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U.S. cancer drugs shortage has doctors scrambling

Debra Sherman and Julie Steenhuysen Reuters 06/07/2011
Liver cancer linked to male sex hormones: HK study

Hong Kong researchers have found that men are more likely to develop liver cancer due to a type of gene which is linked to male sex hormones.

U.S. cancer drugs shortage has doctors scrambling

Cancer medicines desperately needed by sick children and adults are in short supply, undermining the ability of U.S. doctors to administer treatments, top oncologists warned this week.

Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter's Malignant Brain Tumor Inoperable

Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter was diagnosed Tuesday with a malignant brain tumor called a glioblastoma and will treat it with chemotherapy and radiation.

WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk

Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend life

MATTHEW PERRONE Yahoo! News 03/27/2011
FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend life

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug shown to prolong the lives of patients with advanced skin cancer.

Lung cancer: 'Artificial airway' transplant is world first

French doctors said on Thursday they were delighted at a medical first in which a 78-year-old man was given a section of artificial airway to save a lung afflicted by bronchial cancer.

Cell Phones Increase Brain Activity, Stir Cancer Fears

Fears concerning the possible dangers of prolonged cell phone use won't go away, despite numerous studies showing no conclusive link between cell phones and brain tumors or cancer.

One in eight women will get breast cancer as lifestyle blamed for huge rise in cases

One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime and the rate is rising, alarming figures show.Scientists blame obesity, alcohol and the growing tendency to delay motherhood for record levels of the disease.

Study finds way to predict when cancer will spread

Researchers have found a compound that tumors make when they are likely to spread, and said they hope to use to it predict which patients are most at risk of dying from their cancers.

Man's penis amputated following misdiagnosis

A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer.


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