NCI Cancer Bulletin for October 20, 2009

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October 20, 2009 • Volume 6 / Number 20

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  • Better Options for Children with Difficult-to-Treat Leukemia » 
  • Minimally Invasive Prostate Cancer Surgery Shows Benefits, Shortcomings » 
  • Liver Cancer Study Finds Potential Marker for Treatment » 
  • Gene Mutation Linked to Aggressive Childhood Cancer » 
  • Primary and Metastatic Tumors from Same Patient Sequenced » 
  • Prostate Tumor Microenvironment Found to Change Immune Cell's Function » 

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  • Guest Director's Update: The NExT Steps in Drug Development at NCI »

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  • Duplicated Gene May Explain Rare Cancer in Some Families » 
  • Does Mammography Sometimes Detect Too Much Breast Cancer? » 
  • Featured Clinical Trial: Testing Satraplatin in Advanced Prostate Cancer » 
  • Cancer Center Profile: University of Chicago Cancer Research Center » 

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NCI Cancer Bulletin for October 6, 2009

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October 6, 2009 • Volume 6 / Number 19

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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.

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  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Project to Map 20 Tumor Types » 
  • Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Pose Heart Risks » 
  • Breast Cancer Trial Suspends Recruitment » 
  • High-dose Daunorubicin Benefits Younger Adults with Leukemia » 
  • Many Survivors of Childhood Cancers Have Healthy Babies » 
  • Investigational Drug Effective Against Metastatic Melanoma in Early Phase Trial » 
  • Invasiveness of Breast Cancer Cells Linked to Two Proteins » 

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  • Director's Update: Global Cancer Control: An Essential Duty »

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  • Experts Tackle the Challenge of Managing Ductal Carcinoma In Situ » 
  • Adapting Capsule Endoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening » 
  • Featured Clinical Trial: Targeting HER2 in the Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ » 
  • Spokes of Hope: Surviving Cancer and Riding On » 

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