For The Holidays While Undergoing Treatment, Improving Healthcare in US, Cancer Support on the Radio and Online
December 04, 2004	New Drug for Mucositis, Junk Science, Medicare Payments to Oncologists Examined, Freezing Liver Tumors, Routine Cancer Screenings Questioned, Security Alert For Some Cancer Patients, Consumer Reports To Review Drugs, Gel Bracelets All The Rage
November 24, 2004	Targeted Therapies Recommended for ER+ BC, Localized Chemo for Melanoma, More Chemo, Less Radiation for ALL, Poor Outcomes in Stem Cell Transplants for Kids, Take HON Web Health Info survey, Celebrate Siblings
November 12, 2004	Elizabeth Edwards Begins Breast Cancer Treatment, Exercise and Cancer Risk, Warning About St. Johns Wort, Tracking Medical History, Breast Cancer/Abortion Link?, Working To Cure Brain Cancer, Cancer Screenings – Welcome To Medicare
November 05, 2004	Promising Vaccine For Lung Cancer, Less Is OK For Some Colon Cancer, Femara OK’d For Wider Use, Qs About Chemo Before Liver Transplant, Medicare Requires Clinical Trial Enrollment For Some Drugs, Good Eating and Cancer Risk
October 29, 2004	Photodynamic Therapy – Side Effect, Red Wine and Lung Cancer, Treating BC Liver Mets, BC Chemo and Stroke, Cancer Art, Thyroid Cancer, Exercise After Treatment
October 22, 2004	New View Of Rectal Cancer Treatment; Fertility and Breast Cancer; Breast Cancer Early Detection Tool Disappoints; Sisters Sought; No More 'Hold the Onions'; Treating Stress in Cancer Patients; No Trojan Horses Here; ...and other topics.
October 15, 2004	Treating Prostate, Lung, Bladder and Hodgkin's Disease; Body Image and Breast Cancer; Cancer Patients and Flu Shot Shortage; Portable Medical Records; Cyberchondria; Counting Down to Nov. 2; ...and other topics.
October 01, 2004	Massage Therapy, Hormone Therapy in Prostate Cancer, Acne a Good Sign With Erbitux, Younger First OB-GYN Visit Urged, Antioxidants Don't Prevent GI Cancer, Financial Help Protecting Fertility, Send Us Your Qs for the Candidates, ...and other topics.
September 24, 2004	Saving Fertility, Prostate Cancer Care, When Your Wife's Been Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Treating Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Miss America's Cause, Tour of Hope, Live Strong, Cooking For A Cause ...and other topics.
September 17, 2004	Talking About Death with A Dying Child, Detecting Ovarian Cancer Early, Problems Persist After Prostate Cancer Therapy, Breast MRI For High Risk Women, Troubled PSA Tests, The Promise of Nanotechnology, Breast Health On Campus, Breast Cancer Prevention Clinical Trial, Web Chat on CAM ...and other topics.
September 10, 2004	Hypnosis For Cancer Pain, Pedaling To Cure Brain Cancer, 2005 Medicare Rules, Demands for Clinical Trial Data, Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial, Coral Calcium Supplement Ruling, Pink & White M&Ms, Avon Walks 2005 Sked, Chemo Angels ...and other topics.
