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British Indians Have Fewer Cancers Than White British Population British Indians have fewer cases of many different cancers including breast, prostate, colon and lung than the British white population, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer1 today (Wednesday). Figures from the study also reveal the cancer rates in British Indians are [...]

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Cancer Pain And Inability To Express Feelings, Is There A Relationship? An Italian study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics examines the relationship between cancer pain and inability to express feelings and the effects of treatment. Alexithymia is likely to be involved in the pain experience of cancer patients, but the extent [...]

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Increased EGFR Levels May Be An Early Marker Of Breast Cancer Levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) may be elevated in the blood of women within 17 months prior to their breast cancer diagnosis, according to findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010, held here April 17 – [...]

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New York Times Magazine Writer Profiles Personal Experiences With Estrogen Therapy In Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Cynthia Gorney, a writer and journalism professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California-Berkeley, discusses both the controversy of hormone replacement and possible benefits related to memory and mood. She also discusses her own [...]

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Zoledronic Acid Reduces Spread Of Cancer Cells In Women Undergoing Chemotherapy For Locally Advanced Breast Cancer An article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology reports that zoledronic acid, which is a bone strengthening drug, when given together with chemotherapy might decrease the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer. It reduces [...]

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Health Reform Vote Divides Antiabortion-Rights Democrats, Republicans A long-standing alliance between some antiabortion-rights Democrats and Republicans “was blasted apart Sunday” when a group of antiabortion-rights House Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), voted for the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590) after reaching an agreement with the Obama administration about its abortion-coverage language, NPR’s [...]

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