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    MRI More Accurately Determines Cancer Spread Into Breast Ducts (September 4, 2006) -- MRI is better than MDCT for determining if and how far breast cancer has spread into the breast ducts and should be used before patients receive breast conserving therapy, a new study ... > full story

    Semen Can Worsen Cervical Cancer (September 4, 2006) -- Researchers from the Medical Research Council's Human Reproductive Sciences Unit at The University of Edinburgh have found that that the high concentration of prostaglandin in semen makes other ... > full story

    Discovering How Environment Contributes To Breast Cancer (September 1, 2006) -- Breast cancer incidence in the United States ranks near the top internationally. And just across the Golden Gate from University Of California, San Francisco -- in Marin County -- studies show that ... > full story

    Orange Juice Is Better Than Lemonade At Keeping Kidney Stones Away (September 1, 2006) -- A daily glass of orange juice can help prevent the recurrence of kidney stones better than other citrus fruit juices such as lemonade, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have ... > full story

    Toward An Ultra-sensitive Blood Test For Breast Cancer (August 29, 2006) -- An international research group is reporting development and early clinical testing of an ultra-sensitive blood test for breast cancer. Their new immunoassay was 200-1,000 times more sensitive than ... > full story

    Obesity Leads To More Aggressive Ovarian Cancer, Research Shows (August 28, 2006) -- Whether or not a woman is obese will likely affect her outcome once she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The study, published online ... > full story

    Suspicion Lingers Over Bisphenol A And Breast Cancer (August 28, 2006) -- Bisphenol A, a common industrial chemical claimed to speed the growth of human breast and ovarian cancers, retains its carcinogenic properties even after being modified by body processes. Defenders ... > full story

    Scientists Learn More About How Roughage Keeps You 'Regular' (August 23, 2006) -- If you ever wondered just how a high-fiber diet helps keep you, well, "regular," scientists may have the answer. Their results suggest that as these bulky foods make their way down the ... > full story

    Research Points To 'Addictive' Protein In Treating Breast Cancer (August 23, 2006) -- William Kinlaw, an associate professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, has been working on a protein called S14 since 1990. Over the past few months, however, the news about S14 has picked ... > full story

    Protein Found To Protect Breast Cancer Tumors From Chemotherapy (August 22, 2006) -- About half of women whose breast cancer is treated with standard chemotherapy have their cancer return within five years. Most chemotherapeutic drugs have undesirable side effects, but there has been ... > full story

    Researchers Discover How Acid Reflux Leads To Esophageal Cancer (August 18, 2006) -- Researchers have discovered the signaling pathway from the production of acid to esophageal ... > full story

    Core Needle Biopsy Gives An Accurate Picture Of Gene Expression In Whole Tumour (August 18, 2006) -- The gene expression profile detected in the core needle biopsy of a breast tumour is representative of gene expression in the whole tumour. A study published today in the open access journal Breast ... > full story

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