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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for October 30, 2012

 

October 30, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 21 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 Urges Caution on Source of Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplants » Study Looks at Terminal Cancer Patients' Expectations of Chemotherapy » Imatinib May Help Treat Aggressive Lymphoma » Researchers Identify Possible Biomarker for Early-Stage Lung Cancer » In Mice, Combining Cancer Vaccine and Low-Dose Anti-Angiogenesis Drug Shows Promise against Breast Cancer » Commentary Read This Issue Building Momentum: NCI's Center for Global Health » A Conversation with Dr. Patrick Loehrer about Improving Cancer Care in Kenya » In Depth Read This Issue Tackling the Complexity of Genes and Environments in Cancer » Featured Clinical Trial: Safety of Stem Cell Transplants for HIV-Positive Cancer Patients » 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for October 16, 2012

October 16, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 20 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: Treatment Options for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Expand and Evolve » Adding Chemotherapy to Radiation Improves Survival for Some Patients with Rare Brain Cancer » HIV Linked to Rising Rates of Anal Cancer among U.S. Men » HIV Drug Blocks Growth of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Cells » Exercise, Behavioral Therapy Reduce Menopausal Symptoms Caused by Breast Cancer Treatment » Also in the Journals: Study Compares Screening Methods for Lynch Syndrome » In Depth Read This Issue New Biomarker May Allow Earlier Diagnosis of Mesothelioma » Featured Clinical Trial: Comparing Relaxation Programs for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy » Basser Research Center: Focusing on BRCA-Related Cancers » 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.

 

NCI Cancer Bulletin for October 2, 2012

Ocober 2, 2012 • Volume 9 / Number 19 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: Targeted Drug Benefits Some Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer » Drug Combination More Effective than Single Drug for Advanced Melanoma » Health Care Costs a Major Barrier for Young Adult Cancer Survivors » Many Women whose Tumors Disappear after Chemotherapy Have Mastectomies » Commentary Read This Issue Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Breast Cancer Awareness Month » Multimedia Read This Issue NIH Research Radio: Building a Biobank » In Depth Read This Issue Turning Genes Up, Not On: A New View of the Myc Protein » With CellMiner, Researchers Prospect for Cancer Discoveries » New Tools Enhance Molecular Portraits of Breast Cancers » Featured Clinical Trial: Comparing Radiation Therapy Regimens for Early-Stage Breast Cancer » Updates Read This Issue Legislative Update » 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 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.