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February 2, 2012
UK says home-grown cancer pill too costly to use
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health cost watchdog NICE sparked a major row on Thursday by snubbing a pricey new prostate cancer pill discovered at the country's top cancer research center, a decision critics said was bad for patients and research.
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February 1, 2012
CORRECTION: Seed therapy for prostate cancer may zap fertility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Radioactive "seeds" that are sometimes used to treat early prostate cancer may do widespread damage to the DNA in a man's sperm, a small study finds.
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February 1, 2012
Seed therapy for prostate cancer may zap fertility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Radioactive "seeds" that are sometimes used to treat early prostate cancer may do widespread damage to the DNA in a man's sperm, a small study finds.
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February 1, 2012
Crab-like robot built to remove stomach cancer
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Inspired by Singapore's famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars.
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February 1, 2012
Breast cancer charity ends Planned Parenthood funding
The Komen Foundation, best-known for the Race for the Cure fundraisers it sponsors around the country each year, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
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January 31, 2012
Diabetes drugs tied to pancreatic cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study links the diabetes drug metformin to fewer cases of pancreatic cancer -- at least in women -- but finds other diabetes medications are associated with a higher risk of the disease.
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January 30, 2012
U.S. FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug
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January 24, 2012
Arsenic cancer risk still high decades later
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People exposed to very high levels of arsenic in Chilean drinking water back in the 1950s and 60s are still showing a higher-than-normal risk of bladder cancer -- years after the arsenic problem was brought under control, a new study shows.
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January 18, 2012
FDA approves BTG's drug for cancer toxicity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators gave the nod on Tuesday to a drug from British specialty drugmaker BTG Plc that helps cancer patients get rid of toxic levels of a chemotherapy treatment.
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January 16, 2012
China cancer village tests law against pollution
XIAOXIN, China (Reuters) - Nothing in Wu Wenyong's rural childhood hinted he would end up on a hospital bed aged 15, battling two kinds of cancer.
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January 13, 2012
Cancer drug gets stronger label warning
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January 9, 2012
CORRECTION: Gene expression profiles may improve cancer prognosis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Integrating genomic information with traditional clinical risk factors can refine the prognosis and help optimize treatment strategies for women with early breast cancer, a research team at Duke University reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week.
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January 9, 2012
REFILE: Eighth retraction marks slide of lung cancer work
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a reminder of how much a once-heralded area of lung cancer research has crumbled, a former Duke oncologist and his colleagues issued their eighth study retraction late last week.
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January 9, 2012
Argentina's Fernandez sent home, never had cancer
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer despite being diagnosed with the disease last month and having her thyroid gland removed on January 4, her spokesman said on Saturday.
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January 6, 2012
PSA screening doesn't prevent cancer deaths: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Annual screening for prostate cancer doesn't cut men's chances of dying from the disease, according to the latest results of a large screening trial.
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January 5, 2012
Cancer rates in U.S. keep falling: report
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January 4, 2012
Argentina's Fernandez undergoes cancer surgery
PILAR (Reuters) - Argentina's popular president, Cristina Fernandez, was undergoing an operation for thyroid cancer on Wednesday, months after she was re-elected to a second four-year term.
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January 3, 2012
Soy may not protect against stomach cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Estrogen-like compounds that come with a soy-rich diet are sometimes linked to a reduced risk of cancer, but new research from Japan suggests that protection doesn't extend to stomach cancer.
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December 30, 2011
Ohio Medicaid cancer patients survive less time
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients on Medicaid survive less time after their diagnosis than people with private or no insurance, data from Ohio show.
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December 30, 2011
Yoga helps breast cancer survivors curb fatigue
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About one third of breast cancer survivors experience fatigue that can affect their quality of life, but a small new study finds that doing yoga might help restore some lost vitality.
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December 30, 2011
Chinese city finds cancer-causing fungi in food
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese food safety regulators in the southern city of Shenzhen have found carcinogenic mildew in peanuts and cooking oil, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
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December 29, 2011
Milk intake in teens tied to later prostate cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older Icelandic men who remember chugging a lot of milk in their teens are three times as likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer as more-moderate milk drinkers, researchers have found.
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December 29, 2011
Chavez: Did US give Latin American leaders cancer?
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated on Wednesday that the United States might have developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina's Cristina Fernandez joined the list of presidents diagnosed with the disease.
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December 29, 2011
Statins tied to lower risk of fatal prostate cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of middle-aged New Jersey men, taking cholesterol-lowering drugs was linked to a lower chance of dying from prostate cancer.
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December 28, 2011
Red meat lovers have more kidney cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who eat lots of red meat may have a higher risk of some types of kidney cancer, suggests a large U.S. study.
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December 28, 2011
Argentine president diagnosed with thyroid cancer
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery next month, her government said on Tuesday, adding that the cancerous cells had not spread.
