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Doctors remove world's largest malignant tumour weighing FOUR STONE from woman, 54

Doctors have removed a tumour weighing nearly four stone from a woman in Argentina. It had been growing inside her body for 18 months.

WHO study has no clear answer on phones and cancer

Experts who studied almost 13,000 cell phone users over 10 years, hoping to find out whether the mobile devices cause brain tumors, said on Sunday their research gave no clear answer.

Scientists: Cure is found for deadly skin cancer, melanoma

A vaccine, containing agents boosting the body's response to skin cancer, is being tested in the UK. Early results show that the shot, which attacks tumour cells, but leaves healthy cells undamaged, has helped some patients fully recover from potentially fatal melanoma, even in its advanced stages.

Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer

People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

Feds approve new cervical cancer vaccine

Saundra Young CNN 10/16/2009
Curry spice 'kills cancer cells'

An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.

Feds approve new cervical cancer vaccine

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved a second vaccine intended to protect against cervical cancer.

Mother can pass on cancer in womb

Scientists have proved that it is possible for a mother's cancer cells to be passed to her unborn child.

FDA Approves Pralatrexate for Treatment of Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has announced the approval of pralatrexate for the treatment of relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Research on drugs of this class began in the 1950s at SRI International. A subsequent scientific collaboration among SRI International, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Southern Research Institute led to clinical trials on related compounds conducted by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center starting in the 1980s. Pralatrexate was identified as a viable clinical candidate and was licensed to Allos Therapeutics for further development in 2002.

Virus linked to prostate tumours

Scientists have produced compelling evidence that a virus known to cause cancer in animals is linked to prostate cancer in humans.

Potential Skin Cancer Breakthrough Tested at Scottsdale Healthcare Published Today in New England Journal of Medicine

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reports a potential new investigational therapy for advanced and metastatic basal cell skin cancer tested at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare and other sites appears to demonstrate tumor shrinkage and limited side effects in patients.


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