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Can Math Cure Cancer? (Forbes) Radical researchers aim to customize cancer treatment with computers. us.rd.yahoo.com
Fighting cancer ... with tacky pink merchanise (Chicago Tribune) October, in case you've been in a cave, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, unleashing a flood of pink products that benefit research and outreach programs. us.rd.yahoo.com
Caffeine Consumption Doesn't Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking coffee or consuming other caffeine-laden foods does not appear to boost breast cancer risk, new research indicates. us.rd.yahoo.com
Breakout drug Herceptin brings new age in breast cancer care (USA Today) Experts say the drug that has kept Barbara Bradfield healthy for so long, Herceptin, has changed the nature of breast cancer and helped doctors better understand what causes the disease. In the 10 years since it was approved, doctors say Herceptin also has encouraged the development of a growing arsenal of new therapies that target cancer cells but spare patients from many of the grueling side ... us.rd.yahoo.com
No overall caffeine-breast cancer link: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A study of nearly 40,000 women has found no overall link between caffeine and breast cancer, though some women who have benign breast lumps might be at a higher risk, researcher said on Monday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Study: Many cancer patients forgoing care because of cost (USA Today) At a time when they're already fighting for their lives, more cancer patients are now struggling to pay for their medicines. us.rd.yahoo.com
Movie tells real story of fight for breast cancer drug (The Toledo Blade) If all the women whose lives have been saved by Dr. Dennis Slamon had him over for dinner, the good doctor wouldn't have to eat an evening meal at home for the next 500 years or so. Slamon, an oncologist and cancer researcher at UCLA, is the subject of a moving, true-life story told in a two-hour, made-for-TV movie called Living Proof, which will be shown Saturday night at 9 on Lifetime ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Woman Donates Her Body To Cancer Research (CBS 13 Baltimore) With little time left, an Anne Arundel County woman is donating her cancer-ridden body to research. us.rd.yahoo.com
For the under-45 set, breast cancer is much harder to beat (Miami Herald) When Zunilda Guzman first felt the lump on her left breast earlier this year, she dismissed it as an annoying byproduct of her menstrual cycle. She had no family history of breast cancer and a mammogram had given her a clean bill of health. A month later, however, the biopsy told a different story. us.rd.yahoo.com
Bronx schools tickled pink to aid fight against breast cancer (New York Daily News) Students and faculty at Intermediate School 162 in Mott Haven joined forces last week to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer. IS 162 was one of 14 Bronx schools that decorated its campus and raised funds. us.rd.yahoo.com
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