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2007 NEWSLETTERS |
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IN THIS ISSUE
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December 21, 2007 |
High-Dose Chemo with Sterm Cell Transplant Outdated for Breast Cancer,
Chemo After Surgery in Stage II Colorectal Cancer, Many Women Not Offered Breast Reconstruction,
Can You Trust Medical Blogs?, FDA Moves to Follow-Up on Supplements and OTC Drugs, and more....
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December 14, 2007 |
ONCOType DX Test Can Benefit More Women, Promising Results from New Leukemia Vaccine,
Tips for Managing The Holidays, Medicare Part D, Panel Votes Against Avastin for Breast Cancer, and more....
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November 30, 2007 |
NCI Breast Cancer Risk Tool Changes in Store, FDA Warns Glaxo on Cancer Drug Promotions, Chantix Gets Regulator Scrutiny,
Arizona Cancer Patients Alerted to Possible TB Exposure, Noni-Juice, and more....
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November 16, 2007 |
Is "Cancer Survivor" A Strong Enough Term? It's Flu Season
and Cancer Patients Must Take Special Note, Cancer Nutrition Handbook, Lung Problems for Some Leukemia Patients Taking Dasatinib, Diet and
Lymphedema, and more....
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November 09, 2007 |
Stronger Warning on Anemia Drugs, Handling Chemo Safely, Lung Cancer Awareness Month,
Estrogen and Lung Cancer, Glioblastoma Survival Up with New Treatment, Brachytherapy for Young Men with Prostate Cancer, and more....
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October 26, 2007 |
Beware the Cancer Spam-Scan, Oral Chemotherapies, Tools for Cancer Survivors,
Roger Ebert Returns to Public Stage After Cancer Therapy, New Drug Therapies Improve Outlook in Leukemia, Head and Neck Cancers, and Liver Cancer,
and more....
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October 19, 2007 |
Cancer Death Rates Continue Slide, New Breast Cancer Drug Approved,Yoga and Exercise - Two Methods for Easing Strain of Breast Cancer,
Comparing Candidates, When the Treatment Does Not Work - A Moneyback Guarantee in Britain,
A New Spanish Language Web Site, and more....
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October 12, 2007 |
Meeting Cancer Patient Legal Needs, Everest Rocks for Cancer Research, Manhattan Project for Cancer, Drug Promising Against GVH Disease, Higher Heart Risk for Some Prostate Cancer Survivors, Best Survival in Localized Prostate Cancer from Surgery, and more....
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October 5, 2007 |
Thalidomid Improves Survival in Older MM Patients,iGuard Drug Safety Web Site, More FDA Drug Alerts, Drowning in Pink, and more....
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September 28, 2007 |
Heart Disease/Colon Cancer Link,
Herceptin Eradicates Aggressive Tumors, Fentanyl Tab Warning, Lab Test Info Online,
Thingamaboob, Pregnant and with Cancer, and more....
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September 21, 2007 |
Proper Screening Reduces Risk of Heart Trouble for Women Taking Herceptin,
Radiation Boosts Bavituximab, the Biology of Lung Cancer in Women, FDA warnings about Rituxan and Temador, Caregiver Needs Often Overlooked, and more....
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September 14, 2007 |
Fatigue
Long-lasting After Treatment,
Finasteride Does Not Seem to Cause More Aggressive Prostate Cancer, New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Thumbs Down
for CTs, FDA Warnings Added on Fentora and Neulasta, The Best Cancer Hospitals, and more....
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September 07, 2007 |
PET Scans Reveals Head and Neck Cancer Mets,
Side Effects Turn Some Women off Tamoxifen After Cancer, Cell Phones in Hospitals Re-examined, Gleevec Cleared,
The Illusion of Coverage, and more....
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August 31, 2007 |
New Treatment Option in Early Stage Lung Cancer,
Ranks of the Uninsured Rises, September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, HPV Vaccine Could Cut Oral Cancer
Risk, and more....
