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Today is Thursday, February 09, 2012


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News Headlines

Interferon Plus Sunitinib or Bevacizumab Improves Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer
Many Prostate Cancers Don't Need Radical Therapy
Sunbeds Join Cigarettes As Top Cancer Threat
Hormone Therapy Ups Survival of Radiation-Treated Men with Prostate Cancer
Tiny Ovarian Tumors Lurk for Years, Study Finds
Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk of Mental Distress
Stage T1a/b Prostate Cancer Usually Cured with Radical Prostatectomy

Cancerpage news is updated daily, Monday through Friday, and on the weekends as warranted.   More than 19 new articles have been added to cancerpage news since the last newsletter.  To see ALL the latest stories, go to the cancerpage.com search page and click on Submit (but leave search field black.) 


Better-For-You-Birthday Cake

The American Cancer Society now has an official ACS birthday cake.  The better-for-you-birthday cake is a  contest winner chosen after an ACS - Culinary Institute of America - "Ace of Cakes" challenge to invent a healthier version of the traditional birthday cake. The top cake used less sugar, eggs, oil and butter, substituting ingredients like dried cherries, applesauce, beets, and wholegrain flour. Download "The New Red Velvet Cake" recipe here .


Poor Health Habits Among Older Cancer Survivors

It turns out, the health habits of cancer survivors aren't that different from those who haven't faced a cancer diagnosis. A new study finds that most older long-term cancer survivors who are interested in diet and exercise actually have poor health habits.  Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NY talked to 753 people over the age of 65 who had been diagnosed and treated for cancer more than 5 years earlier.  While cancer survivors did, on average, report a better attitude and quality of life than is typical of older individuals, their actual exercise and eating habits were just as bad as the population as a whole. The study is scheduled to be published in the September 1, 2009 issue of the journal CANCER, a publication of the American Cancer Society.  


Travelling Overseas While in Treatment

The Centers for Disease Control's Yellow Book has been released with new-updated information about medical tourism and travelling with chronic conditions. There's information about vaccination needs for people who have undergone chemotherapy, are immune supressed, etc.  You can view the book ONLINE (for free) or order a hard copy .


In the Lab/In the Clinic

Ohio scientists believe they may have linked another cancer to a virus. Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute found the same mutated version of the virus in a third of the patients with one of the most common forms of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma. The mutated virus was also found in 15% of the tumors tested. Next steps involve determining how common this virus is in healthy people. "If it proves to be a cancer-causing virus, and if it proves to be common in the general population, it might be something we should begin screening people for," one of the researchers said.

 


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