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Elderly Medicaid Patients Less Likely to Receive Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer A study using data from the Michigan Tumor Registry and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services showed that elderly Medicaid-insured patients in the state are less likely to initiate or complete chemotherapy for colorectal cancer compared with Medicare-insured patients. Mar 28, 2008 Protein May Control Spread of Breast Cancer A single protein may trigger the spread of breast cancer cells to other parts of the body by altering the behavior of large numbers of genes. Mar 28, 2008 Delayed Letrozole Therapy After Tamoxifen Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence An analysis of data from a phase III clinical trial indicates that in some breast cancer patients, use of the aromatase inhibitor letrozole after 5 years of adjuvant therapy with tamoxifen has survival benefits even if begun several years after completing tamoxifen. Mar 28, 2008 Nonprotruding Colorectal Growths May Harbor Cancer Most colorectal cancers are thought to arise from polypoid adenomas - growths that protrude from the mucous membrane in the colon or rectum. Mar 25, 2008 Newly Discovered Virus Linked to Aggressive Skin Cancer Researchers have identified a previously unknown virus and linked it to Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare but usually rapidly fatal skin cancer. Jan 30, 2008 Brain Tumor Stem Cells May Depend on Silenced Gene Jan 30, 2008 Melanoma Study Finds, Targets Tumor Stem Cells Researchers several years ago identified a population of cells within melanoma skin cancers that may cause resistance to chemotherapy. Jan 30, 2008 Black British Women Younger at Breast Cancer Diagnosis In the first published study of patterns of breast cancer in British black women, researchers found that black women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at a significantly younger median age than white women. Jan 30, 2008 Lung Cancer Patients Report Chemo Side Effects Online Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have tested a Web-based system that allows cancer patients to report chemotherapy side effects to their clinicians in real time. Dec 7, 2007 Elasticity of Cells Could Be a Marker for Cancer Cancer cells tend to be much softer, or more elastic, than normal cells, and measuring this characteristic on the nanometer scale could be another way to diagnose cancer. Dec 7, 2007 |
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