NCI Cancer Bulletin for September 18, 2012

 

September 18, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 18 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: Lung Cancer Genome Surveys Find Many Potential Drug Targets » Diagnostic Radiation Exposure May Raise Breast Cancer Risk in Some BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers » New Drug Improves Survival in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer » Drug Targeting Tumor Suppressor Shows Promise in First Human Study » Study Reveals How Breast Cancer Spreads to Lymph Nodes » Also in the Journals: Smoky Coal Associated with Increased Risk of Lung Cancer in Rural China » Also in the Journals: Best Practices Can Reduce Central-Line Infections in Children with Cancer » Commentary Read This Issue Guest Commentary by Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh: Changing Social Norms about Tobacco Use, One Campus at a Time » A Conversation with Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos about ENCODE and Cancer Research » In Depth Read This Issue Building a Biobank to Explore Mysteries of the Genome  » Singled Out: Researchers Look to Single Cells for Cancer Insights » Featured Clinical Trial: Treating KSHV-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease » Updates Read This Issue AHRQ Update » FDA Update » Notes » Multimedia Read This Issue Cancer Research Now: Building a Biobank »   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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for September 4, 2012

September 4, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 17 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 Study Points to Treatments for High-Risk Form of Childhood Leukemia » High Breast Density Does Not Predict Death among Breast Cancer Patients » Flavored Cigar Use Common among Young Adult Cigar Smokers » Gene in Stem Cell Donors May Decrease Relapse Risk in Leukemia Patients » Sequencing "Outlier" Genome Suggests Some Patients May Benefit from Cancer Drug » Researchers Use Gene Deletions to Find Cancer Treatment Targets » Also in the News: CDC Updates Hepatitis C Testing Recommendations » Also in the Journals: Youth Tobacco Use Dropped between 2000 and 2011 » Commentary Read This Issue A Conversation with Dr. Louis Staudt about Targeting New Treatments for Burkitt Lymphoma » In Depth Read This Issue Clinical Pathways in Cancer Care Catching On » Featured Clinical Trial: Targeting Invasive Glioma Cells » Updates Read This Issue FDA 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.

 

Greetings from the NCI Cancer Bulletin Team

August 21, 2012 Dear NCI Cancer Bulletin Subscribers, The editors, writers, advisors, and technical staff of the NCI Cancer Bulletin would like to thank each of 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 4. In the meantime, we would like to share some of our favorite and most popular feature stories published so far this year in the NCI Cancer Bulletin: Long-Term Trial Results Show No Mortality Benefit from Annual Prostate Cancer Screening (January 10) More than a Game: Super Bowl Initiative Helps Scientists Study the "Normal" Breast (January 24) First-in-Humans Study of New Immunotherapy Agent (January 24) Staying Alive: New Technique Grows Normal and Cancer Cells Rapidly (January 24) Connecting the Dots: Network Analysis Helps Public Health Researchers Get the Big Picture (February 7) A Conversation with The Who’s Roger Daltrey about Teen Cancer Centers (March 6) Mapping the Evolution of Cancer Cells in Leukemia (March 20) Leading Health Organizations Revise Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines (March 20) A Conversation with Dr. Thomas Smith on the Growing Role of Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer (March 20) Drugs Target Epigenetic Changes to Reprogram Cancer Cells (April 3) Unearthing Clues to Cancer Risk in the Aging Genome (May 15) Complex Immune-Based Cancer Treatment Shows Signs of Progress (May 15) Crunching Numbers: What Cancer Screening Statistics Really Tell Us (May 1) A Tough Transition: Cancer Survivorship Plans Slow to Take Hold (June 26) To Eat or Not to Eat: With Cancer Therapies, That Is the Question (July 10) As Patient Navigation Expands and Evolves, Nurses Assume Many Roles  (July 24) Using New Approach, Scientists Find Evidence for Cancer Stem Cells (August 7) In addition to these feature articles, you can access related NCI Cancer Bulletin videos and other NCI-produced multimedia through our YouTube site.  Thank you again for your interest and support. We hope you’ll continue to read each issue and encourage others to subscribe by submitting their e-mail address in the toolbox at the top right-hand corner of any issue. And, as always, we 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 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.

