Cancer Care

LAFAYETTE — The American Cancer Society is looking for people to play a direct role in improving the lives of future generations by participating in a historic study.

The ACS will sign up volunteers for its third Cancer Prevention Study at the Relay for Life of Tippecanoe County from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. June 27 at the Lafayette Jefferson High School track. The study, which will enroll a diverse population of half a million people across the United States, will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer, and will further efforts to eliminate cancer as a major health concern for future generations.
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Cancer agencies launched a massive new study yesterday that aims to track 300,000 Canadians over two or three decades, potentially generating valuable new data on what causes the disease.

Unprecedented in size for this country, the project will conduct surveys and collect blood and other specimens from participants across the nation, trying to uncover the environmental, genetic and lifestyle factors that lead to various malignancies.
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Jay Jordane, 54, of Celina was one of more than 13,000 runners and walkers supporting breast cancer research and awareness Saturday at the Susan G. Komen North Texas Race for the Cure in Plano.

The Komen Race for the Cure is the largest series of 5K runs and fitness walks in the world, according to a press release. (more…)

Women with early stage breast cancer revealed by screening are likely to live as long as someone who has never had the disease, figures show.

The NHS Cancer Screening Programme audit confirms detection of the disease in its early stages is vital.

Overall, six out of ten women diagnosed after screening and treated had the same survival rates as the general population.

Experts urged women not to miss screening appointments.
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A drug already approved to reduce the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women also seems to cut the risk for other women.

A new analysis finds that those who took raloxifene (Evista) regularly over a number of years were less likely to develop invasive estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer, compared with women who did not take the drug.
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Tampa, Florida — Women who love their chocolate cake, doughnuts and sugary sodas may have more to worry about then weight gain.

In a study of 62,000 women, researchers found a connection between sugary foods and an increase in breast cancer, especially in women who carried the weight in their waist.
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Of those women, 2,686 were diagnosed with breast cancer. On average, breast cancer was identified when it was present (sensitivity) in 79.6 percent of breast cancer cases that occurred within one year. Mammograms were correctly identified as cancer-free (specificity) 90.2 percent of the time.

The likelihood of cancer in women who were referred for additional imaging or evaluation due to an abnormal mammogram was 4.1 percent. On average, 38.8 percent of women referred for a biopsy were found to have cancer.
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