NCI Cancer Bulletin: Top Feature Stories Since January

 

August 23, 2011 Dear NCI Cancer Bulletin Subscribers, The editors, writers, advisors, and technical staff of the NCI Cancer Bulletin would like to thank you for your continued interest in our newsletter. As you may know, we will not publish an issue today due to our summer production break, but we will resume biweekly publication on September 6. In the meantime, we would like to share some of our favorite and most popular feature stories published in the NCI Cancer Bulletin so far this year: §  Preserving Fertility While Battling Cancer (January 11)   §  Coming Home to Roost: The Self-Seeding Hypothesis of Tumor Growth (February 8)   §  The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Cancer: A Potentially Fatal Transformation? (March 8)   §  Ovarian Cancer Study Raises Questions about Developing Markers for Early Detection (March 8)   §  Fertility Still Possible for Many Male Cancer Survivors, Study Finds (March 22)   §  For People with Rare Skin Cancer Syndrome, Drug Brings Relief and Hope (April 5)   §  Debunking Cancer Myths, One Phone Call at a Time (April 19)   §  Use and Acceptance of HPV Vaccine Still a Work in Progress (May 3)   §  Combining Targeted Cancer Therapies: Much Promise, Many Hurdles (May 17)   §  Lenalidomide and Radiation for Children with Brain Cancers (May 17)   §  Despite Early Skepticism, HPV Vaccines Prove Effective (May 31)   §  New Therapies Offer Much-Needed Options for Patients with Melanoma (June 14)   §  Imaging Boot Camp for Cancer Researchers (June 28)   §  AYAs Are Not Alone: Confronting Psychosocial Challenges of Cancer (July 26)   In addition to these features, we have produced a number of videos over the past year. You can access these videos through our YouTube channel.   Thank you again for your interest and support. We hope you'll continue to read each issue and encourage others to subscribe.     We also appreciate your story ideas and feedback. Send your suggestions and comments to us by e-mail at ncicancerbulletin@mail.nih.gov.   Best regards, The NCI Cancer Bulletin Team     To unsubscribe, please send an email to nci-bulletin-signoff-request@list.nih.gov .

 

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for August 9, 2011

August 9, 2011 • Volume 8 / Number 16 Read the NCI Cancer Bulletin The latest issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin is now available at http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin. Keep up to date on the latest research and advances in the prevention, treatment, and understanding of cancer. News Read This Issue Featured Article: Genome Region Tied to Risk of Second Cancers after Radiation Therapy »  Mobile Phone Use Does Not Raise Cancer Risk in Children and Adolescents»  Computer System for Reading Mammograms Does Not Appear to Improve Cancer Detection »  Higher Breast Density Linked to Increased Cancer Risk and Aggressive Tumors »  Genetic Study Provides Clues to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma »  Studies Reveal the Genetic Complexity of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancers »  Also in the Journals: Key Genetic Mutations Found in One Type of Brain Cancer »  In Depth Read This Issue Tracking the Rise of Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer »  New Guidance for Personalized Breast Cancer Screening »  Featured Clinical Trial: Comparing Targeted Lung Cancer Therapies Based on KRAS Mutation Status »  Translational Science: From Molecular Information to Cancer Medicine »  Updates Read This Issue Cancer.gov Update »  Notes »