NCI Cancer Bulletin for November 27, 2012

November 27, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 23 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. Commentary Read This Issue Guest Commentary by Dr. Otis Brawley: The Benefits and Harms of Cancer Screening » A Conversation with Dr. Virginia Moyer, Chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force » Features Read This Issue Crunching Numbers: What Cancer Screening Statistics Really Tell Us » Using an Ocean of Data, Researchers Model Real-Life Benefits of Cancer Screening » After Landmark Study, Exploring Questions about Lung Cancer Screening » Building a Better Cancer Screening Process » All That Glitters: A Glimpse into the Future of Cancer Screening » Selected Resources: Cancer Screening » Multimedia Read This Issue Inside NCI: Dr. Barry Kramer on Cancer Screening » Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Cancer Screening » Infographic: Benefits and Harms of PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer » News Read This Issue Decades of Data Point to Overdiagnosis from Breast Cancer Screening » After Negative Colonoscopy, Rescreening with Other Tests May Be Effective » Longer Delays in Breast Cancer Treatment May Affect Survival » Fusion Gene Linked to Rare Form of Childhood Leukemia » Alternative Type of Brachytherapy Proves Effective in Mice » Updates Read This Issue HHS Update » CDC Update » Notes »

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for November 13, 2012

November 13, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 22 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: Study Shows Importance of Early End-of-Life Care Discussions » Drug May Reduce Cognitive Decline Following Radiation for Brain Metastases » Brazil's Strong Antismoking Policies Credited with Saving Lives » Possible Cause of Doxorubicin-Induced Heart Damage Identified » Study Reveals New Mechanism of Action for Class of Targeted Therapy » Also in the News: Radium-223 Improves Survival in Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer » Also in the Journals: Genetic Factors Linked to Lung Cancer in Asian Women Who Have Never Smoked » Multimedia Read This Issue NIH Research Radio: A Clinical Trial for HIV-Positive Cancer Patients » In Depth Read This Issue Decades Later, Chernobyl Accident Yields Clues to Leukemia Risk » Featured Clinical Trial: Dietary Intervention for Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Lung Cancer » DREAMing Big to Solve Cancer Research Challenges » Updates Read This Issue FDA Update » CDC Update » Cancer.gov Update » Notes » Do you know someone who would enjoy receiving the NCI Cancer Bulletin? To send a copy of the latest issue to a colleague, visit www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin. The NCI Cancer Bulletin will be sent to you biweekly unless you unsubscribe. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to nci-bulletin-signoff-request@list.nih.gov.