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December 26, 2011
Women's lung cancer risk not tied to childbirths
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's lung cancer risk doesn't appear to be linked to the number of children she has, although some scientists had thought hormonal changes during pregnancy might protect against the disease.
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December 23, 2011
EU OKs Roche's Avastin for ovarian cancer
ZURICH (Reuters) - The European Commission has approved Roche's drug Avastin for treating women with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer, offering new options to sufferers previously limited to surgery and chemotherapy.
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December 21, 2011
Targeted drug side effects add to cancer costs
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Painful rashes and other skin-related side effects of newer targeted cancer drugs may jack up treatment costs, suggests a new study.
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December 21, 2011
UK authorities see no breast implant cancer link
LONDON (Reuters) - Women with breast implants made by a now defunct French company have no reason to have them removed but should seek medical advice if they believe they have ruptured, British health officials said Wednesday.
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December 19, 2011
Vitamin D has mixed effects on cancer, broken bones
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Extra vitamin D and calcium may offer some protection against fractures in elderly people, but have little or no impact on cancer risk, according to a fresh look at the medical evidence.
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December 19, 2011
Health panel takes heat on cancer screening advice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Ned Calonge knows firsthand how hard it is to tell Americans they'd be better off with fewer routine medical tests.
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December 15, 2011
"Virtual visits" unpopular among cancer survivors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new survey of breast cancer survivors, few people said that having a follow-up appointment with a doctor or nurse over the phone or online instead of in person would ease their stress and worry.
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December 14, 2011
Cancer group aims to boost trust in guidelines
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a field plagued by frequent controversy, the American Cancer Society has taken "a major step forward" with a new system for developing trustworthy screening recommendations.
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December 13, 2011
Brazil's Lula is beating cancer, doctors say
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A 75-percent reduction in the size of a tumor in former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's throat has surprised his doctors and could put the popular showman back on the active political roster as early as March.
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December 12, 2011
Many elderly screened for cancer despite doubts
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although the benefits of cancer screening in elderly people are often less certain than the risks, many silver-haired Americans are still getting the routine tests, researchers said Monday.
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December 12, 2011
No extra birth defect risk after cancer treatment
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Radiation and chemotherapy given to young cancer patients don't seem to increase the risk that their own children will have birth defects years later, according to a new study.
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December 11, 2011
Memory issues after cancer may not be due to chemo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women treated for breast cancer with radiation with or without chemotherapy had more thinking and memory problems a few years after their treatment ended than women who'd never had cancer, in a new study.
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December 9, 2011
No cancer in polyps from Turk PM: media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Doctors operating on Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan have removed polyps from his intestines, but found no trace of cancer, media reported on Friday.
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December 8, 2011
Vitamin D doesn't prevent heart attack or cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among seniors with a high risk of bone fractures, taking vitamin D or calcium pills has no impact on their chances of dying from cancer or vascular disease, researchers say in a new study.
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December 7, 2011
BRCA variants not tied to worse cancer outcomes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The outlook for breast cancer patients carrying variant versions of the BRCA genes is a subject of debate, but a new study suggests those women do just as well as patients with similar cancers, as long as they follow standard treatments.
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December 7, 2011
Some men can delay prostate cancer treatment-panel
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men with low-risk prostate cancer may wait to see if their disease progresses before treating it, an independent panel of experts convened by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday.
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December 6, 2011
Prostate cancer hormonal therapy cuts deaths: report
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For men with aggressive prostate cancer, hormone-targeted therapy cuts the overall risk of death, according to a new review of past studies.
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December 5, 2011
Pfizer cancer drug effect may be limited-FDA staff
Dec 5 (Reuters) - Slower tumor growth in kidney cancer patients taking Pfizer Inc's experimental drug, Inlyta, in a clinical trial was driven by a subset of patients who are rare in the United States, U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers said.
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December 1, 2011
Hormonal prostate cancer therapy tied to blood clots
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hormone-targeted therapy for prostate cancer may raise the risk of potentially dangerous blood clots, a large U.S. study suggests.
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December 1, 2011
Americans mixed on adequacy of cancer screenings
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November 30, 2011
Skin cancer rate may be higher in high-radon areas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of one form of skin cancer may be elevated in areas with naturally high levels of the radioactive gas radon, a UK study suggests.
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November 29, 2011
Better ovarian cancer screening, still no answers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After disappointing results earlier this year, researchers say new study findings from Kentucky offer a bit of hope for ovarian cancer screening.
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November 23, 2011
Oral cancer deaths declining among well-educated
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Deaths from mouth and throat cancer have dropped since the early 1990s, according to a new study -- but only among people with at least a high school education.
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November 22, 2011
Coffee drinkers show lower uterine cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who down four or more cups of coffee a day may have a reduced risk of developing cancer in the lining of their uterus, researchers reported Tuesday.