September 03, 2004	Cancer Survivors Have A Rough Time of It, Radiation May Not Be Necessary for Some Breast Cancer Patients, Whole Body CT Maybe Not So Good, Blood Test Detects Early Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Growing Hair for Kids with Cancer, Brain Cancer Awareness Tour ...and other topics
August 27, 2004	Growing A New Jaw, Magnets Don't Reduce Pain, For Kids - Vaccine Boosters After Chemo, Deciding On Treatment, Humongous Pink Ribbon, Teen Raising $ For Brain Cancer Research, Legal Worries? ...and other topics
August 20, 2004	Hope for Patient with Glioblastoma Multiforme, Drug-Radiation Combo Benefits Some Prostate Cancer Patients, New Drug Approvals For Lung and Breast Cancers, Exercise the RX for Some Cancer Fatigue, Intimacy and Cancer, Compassionate Use, Drug Re-Importation, Liver Donor Update ...and other topics
August 13, 2004	Late Term Effects For Hodgkin's Patients, Qs Raised About Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Some Colon Cancer Treatment, Breast MRI For High Risk Women, Drug For Cancer Pain, Oral Cancer Drug Demo Project, Managing Side Effects ...and other topics
July 23, 2004	No Benefit with High-Dose Chemo in Breast Cancer, Speeding Cancer Drug Approvals, Hair Dye and Cancer Risk, More Time For Dying Colon Cancer Patients, New Technologies for Detecting Breast Cancer, More $$ For More Nurses, Lance Armstrong Profiled on ESPN.com
July 16, 2004	New Drug Offers Hope When Gleevec Stops Working, New Cream To Treat Skin Cancer, Sepsis A Real Danger For Cancer Patients, Preparing for the Tour of Hope, Support Groups Online.
July 09, 2004	Protecting The Heart Against Doxorubicin, Conversation About Cancer Survivors, Reducing Cancer Risk through Diet, Re-Examining The PSA Test, What Should We Ask The Doctor?
July 02, 2004	Understanding Chemobrain, Genetic Damage in Kids Getting Chemo, Advances in Prostate Cancer Treatment, Cancer Survival Way Up, Demo Project Offers Financial Relief for Some Taking Oral Cancer Drugs, Advances in Cancer Research at ASCO, IBM and CA. Cancer Victims Settle Out of Court.
June 04, 2004	Checks Going Out in $55 M Taxol Settlement, Celebrate with Survivors, Government Report Examines Cancer Survivorship, Cancer Incidence Rates Mixed - Death Rates Declining, New Treatment Options in Colon Cancer.
May 28, 2004	Smoking Blamed for More Cancers, Aspirin and Breast Cancer Risk, Alternative Therapies Gaining in Popularity in the U.S., Estimating Prognosis in Cancer, PSA Tests Unreliable, Outreach For Medicare Discount Cards Announced, Correction, Men and Breast Cancer.
May 21, 2004	Cervical Cancer Vaccine Trial Launched, Recovery From Stem Cell Transplant Can Take Years, Ibuprofen A Treatment For Colon Cancer? Sodas and Colon Cancer, Many Cancers Linked to Diet and Alcohol, When To Stop Screening, T-shirts To Celebrate An End To Treatment, Web Cast Briefing on Medicare Discount Cards.
May 14, 2004	Drug Reduces Bone Fractures For Lymphoma Patients, Sons' Cancer Risk Up With Smoking Moms, Freezing Small Breast Tumors, Laparoscopic Surgery OK in Colon Cancer, We Will Miss You Cookie, Cancer Research Threatened, I Have Cancer, Can I Be An Organ Donor, Family Caregivers, Medicare Drug Card Update
May 07, 2004	Good Results From Chemo/Radiation Combo For Head And Neck Cancer, New Scrutiny For Anemia Drug, Active Older Women - Higher Ovarian Cancer Risk?, Political Solution on Asbestos Elusive, Focus on Melanoma, Women's Check-Up Day Monday, Con You Trust The Research?
