NCI Cancer Bulletin for March 20, 2012

March 20, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 6 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: Leading Health Organizations Revise Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines » Smoking Declines Helped Prevent More Lung Cancer Deaths than Expected » Study Identifies a Mechanism behind Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Resistance » Expanded Tumor Profiling Yields Clues about Acute Myeloid Leukemia » Updated European Prostate Cancer Screening Trial Data Show Little Change in Risk Reduction » Also in the Journals: Children and Adolescents with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia are Living Longer » Commentary Read This Issue A Conversation with Dr. Thomas Smith on the Growing Role of Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer » In Depth Read This Issue Surgeon General's Report Finds Youth Smoking Remains a Serious Concern » Mapping the Evolution of Cancer Cells in Leukemia » Featured Clinical Trial: Combining Systemic Therapies for Patients with Advanced Liver Cancer » Updates Read This Issue CDC 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 March 6, 2012

 

March 6, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 5 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: Heavy Diesel Exhaust Linked to Lung Cancer Deaths in Miners » Vemurafenib Improves Survival for Patients with Metastatic Melanoma » Less-Invasive Colorectal Screening Test May Detect Cancer as Effectively as Colonoscopy » Chemotherapy Can Impair Cognition More than Two Decades Later » Gene Mutation Implicated in Heightened Breast Cancer Risk in Some Families » Study Details Cancer-Promoting Activity of mTOR Protein » Also in the News: Judge Rules against Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packages » Also in the Journals: Questioning the Use of Progression-Free Survival as a Clinical Trial Endpoint » Commentary Read This Issue ·         A Conversation with The Who’s Roger Daltrey about Teen Cancer Centers »   In Depth Read This Issue Colonoscopy Reduces Risk of Death from Colorectal Cancer in High-Rick Patients » Featured Clinical Trial: Exploring the Anticancer Potential of Valproic Acid in Advanced Thyroid Cancer »   Updates Read This Issue Cancer.gov » 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.