 

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for August 7, 2012

August 7, 2012 • Volume 9 / 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: Using New Approach, Scientists Find Evidence for Cancer Stem Cells » Trial Suggests New Treatment Option for Some Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer » U.S. Prostate Cancer Incidence Falls after Change in Screening Recommendations » Single HPV Test Predicts the Risk of Cervical Cancer for 18 Years » Discovery of Fused Genes in Brain Cancer Points to Possible Treatments » Commentary Read This Issue A Conversation with Dr. Walter Willett about Diet and Cancer » In Depth Read This Issue Featured Clinical Trial: Genetically Engineered Immunotherapy for Advanced Cancer » Bringing Science to Cancer Survivors: Workshop Series Reaches a Milestone » 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 24, 2012

July 24, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 15 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. Mary M. Gullatte: Oncology Nurses: Leading from the Future » A Conversation with Karen Stanley on the Importance of Communication in Palliative Care » Features Read This Issue Nurses and Physicians Collaborate to Improve Cancer Care » As Patient Navigation Expands and Evolves, Nurses Assume Many Roles » Innovative Program Aims to Improve Support for Cancer Family Caregivers » A Balancing Act: Nursing and Ethics in Clinical Trials » Emotional Rescue: Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Oncology Nursing » Bertie Ford: Mentoring Oncology Nurses and Helping the Underserved » Selected Resources Related to Oncology Nursing » News Read This Issue Special Report: Observation as Good as Surgery for Some Men with Prostate Cancer» Mapping the Molecular Changes in Colorectal Cancer » Drug May Make Bone Marrow Transplants to Treat Blood Cancers Safer » Tumors May Resist Cancer Drugs with Help from Neighboring Cells » Also in the Journals: ASCO Releases Clinical Opinion on PSA Screening » Also in the Journals: No Overall Survival Benefit from Bevacizumab in Breast Cancer, Meta-Analysis Shows » Updates Read This Issue FDA 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 10, 2012

July 10, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 14 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: Some Children with Hodgkin Lymphoma May Not Need Radiation Therapy » Test May Reduce the Need for Surgery to Diagnose Thyroid Cancer » Skin Cancers Traced to Previously Unknown Effect of UV Radiation » Experimental Drug Based on Plant Toxin Targets and Kills Tumor Cells » Also in the Journals: Cells Most Vulnerable to HPV Identified » Commentary Read This Issue Guest Commenatary: Cancer Survivorship Research: Translating Science to Care » In Depth Read This Issue To Eat or Not to Eat: With Cancer Therapies, That Is the Question » Featured Clinical Trial: MRI-Guided Focal Laser Therapy for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer » A Meeting of Minds: Young Oncologists Make the Most of the ASCO Annual Meeting » Updates Read This Issue FDA 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for June 26, 2012

June 26, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 13 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: Many Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers Have Chronic Health Problems, Unhealthy Behaviors » Breast Cancers Can Change Biologically as They Progress and Relapse » World Health Organization Classifies Diesel Exhaust a Human Carcinogen » Pre-Existing Mutations May Explain Development of Resistance to Targeted Cancer Drugs » Testing Combination Therapy Could Reveal Clues to Biology of Pancreatic Cancer » In Depth Read This Issue So Others May Benefit: Young Cancer Patients and Survivors Take Part in Oncofertility Research » A Tough Transition: Cancer Survivorship Plans Slow to Take Hold » Featured Clinical Trial: Trastuzumab for Women with HER2-Low Breast Cancer » Updates Read This Issue Legislative 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for June 12, 2012

June 12, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 12 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 Finds Small Increase in Cancer Risk after Childhood CT Scans » For Some Breast Cancers, New Drug May Be Treatment Option » Preoperative Chemotherapy, Radiation Improve Survival in Esophageal Cancer » For Some Skin Cancers, Targeted Drug Hits the Mark » Study Suggests New Treatment Option for Some Lymphomas » Study Shows First Effective Treatment for Cancer Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy » Also in the News: Even Low Doses of Radiation in Childhood May Raise Breast Cancer Risk » Also in the Journals: Global Cancer Burden Expected to Shift » Commentary Read This Issue A Conversation with Dr. Patricia Steeg on Redesigning Clinical Trials to Test Therapies that Could Prevent Cancer Metastasis » In Depth Read This Issue Expanding the Playing Field: Immune-Based Therapy Shows Potential for Lung, Other Cancers » Featured Clinical Trial: Adjuvant Everolimus for Resected Kidney Cancer » Charting a Course to Genome-Guided Cancer Medicine » Updates Read This Issue FDA 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for May 29, 2012

May 29, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 11 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: Sigmoidoscopy Proves to Be Effective Screening Tool for Colorectal Cancer » Panel Reviews Benefits and Harms of CT Scans for Lung Cancer Screening » Lung Cancer Drug Shows Promise against Several Childhood Cancers » Antipsychotic Drug Controls "Breakthrough" Nausea and Vomiting after Chemotherapy » Targeted Drug Shows Potential in Advanced Solid Tumors and Brain Metastases » Also in the Journals: Laxative-Free CT Colonography Detects Large Polyps » Also in the Journals: Program Helps Older, Overweight Cancer Survivors Lose Weight, Eat Better » Also in the Journals: Coffee Drinking May Be Associated With Lower Risk of Death » In Depth Read This Issue U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Advises against PSA Screening » Featured Clinical Trial: Combining Angiogenesis-Targeted Treatments for Liver Cancer » Bridging the Charles River to Find Novel Approaches to Cancer Research » Updates Read This Issue 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.