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August 24, 2007 |
Cancer Survival Increasing in US, New Cancer Warnings for Sunscreens Proposed,
Pre-Op Exercise OK In Lung Cancer, Livestong Presidential Cancer Forums Coming Up, Promising Developments in the Lab, and more....
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August 17, 2007 |
Couture for Cancer, Telling the Kids, Western Diet Makes for Worse Outcomes,
Vaccine and Chemo Promising in Colon Cancer, Extra Radiation Helps in Breast Cancer, Reducing Brain Mets in Lung Cancer, and more....
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August 10, 2007 |
More Sex-Related Counseling Needed
for Women with Genital Cancers, Court Rules No "Right" To Unapproved Drugs, Publix to Offer 7 Generic Antibiotics
for FREE, Infusion Pump Recall Expanded, Medicare Tightens Rules on Anemia Drugs, LiveStrong Presidential Forums
the Last Week of August, and more....
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July 27, 2007 |
Smoking's Effect on Chemo,
Leukemia Standard Therapy Update, Chemo-Combo in Pancreatic Cancer, Chemo Misconceptions Common,
Canned Meat Recall, Deciding to End Treatment, and more....
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July 20, 2007 |
Aggressive Treatment Beneficial in Some Early
Lung Cancer, Treating Infant Leukemia, Fruits and Veggies - a Debate,
The Assertive Patient, When Taking Less is Taking More, and more....
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July 13, 2007 |
Breast Cancer Gene Status Has Little Effect on Survival, Many Cancer Patients
Return To Work as Usual, Myeloablative Therapy Prolongs Remission for Some Lymphoma Patients,
OncoLife Tool from OncoLink, Healthblog08, and more....
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July 06, 2007 |
Overweight-Higher Colon Cancer Risk, Clinical Use of Herceptin Re-Examined,
Oncologists Stressed, Home Care After Chemo, Provenge Threats, New Fertility Hope for Kids with Cancer, and more....
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June 29, 2007 |
Reducing Chemo-Caused Neuropathy, Generic Targeted Therapies, Mesothelioma Investigation,
Finasteride Does Not Hinder Sexual Function, Health Dangers of Secondhand Smoke,
Neoadjuvant Chemo May Help Some with Lung Cancer,
Lower Limb Lymphedema Common After Gynecologic Cancers, and more....
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June 25, 2007 |
New Drug for Breast Cancer Fast-Tracked, Chemo Combo extends live in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer,
Mammography Lowers Rate of Advanced Breast Cancers, Colonoscopy Best Performed in the AM,
New Rules on Supplements, Light Sensitivity and Chemotherapy, and more....
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June 15, 2007 |
BRCA2 Mutation Linked to Prostate Cancer, Melanoma Immunotherapy with Low-Dose Interferon Promising,
Reliability of HER2 Testing Questioned, Using a Dietician, OncoTypeDX Testing,
More Surgery Urged in Pancreatic Cancer,
ASCO reports, and more....
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June 01, 2007 |
Adjuvant Letrozole Best in Selected Breast Cancers, New Kidney Cancer Treatment Approved, How Many Sentinel Nodes to Remove,
Preparing for Disaster Primer, Nat'l Cancer Survivor's Day, Video Game for Kids with Cancer, and more....
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May 24, 2007 |
Parenthood Often Possible After Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Radiosurgery for Melanoma Brain
Mets, Controlling Skin Rash with Targeted Therapies, Embryonic Stem Cells and
Cancer, and more....
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May 18, 2007 |
US Agency Reports Chromium in Water Causes Cancer, Gov't Moves to Restrict Use of Anemia Drugs,
Cancer Not Transmitted Through Blood Transfusions, Healthcare Debate in Politics, Dangerous Web Sites
, and more....
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May 11, 2007 |
The Use of Anemia Drugs Examined and Questioned, Lowering the PSA Cutoff in Prostate Cancer, Aspirin's
Role in Fighting Cancer, Warning Signs of Ovarian Cancer, After A Diagnosis, Administering
Chemo Before Surgery, and more....
