Court officials in Canada have begun hearing testimony from cancer patients who received inaccurate hormone receptor test results.
The public inquiry was launched after it was discovered that hundreds of cancer patients treated by Eastern Health between 1997 and 2005 were given incorrect results for hormone receptor tests. Oncologists use these tests to diagnose [...]

Two volcanoes in central Mexico have been added to the impressive list of international peaks being scaled to raise money for breast cancer research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC).
The 2008 Climb to Fight Breast Cancer® includes peaks at elevations ranging from 10,781 feet to 19,340 feet located in in Mexico, Oregon, Washington, [...]

A study led by the Harvard School of Medicine provides evidence that targeted chemotherapies commonly used to treat glioblastoma may do more harm than good for some patients.
Glioblastoma is a rare form of brain cancer with a poor survival rate. STAT3 inhibitors are one of the few therapies available to treat the disease, but [...]

An inspirational book is helping dogs with cancer receive expensive medical treatments their owners can’t afford to give them.
Cliff and I: My Dog’s Journey Through Cancer and Beyond chronicles the author’s personal experience helping her German Shepherd battle cancer.
As a tribute to her beloved pet, Cliff’s writer Joanne M. DeFluri is donating the proceeds [...]

Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the West Virginia University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have developed a new imaging device which not only detects breast tumors too small to be seen by other imaging systems, it also gets a sample for cancer [...]

The process of conducting cancer research is getting faster for a group of University of Minnesota scientists.
Representatives from the Hormel Institute announced they’ve purchased an IBM (NYSE: IBM) Blue Gene supercomputer capable of processing 5-6 trillion operations a second – a speed that’ll allow Hormel to triple the number of research projects it [...]

Patients being treated for metastatic colorectal cancer in Europe just got a new treatment option.
Capecitabine, which is marketed by Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company Roche under the trade name Xeloda, has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
European health officials approved the oral tablets for use in combination with any chemotherapy [...]

Weighing the risks and benefits of birth control pills?
Here’s a snapshot of some of the new research relating to oral contraceptives and their impact on cancer risk.
Birth Control Pill Use Cuts Ovarian Cancer Risk
from American Cancer Society News and Features
Cancer Risk Among Users of Oral Contraceptives
from BMJ
Cervical cancer risk seen higher [...]

The US population is aging, well-publicized statistics indicate mammograms save lives, and convenient screening locations continue to pop up everywhere — so why are more and more American women over 50 putting off routine mammograms? A study conducted by Brown University and Harvard University suggests money is one reason.
Medical professionals have been successfully using [...]

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Duke University have discovered how specific proteins regulate genes responsible for turning cancer cells on or off in women with breast and ovarian cancers.
To arrive at their finding, the team studied 408 breast cancer patients and 153 ovarian cancer patients. Their investigation revealed that increased activity in [...]