Vivvo CMS 4.1 Health News http://www.healthcanal.com/ Health News 15 ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Health News http://www.healthcanal.com/files.php?file=Health News from HealthCanal.com http://www.healthcanal.com/ DNA sequencing helps identify cancer cells for immune system attack http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26429-DNA-sequencing-helps-identify-cancer-cells-for-immune-system-attack.html Cancers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000 By Michael C. Purdy - DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. d060ac33d925e80bc7aec02a06324975 Fasting Weakens Cancer in Mice http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26427-Fasting-Weakens-Cancer-Mice.html Cancers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:37:00 +0000 New study finds that short fasting cycles can work as well as chemotherapy, and the two combined greatly improve survival. dbecb379acc4159296d52c43f7264a10 Most terminally ill cancer patients discuss end-of-life care with physician, study finds, but often late in their illness http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26419-Most-terminally-ill-cancer-patients-discuss-end--life-care-with-physician-study-finds-but-often-late-their-illness.html Cancers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:33:00 +0000 The vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according to a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators published in the Feb. 7 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. 15cfda1d34caba8c020295638406429c Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center experts recommend genetic counseling for pediatric sarcoma patients http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26418-Dana-FarberChildrens-Hospital-Cancer-Center-experts-recommend-genetic-counseling-for-pediatric-sarcoma-patients.html Cancers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:31:00 +0000 Genetic specialists at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) are recommending that children being treated for sarcoma should be offered genetic counseling for Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a rare condition that greatly raises a person's risk of developing additional cancers. 9f26b4a32d8706f69fcd2336d7a400f0 Heavy lifting for cancer research http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26410-Heavy-lifting-for-cancer-research.html Cancers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:15:00 +0000 by: Christine Zeindler - Increasing muscle mass can enhance quality of life 2374989cc79a19aa0d621b52f4fa37d5 Women who eat fish have lower colon polyp risk http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26388-Women-who-eat-fish-have-lower-colon-polyp-risk.html Cancers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000 Women who eat at least three servings of fish per week have a reduced risk of developing some types of colon polyps according to a new study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators. e6778b5d8ef56f23a7d41ce6abfffd50 Understanding How Early Breast Tumors Become Deadly: A Small Group Of Molecules Might Hold The Answer http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26347-Understanding-How-Early-Breast-Tumors-Become-Deadly-Small-Group-Molecules-Might-Hold-The-Answer.html Cancers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:00 +0000 - Some early-stage breast cancers are potentially harmless, but others invade surrounding healthy tissue and become deadly. - This study has identified a small pattern of molecules that highlights important differences between early-stage breast tumors and invasive, deadly ones. - The findings might lead to a way to identify early tumors that will likely become invasive. b4b378598210bf873880e5a5ed3606f8 New technology allows scientists to watch cancer cells in action at unprecedented resolution http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26322-New-technology-allows-scientists-watch-cancer-cells-action-unprecedented-resolution.html Cancers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:27:00 +0000 ROANOKE, Va. – A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. 8ead54c02b57ff6e52b5bb67910818a2 Zinc path key to cancer treatment http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26312-Zinc-path-key-cancer-treatment.html Cancers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:29:00 +0000 The body’s control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer. 109571eee81d8083d5cbd45319af0ef3 PET Techniques Provide More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis in Challenging Breast Cancer Cases http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/26303-PET-Techniques-Provide-More-Accurate-Diagnosis-Prognosis-Challenging-Breast-Cancer-Cases.html Cancers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:25:00 +0000 Reston, Va. – In two new studies featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. 790db23d223901b1d083434f1d6f4423