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May 04, 2007 |
New Take on HRT and Breast Cancer, More Fruits for BBQ Lovers, May is Oncology Nursing Month,
Yoga Method Boosts Immune System, Drug Recalls, Big Bucks for Rare Cancer, and more....
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April 27, 2007 |
Help When Multiple Myeloma Comes Back, Warning About Avastin, Abortion Not Related
To Breast Cancer, Huge Cancer Trial Launched, Getting Your Prescriptions During a
Major Disaster, and more....
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April 20, 2007 |
Drug Interactions Occur in a Quarter of Patients, Loved Ones also Stressed by
Cancer Diagnosis, Promising Vaccine Against Aggressive Brain Cancer, FDA warning about surgical device,
National Marrow Donor Program Needs You, Watch out for the "Cancer Cure" Quacks, and more....
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April 12, 2007 |
Age No Barrier to Brain Tumor Treatment Options, Survival Improving
in Melanoma, Cautions About Full-Body Scans, Finding Health Ins. Online,
Who Do You Trust?
, and more....
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March 30, 2007 |
Long term Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments, Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes,
Many Women Not Getting Info About Reconstructive Surgery After Mastectomy, and more....
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March 16, 2007 |
Anemia Drugs Get a New Look from the FDA, Tykerb OK'd by FDA for Breast Cancer, Laser Surgery
May Help Retain Function in Some Head and Neck Cancers, PlayStation3 Joins Fight Against Cancer,
Leveling Cancer Drug Costs, and more....
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March 9, 2007 |
Not All Prostate Cancer Treatments Equal, Artificial Saliva Product Recalled, Radiation for Breast Cancer Ups Heart Disease Risk,
Avastin Slows Glioblastoma, Cell Phone Bans in Hospitals, Anti-Oxidants and Cancer, and more....
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February 23, 2007 |
New Safety Concerns about Aranesp, Breast Cancer Side Effects Vary by Age, Should Boys Get the HPOV Vaccine Too?,
Roll of Viruses in Cancer, 12 Myths About Colon Cancer
, and more....
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February 16, 2007 |
Non-Smoking
Related Lung Cancers More Common in Women, Exercise Improves Quality of Life
for Breast Cancer Patients, Vitamin D Helpful Against Cancer, Funding Cancer Research, Cancer CAM and Spirituality
, and more....
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February 09, 2007 |
Preventing Breast Cancer Related Bone Loss, Test for Breast Cancer Recurrence,
Chemo Combo for Mesothelioma, Widened Access for Experimental Kidney Cancer Drug,
Sex After Prostatectomy, and more....
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February 02, 2007 |
"Hot Patient" Setting Off Airport Alarms, Ocreotide No Help in Advanced Liver Cancer,
World Cancer Day, Advocating for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors, and more....
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January 26, 2007 |
Mammogram Use Declines, Male Breast Cancer Survivors
Have Second Cancer Risk, Coping with Cancer Resource, Prune and Healthy Bones,
Buyer Beware the Claims, and more....
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January 19, 2007 |
Smoking Ban
Extends to the Car in Bangor, Picking a Surgeon, Prostate Cancer Trial
Halted, Cancer Deaths Drop for Second Straight Year, The Cancer/Pollution
Connection, Lymphadenectomy - Removing Lymph Nodes - Improves Ovarian
Cancer Survival, and more....
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January 15, 2007 |
Managing
Treatment Related Seizures, Fighting Cancer With Fat, Herceptin and Early
Stage Breast Cancer, Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults, and
Lung Cancer, and more....
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January 05, 2007 |
The Herceptin
Survival Benefit, Closing a Research Black Hole, Treatment Combo for
Prostate Cancer, Using Fat Cells to Bomb Cancer, Promising Treatment Advances in Breast, Prostate, and Lung Cancer, and more....
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