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The WAVE's Health Forum - Cancer News
Enterix Launches Test For Colorectal Cancer Screening
The availability of the CLIA-waived InSure Quik F I T test is intended to help physicians increase patient compliance with an annual colorectal cancer screening test.
Breast Cancer Growth Varies With Women's Age
Breast cancer growth varies not only with tumor type, but also with women's age, showing significantly fast growth in younger women.
Skin Flaps Deliver Cancer-Fighting Therapy
Using gene therapy, plastic surgeons have delivered cancer fighting proteins through skin flaps placed on cancerous tumors on rats with a 79 percent reduction in tumor volume.
Gene Location Gives Rise To An Aggressive Childhood Cancer
Using advanced gene-hunting technology, an international team of researchers has for the first time identified a chromosome region that is the source of genetic events that give rise to neuroblastoma, an often fatal childhood cancer.
Cells Lining Milk Ducts Hold Key To Breast Cancer
When a form of cancer that begins in the milk ducts of the breast invades neighboring tissue to spread to other parts of the body, the cause lies not in the tumor cells themselves but in a group of abnormal surrounding cells that cause the walls of the duct to deteriorate like a rusty pipe.
Outdoor Workers Less Likely To Get Screened For Skin Cancer
While occupational risks are inherent in many jobs, workers who make a living toiling in the sun face an increased threat of skin cancer from repeated overexposure to the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.
Mind-Body Therapies Benefit Cancer Survivors
Traditionally, many physicians have had some difficulties advocating the use of complementary and alternative medicine in treating cancer for a variety of reasons, including a lack of scientific evidence.
Prostate Cancer: When To Wait And When To Treat
Researchers to create the first systematic surveillance program of men with prostate cancer to look for biological clues to help determine when to wait and when to treat the disease.