April 30, 2004	Mutation Signals Iressa Effectiveness, Yoga Helps with Sleep, New Option Against Liver Cancer, Possible Unintended Consequences of Drug Imports, Medicate Drug Discount Card and Cancer Patients, Staying Healthy After 50, Power of Prayer
April 23, 2004	New Drug Combo Promising For Some Lung Cancers, Updated on Prostate Cancer Treatments, Calculating Colon Cancer Survival Online, Tanning Beds Debate Continues, Increased Breast Cancer Risk for Women With Benign Breast Disease, CAM and Kids
April 16, 2004	Nausea After Chemo Often Misjudged, Low PSA No Free Pass, Virtual Colonoscopy Not Ready For Primetime, Health Info Too Complex For Many, Elderly Ill and Spirituality, Space Technology Zeros In On Cancer, Future of CAM, Surviving Cancer
April 05, 2004	Hidden Under Our Hats, Tanning Beds and Cancer, New Nausea and Vomiting Management Guidelines from NCCN and ACS, Cancer Research Buzz from Orlando, Drug Reimportation - Let The Feds Know What You Think
March 26, 2004	Abortions Don't Raise Breast Cancer Risk, New Treatment Regimen for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma?, Diet Can Affect Lymphoma Risk, Wires Seniors Seek Medical Info, Medicare Discount Cards, Green Funerals
March 19, 2004	Anemia Drug Cancer Risk?, Radiation After Recurrence Offers Hope, Some Breast Cancer Survivors Face CVD, Breast Cancer Treatments Vary By Region, Chemo After Surgery Helps Some Pancreatic Cancer Patients, Getting Health Info Online, HHS Under Fire, Chipworkers And Cancer, Cancer News
March 12, 2004	Caution for Testicular Cancer Survivors, New Fertility Hope for Women Cancer Survivors, More Options for Relapsed Prostate Cancer Patients, Heart Attack Risk Increased for Cancer Patients, New Drug Regimen For Breast Cancer Survivors?, Estimating Cancer Risk, Best Cancer News Source on the Web, Have Questions?
March 05, 2004	HRT Use and Colon Cancer Risk, Symptoms After Breast Cancer Treatment, Better Pain Relief for Pancreatic Cancer Patients, More Info Needed On Teen Cancer, Cheap Health Insurance, Has The FDA Approved That?
February 27, 2004	Avastin Approved, Risk of Weight Gain, Radical Step To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk, Cancer Patients Turn to CAM, Cancer Patients Not Given Full Info, Defining Hope for Cancer Patients, FDA Bar Code Rules, Seniors Confused About New Medicare Law.. and other items
February 20, 2004	Larger Margins Better for High Risk Melanoma, New Guidelines for Some Colorectal Cancer Screening, Antibiotics and Breast Cancer, Yeast Infections Up In Leukemia Patients, Cancer Vaccine Advances, Understanding Pain and Placebos, Health Plan Web Sites Get Attention, Government $ for CAM Research
February 13, 2004	Hope and Optimism, Erbitux Approved, Herbs and Cancer Treatment, Herbal Supplements and Cancer, More Attention Needed for Kids Who Survive Cancer, HRT, Parenthood After Cancer, Taxol Settlement Deadline Extended, Supporting Multiple Myeloma Research
February 6, 2004	February Is National Cancer Prevention Month, New Web Resource For Teens With Cancer, New ASCO Guide On Lung Cancer, First Drug for Mesothelioma Approved, Blood Tests For Cancer, Can you Be Too Old For Treatment?
January 23, 2004	Chemo Combo for Esophageal Cancer, Agent Orange Ups Cancer Risk, Radiation After Lumpectomy, Herbal Remedies and Cancer Treatments, "Trial Effect" A Myth? Biased Cancer Info on Web, Overtime for Nurses, and more...
January 16, 2004	Preventing Stomach Cancer, Health Benefits for Retirees in Trouble, Herceptin No Good for Lung Cancer, Cancer Rates for 2004 Projected, Deodorants and Breast Cancer, Managing Lymphedema, Children with Cancer
January 9, 2004	New Liver Transplant Policy Helps Cancer Patients, Feds Say NO to Silicone Breast Implants, Drug Helps Fight Cancer Pain, Older Lymphoma Patients Getting Less Treatment, Earlier Screening for Black Men Urged, Resources for Parents of Children with Cancer, New Side Effect Management Info, New Lymphoma Treatment Guidelines from NCCN, Cancer Politics

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