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Official turnaround on Pap smears

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:20 GMT

The change comes amid a separate debate over when regular mammograms to detect breast cancer should begin, in the 40s or the 50s.

The facts about quitting smoking

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:19 GMT

Quitting smoking isn't easy. But the American Cancer Society reports smokers who kick the habit won't have to wait long to feel those health benefits.

Report: 2 years between Paps in 20s

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:19 GMT

First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.

Inside the mammogram task force

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:26:41 GMT

The task force first came together in 1984 and is the "leading independent panel of private-sector experts in prevention and primary care," according to its Web site.

Task force doc defends mammogram stand

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:46 GMT

The recommendations from the task force have left women confused about whose advice to follow.

Infrared used to detect breast cancer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:12:14 GMT

Controversial new guidlines give way to a possible new way to detect breast cancer without the use of mammograms.

Doctor stands by mammogram advice

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:52:12 GMT

A member of the panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion is defending the task force's report.

Sebelius: No change on mammogram policy

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:21:10 GMT

With her statement, Sebelius waded into the controversy over Monday's announcement by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that women in their 40s should not get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer.

HHS secretary: Mammograms still vital

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:50 GMT

Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.

The Catman has 5 lives left

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:49:13 GMT

Peter Criss, the once-costumed rocker who performed in his Catman makeup, speaks out about his illness to encourage other men to get tested for breast cancer

Positive data on colon cancer drug

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:13:54 GMT

Picoplatin is an experimental chemotherapy drug that is intended to work on patients whose tumors are resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy drugs.

New mammogram advice raises questions

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:56 GMT

For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at all.

Less frequent mammograms now advised

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:12:47 GMT

Experts expect the task force revisions to be hotly debated, and to cause confusion for women and their doctors.

Largest US mumps outbreak in 3 years

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:09:11 GMT

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak was first reported at a boys camp in Sullivan County, N.Y.

Radiation treatment more than once?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:02 GMT

In select cases, radiation therapy can be used a second time in the same patient.

Jury still out on cell phones, cancer

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:04:47 GMT

A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that looked at 23 case-control studies found that research suggested cell phones and tumors are linked.

Forced to have chemo teen cancer-free

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:44:55 GMT

A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment.

Cancer risk for Holocaust survivors

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:45:59 GMT

Researchers at the University of Haifa in Israel compared the rates of more than 300,000 European Jews who immigrated before or during World War II as the control group and those who left after the war as the exposed group.

Obesity causes 100k/year cancer cases

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:13:20 GMT

Scientists hypothesize that excess estrogen released by body fat could be the culprit in cancers such as estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers.

This Veteran fights a new war at home

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:10:12 GMT

His name is Allen Menard, and he knows a thing or two about combat. He served as a marine, and fought a deadly cancer into remission. But his toughest war may be against those who readied him for battle.

Do digital diaries mess up your brain?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:16:24 GMT

Microsoft is developing a camera called SenseCam, which automatically captures photos of everything you see and do all day.

Low cholesterol and prostate cancer

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:55:12 GMT

A second study found that men with lots of HDL, or "good cholesterol," were a little less likely to develop any form of prostate cancer than men with very low HDL.

Poor nations see rise in breast cancer

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:56 GMT

International cancer specialists meet this week to plan an assault on a troubling increase of breast cancer in developing countries, where nearly two-thirds of women aren't diagnosed until it has spread through their bodies.

Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:13:40 GMT

Hopper was hospitalized in New York earlier this month and treated for dehydration.

Man uses beer festivals in cancer fight

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:06 GMT

Rick Lyke was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was 47.

Drug tested in advanced prostate cancer

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:18:45 GMT

Men with metastatic prostate cancer that does not respond to hormone therapy (androgen-independent prostate cancer) have very few treatment options available.

Armstrong boss beats cancer three times

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:54:35 GMT

He made it through the surgery, but two weeks later Ulman was told he had chondrosarcoma -- a bone cancer that develops in cartilage.

The save the "Ta Tas" campaign

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:32:42 GMT

One University has found a unique way to help fight breast cancer.

First non-drug asthma treatment

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:14:36 GMT

The company's procedure, called bronchial thermoplasty, uses extreme heat to burn away lung tissue that makes it difficult to breath and causes coughing spasms and wheezing.

Tweens challenged by breast cancer

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:35:59 GMT

Younger women are getting a disease that usually strikes around menopause -- and no one knows why.