All About Cancer

Spa to help boost cancer awareness 
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the community is encouraged to help Skin & Hair Wellness Center and Spa promote cancer awareness throughout the month.

AngioDynamics acquires new cancer treatment technology with Oncobionic purchase 
AngioDynamics Inc.’s purchase of a San Francisco company will give it ownership of a new cancer treatment technology.

Surviving Breast Cancer 
October is breast cancer awareness month. Tiffany Sisson tells you the stories of local survivors and how you can catch breast cancer before it’s too late. Here’s a look at Tiffany’s special reports from Heartland News at 5 p.m.

Vitamin D may slow breast cancer progression 
High levels of vitamin D may help slow the progression of breast cancer, researchers suggested Tuesday. A small study of women with the illness found that patients with early breast cancer had higher levels of the vitamin than those with more advanced disease.

Buy hair; get care 
Wig Mart Reflections offers individualized products for cancer patients. Charlotte Carkin stood in the back room at Wig Mart Reflections in Northwest Roanoke one morning last week, surrounded by boxes of bras and artificial breasts. “Show them the leopard skin, Kathy,” store owner Hilda Patterson called from the store’s front room.

Quebec national assembly unveils statue of former premier Robert
CJAD - He quit politics in 1976 after losing to Levesque but returned to wrest power from the Parti Quebecois in 1985. Bourassa quit politics in 1994 and died of skin cancer two years later. The city of Montreal is proposing to rename a downtown street after

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Tucson Citizen - Schoolteachers and school nurses can get continuing education credit from the University of Arizona for an Oct. 24 training program on preventing skin cancer in children. Welcome to the story comments section of www.tucsoncitizen.com! We’ve recently

News 3 Family Member Battles Cancer Part 1
KVBC - When you think of skin cancer you think, oh yeah, just get it cut off, and move on with your life. I never though of it as skin cancer, guess what, it can kill you. It’s going to spread other places in your body.” Genetics might play a role, but

Sunscreen: It’s Not Just for Summer Anymore
WAFF - Do you reserve sunscreen for days spent directly in the sun? It’s time to reconsider your regimen, because even the cloudiest of days can inflict damage upon our skin. And with over one million people being diagnosed with skin cancer in America alone

Doctor reluctant to believe that work makes her itch
South Coast Today - The hives are much smaller than ordinary hives, and you might see only red skin and not recognize the hives. Exercise of I take one for my personal health insurance and to prevent cancer. Cancer runs in our family. Is this smart? — N.C. Twenty

Calls for Executive to target tanning salons in skin cancer fight
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Oct 16, 2006… of the country. There were also more than 7000 cases of skin cancer in 2001, compared to 2,200 in 1975. The proposed Bill would …

Could a tan be the best defense against skin cancer in the future?
WNDU-TV, IN - Sep 20, 2006In the future, a tan may be the best defense against skin cancer. … In the future, a tan may be the best defense against skin cancer. …

Potential New Target For Skin Cancer Treatment
Science Daily (press release) - Oct 5, 2006… a melanoma tumor, they sometimes turn on genes not usually found in the skin. … The genes, called cancer-testis antigens, could be useful targets for drugs that …

US approves new Merck drug for rare skin cancer
Reuters - Oct 6, 2006… (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) won US approval for a new drug to treat a rare and slow-growing skin cancer called advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL …

Help in identifying trouble spots
Rutland Herald, VT - Oct 18, 2006… But if you have risk factors a family history of skin cancer, a personal history of bad sunburns, fair skin, a lot of UV exposure (such as from tanning beds …

New NE Kansas breast center designed for women on the go
49abcnews.com, KS - 20 hours ago… Excluding skin cancer, the most common cancer among women is breast cancer, accounting for nearly 1 in 3 cancers diagnosed in US women. …

Just the facts about breast cancer
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Oct 18, 2006Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed non-skin cancer in US women. A woman is diagnosed every three minutes 213,000 cases this year. …

Health costs cut gains in benefits
The News-Press, FL - 12 hours agoJerry Swallow works two part-time jobs and wasn’t covered when she needed treatment for skin cancer. “I’m spending more on Medicare …

Scientists Discover New Clues on Sun Tanning and Skin Cancer
FOX News - Sep 21, 2006… defect. Using a skin treatment, they have turned pale skin dark, while also protecting it from ultraviolet-induced skin cancer. …

