http://cancercare.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your daily prebiotic fix won’t just keep you feeling full, improve your digestion and help you fight the latest bug going around your office, it may also just decrease your risk of getting colon cancer. Specifically, early stage cancer cells were found to be sensitive to inulin. German researchers reported ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/prebiotics-may-help-fight-colon-cance/ Colonoscopies performed in the early morning detect more polyps than colon cancer testing done later in the day, according to new research. A study that appears in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that the number of colon polyps found during testing decreases by the hour throughout the ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/colon-cancer-testing-most-effective-in-early-morning/ According to the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) projection in a landmark Trends in Cancer report, yet to be made public, the country will see a 21 per cent overall increase - over 1.06 lakh additional cases of cancer every year in women by 2020, as against 79,000 new ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/cancer-crusade/ STOCKTON - Pink was the color of the night at Stockton Arena as the Thunder promoted breast cancer awareness. And many of the fans followed the franchise’s direction. The fourth annual Thunder Goes Pink event began Friday at the arena and will continue at 7:30 p.m. today. All proceeds benefit the ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/stockton-thunder-continues-helping-in-the-fight-against-breast-cancer/ On Friday, almost 3,000 walkers took off on their 60-mile journey as part of Dallas’ Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. It also was the starting line for more than 450 volunteers. Volunteers pay $90 each for the privilege of working as a crew member, helping to set up camps, clean up behind ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/volunteers-keep-dallas-breast-cancer-3-day-walk-on-track/ Researchers from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Milan, Italy, have reported that women with Stage T1a,b, N0M0 HER2-positive breast cancers have a have a high recurrence rate without the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy or Herceptin® (trastuzumab). These data suggest that these women should be treated ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/small-her2-positive-breast-cancers-have-a-higher-risk-of-recurrence/ “Let me start with the most obvious question: What’s with the hair?” she asked a crowd in Orange County, motioning to the graying buzz cut that replaced her auburn wigs of recent months. “I’m happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/07/fiorina-comes-out-swinging-at-her-cancer/ Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the House hustled Thursday to round up support for a sweeping healthcare overhaul headed to a close floor vote Saturday. The House drive for healthcare reform, Obama’s top domestic priority, was bolstered Thursday by the backing of the American Medical Association, which ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/close-house-vote-on-healthcare-expected-tomorrow/ Patrick Sullivan was just 10 when his mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time he was totally naive about the nature of the disease - and its possible outcome. “All I knew was that my mom was sick and had to go get treatment at a hospital once a ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/framingham-man-to-be-honored-tonight-by-the-american-cancer-society/ Diagnosed in May of 2005 with ovarian cancer, Leigh Moulton has undergone surgeries, medical trials and chemotherapy to eradicate the disease from her body. However the cancer recently made its third recurrence and she required another surgical procedure during the month of October to remove tumors. In addition to undergoing each ... http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/benefit-for-newmarket-cancer-victim-aims-to-raise-awareness/