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       <title>Cancer - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-08-22 07:12:24</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Proton therapy used more to treat cancer 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138063"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138063</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 07:07:39</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Francis Maloy lay on his back on a narrow, metallic table, waiting for a giant machine to bombard the tumor in his chest with proton beams.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Shimadzu says finds cancer drug related proteins 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137910"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137910</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:22:41</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Japanese precision equipment maker 
Shimadzu Corp. said on Tuesday it and unlisted Singapore 
biotech venture Agenica Research Pte Ltd have found 10 proteins 
which could help develop drugs to diagnose or treat breast 
cancer.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Half a million Britons set for DNA disease quest 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137902"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137902</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:22:41</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - A project to collect DNA samples from 
half a million Britons to unpick the genetic basis of killer 
diseases including  cancer  got the go-ahead on Tuesday, marking 
the start of the world's biggest medical experiment.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Obese men fare well after prostate cancer surgery 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137905"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137905</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:22:41</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Although obese men tend to have 
more aggressive prostate  cancer  going into surgery, they do 
just as well as thinner men in the years afterward, a study 
suggests.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[UK agency nearer backing new breast cancer drugs 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137455"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137455</id>
    <updated>2006-08-11 03:15:46</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog 
NICE came one step closer on Friday to approving a new class of 
 breast cancer  treatments known as aromatase inhibitors.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Some Dogs Carry 'Contagious' Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137395"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137395</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 23:58:55</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are describing what seems to be a real-life medical nightmare: A  cancer  that spreads from animal to animal like an infection.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Some Dogs Carry 'Contagious' Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137003"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137003</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 12:37:23</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are describing what seems to be a real-life medical nightmare: A  cancer  that spreads from animal to animal like an infection.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Contagious Canine Cancer Spread by Parasites 
    (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136969"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136969</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 11:36:51</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Dogs have a form of sexually transmitted  cancer  that for 200 to 2,500 years has apparently spread via contagious tumor cells that escaped from their original body and now travel around the world as parasites.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Most Americans Fail To Know When Or How Often To Get Cancer Screening Tests]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136966"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136966</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 11:21:56</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[According to a press release from the National  Cancer  Institute (NCI), although most Americans are familiar with common  cancer  screenings, the majority of citizens do not know when or how often these tests should be made. The recommendations of appropriate testing according to age and...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[First-Ever RNA Drug Targets Prostate Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136674"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136674</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 00:00:37</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental gene-based drug is able to &quot;trick&quot; its way into prostate  cancer  cells and kill them, U.S. researchers report.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Tumor profiles may help cancer treatment 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136570"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136570</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 20:59:12</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Scientists have created a gene profiling test that may someday help reveal which people with early  lung cancer  are likely to suffer a relapse and would benefit most from chemotherapy.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New Test Can Determine If Lung Cancer Will Reappear]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136526"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136526</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 19:58:45</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Researchers claim to have made a test that could most likely determine if a common form of  lung cancer  will reappear after surgery. With that knowledge, a doctor can adjust treatment accordingly by administering stronger drugs....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[First-Ever RNA Drug Targets Prostate Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136502"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136502</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 19:13:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental gene-based drug is able to &quot;trick&quot; its way into prostate  cancer  cells and kill them, U.S. researchers report.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Tumor profiles may help cancer treatment 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136440"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136440</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 17:27:26</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Scientists have created a gene profiling test that may someday help reveal which people with early  lung cancer  are likely to suffer a relapse and would benefit most from chemotherapy.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New test predicts if lung cancer will spread 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136425"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136425</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 17:11:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Researchers say they have developed a 
test that can predict with near certainty whether the most 
common form of  lung cancer  will return after surgery.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study backs lower PSA threshold for black men 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136301"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136301</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 13:41:35</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - African-American men with early 
nonpalpable prostate  cancer  have greater tumor volume than 
white men with similar prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, 
a study shows. This suggests that the threshold for PSA should 
be lowered in black men.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Women Exposed To DES In The Womb At Risk For Cancer]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136169"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136169</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 09:39:00</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Thousands of women whose mothers took an anti-miscarriage drug are twice as likely to develop  breast cancer , says researchers in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. DES, a synthetic estrogen - diethylstilbestrol - is commonly prescribed to pregnant women between the 40s...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA['DES Daughters' Face Higher Breast-Cancer Risk 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135917"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135917</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 00:03:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women whose mothers took DES, a synthetic estrogen, while pregnant have nearly double the risk of  breast cancer .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Anti-Miscarriage Drug Intake By Mother Poses Breast Cancer Risk To Daughters]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135738"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135738</id>
    <updated>2006-08-08 19:16:07</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A research by scientists at Boston University's School of Public Health has revealed that the daughters of the thousands of women who took an anti-miscarriage pill more than 40 years ago have double the risk of getting  breast cancer . The research has been published in the journal Cancer...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Many with ED after prostate cancer don't seek help 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135605"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135605</id>
    <updated>2006-08-08 15:44:19</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Many prostate  cancer  survivors 
who have sexual difficulties post-treatment have never tried 
 erectile dysfunction  therapies, such as Viagra, a new study 
shows.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA['DES Daughters' Face Higher Breast-Cancer Risk 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135367"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135367</id>
    <updated>2006-08-08 09:10:24</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women whose mothers took DES, a synthetic estrogen, while pregnant have nearly double the risk of  breast cancer .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Anti-Miscarriage Drug Doubled Cancer Risk]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135041"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135041</id>
    <updated>2006-08-07 21:19:40</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A U.S. study says that women who took an anti-miscarriage drug during pregnancy doubled the risk of  breast cancer  for their daughters. An estimated 300,000 UK women starting the 1940s to the early 1970s took the drug Diethylstilbestrol (DES)....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[DES Babies May Have Higher Breast Cancer Risk 
    (American Cancer Society)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?134989"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?134989</id>
    <updated>2006-08-07 19:48:51</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[American Cancer Society - Summary: Women whose mothers took the drug DES
during pregnancy may have a higher risk for breast
 cancer than women not exposed to the drug in utero. The new finding
suggests these women should be especially vigilant about  breast cancer 
screening, researchers at Boston University School of Public Health say.
Their work appears in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and
Prevention.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Alcohol Intake Significantly Contributed To Cancer Deaths]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?134772"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?134772</id>
    <updated>2006-08-07 13:00:07</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Research by an international team of scientists suggests that the burden of  cancer  is radically related to heavy alcohol consumption. In a recent issue of the International Journal of  Cancer , researchers report that 3.6 percent of all  cancer  cases worldwide are related to alcohol drinking, and...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Drug Trial Victim Shows Signs Of Cancer]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?134217"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?134217</id>
    <updated>2006-08-06 13:00:28</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[One of the six men who became violently ill in March during clinical trials of a new drug has been told by his doctors that he is showing "definite early signs" of lymph  cancer . David Oakley, 35, was one of six men who became violently ill during the trial and had to be rushed to the hospital....]]></summary>
  </entry>
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