US approves new Merck drug for rare skin cancer
Scientific American - Oct 6, 2006won US approval for a new drug to treat a rare and slow-growing skin cancer called advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), health officials said on Friday. …

Skin Cancer Screening Tour Continues Its Life-Saving Trip
Drug Newswire (press release), CT - Oct 9, 2006… (NYSE:BDY) announced today that to date, The Skin Cancer Screening Tour, sponsored jointly by the … 49 with Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. …

HRMC sponsors Day for Women Monday
Plainsman - She said a skin cancer-screening test is new to the program this year. Fast said Beadle and Kingsbury counties have a high death rate in colon and breast cancer deaths among women in South Dakota. Another new feature is the colorectal screening kits

New Sunscreen Promises More Protection
WTNH.com - According to experts, UVB causes sunburn and skin cancer, while UVA causes aging and some skin cancers. Most sunscreens currently contain two active ingredients: avobenzone and octocrylene. Anthelios SX, which has an SPF of 15, contains those

Study: Anti-aging supplements don’t work
Associated Press - The men were given real or fake DHEA, as well as a testosterone skin patch or a placebo patch. Blood samples were taken every safe, said Simon Yeung, manager of the Web site on supplements and integrative medicine at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer

Despite the rain, yesterday the Broadway neighborhood hosted a local
Yale Daily News - Basal cell carcinoma is the most common skin cancer diagnosed in the Un Women talk about gender Six female leaders in the fields of business, politics, journalism and international development spoke about how gender issues cut across their

Health, Etc.
INS News - A free skin cancer screening will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 at Henderson Dermatology, located in the Atkinson Building, 1413 N. Elm Street, Suite 202, Henderson, Ky. To schedule an appointment, call (888) 337-6722, Ext. 4788. * * *

Grape seed extract halts cell cycle, checking growth of colorectal
EurekAlert - Agarwal and his team of investigators were first to report, in 1999, that grape seed extract also has chemopreventive activity against skin cancer. Their subsequent preclinical work has shown that the extract also retards growth of prostate cancer

Stacey’s story inspires others to get checked
KVBC - She had no idea that skin cancer could be so serious, traveling from her outer skin to deep within her body. The cancer started as a tumor on her lower back then spread to a lymph node in her groin. Stacey says it’s been a five month roller coaster

Just the facts about breast cancer
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 12 hours agoBreast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed non-skin cancer in US women. A woman is diagnosed every three minutes 213,000 cases this year. …

Cancer Is As Common In Pets As In Humans - What You Need To Know
HealthNewsDigest.com, NY - Oct 15, 2006… Dogs, for example, are 35 times more likely to develop skin cancer than humans, four times more likely to get breast cancer, eight times more likely to succumb …

Innovative Public Service Advertisement Campaign Sends Strong …
Yahoo! News (press release) - 6 hours ago… research which demonstrates the risks of indoor tanning, including premature aging such as age spots and wrinkles, and even worse, the danger of skin cancer. …

Senate call to fight women’s cancers
The Australian, Australia - 6 hours ago… need a centre specialising in gynaecological cancers, according to a new report that warns the potentially deadly diseases are more prevalent than skin cancer. …

Lotion gives mice tan, may be cancer shield
Boston Globe, United States - Sep 21, 2006A lotion that tans the skin without exposure to sunlight could provide a novel way to prevent skin cancer, Boston scientists announced yesterday. …

Communities Key to Lowering Cancer Risk 
SUNDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — Weight control, exercise, a healthy diet high in plant-based foods, and limited alcohol consumption are the major points in the updated Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Prevention , recently released by the American Cancer Association.

Hana licenses skin rash compound 
Cancer drug company Hana Biosciences Inc. said Monday it bought the rights to develop and sell a drug that might be used to treat skin rashes caused by cancer treatments.

Vitamin D may curb progression of breast cancer: study 
Vitamin D may stop breast cancer from spreading, a study tentatively suggests.

Tanning cream may prevent skin cancer
Reading Eagle, PA - Oct 10, 2006… They just kept getting darker and darker and darker, until they were almost black, said Fisher, a skin cancer researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer …

Intersex babies and skin cancer risk studies share in $6 million …
UQ News, Australia - Oct 11, 2006The genetics behind intersex babies, and improved prediction of skin cancer risk are two of the projects from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) that …

Zolinza Approved for Skin Cancer
Pharmaceutical Processing, NJ - 9 hours agoThe FDA has approved Zolinza (vorinostat) capsules for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), a type of skin cancer, to be used when the disease …