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UA in talks with Phoenix to build $140M center on downtown campus 23 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
... at UA’s Tucson campus is the only one in the state designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, offering world-renowned translational research programs and patient care. Crist ...
Mammogram policy has a history of hairpin turns 23 Nov 2009 02:12 GMT
... outrage greeted an earlier set of mammogram recommendations by an advisory panel to the National Cancer Institute. The current controversy demonstrates that, 12 years later, the studies on mammography in younger ...
Formaldehyde May Endanger Funeral Workers 23 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... government study. Researchers in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the U.S. National Cancer Institute analyzed data on funeral industry workers who died between 1960 and 1986. Information about ...
Text Messages Might Increase Sunscreen Usage 23 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... cancer," they wrote. The study findings are in the November issue of The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more on ...
A government advisory panel announces it does not recommend routine mammograms for women under age 50.');" onmouseout="return hideTextPreview(this);" class="listed_small">Under 50? Don't worry about routine mammograms 23 Nov 2009 05:34 GMT
... outrage greeted an earlier set of mammogram recommendations by an advisory panel to the National Cancer Institute. The current controversy demonstrates that, 12 years later, the studies on mammography in younger ...

A government advisory panel announces it does not recommend routine mammograms for women under age 50.');" onmouseout="return hideTextPreview(this);" class="listed">Under 50? Don't worry about routine mammograms 23 Nov 2009 05:34 GMT
... outrage greeted an earlier set of mammogram recommendations by an advisory panel to the National Cancer Institute. The current controversy demonstrates that, 12 years later, the studies on mammography in younger ...
New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 22 Nov 2009 19:22 GMT
... in New York City; Ana I. Robles, Jennifer Walling and Lyuba Varticovski, from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; and Kapil Bhalla, from the Medical College of ...
Get a Mammogram. No Don't. Repeat. 22 Nov 2009 00:35 GMT
... baseline mammography for women 35 to 39. Citing growing evidence from randomized trials, the National Cancer Institute drops its recommendation for screening in the 40s. A National Institutes of Health conference ...
Moffitt Cancer Center Awarded Nearly $19 Million in Recovery Act Grants 22 Nov 2009 20:35 GMT
... Grand Opportunities grant to study patient-centered outcomes research. Moffitt was also selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of 12 institutions nationwide to serve as Physical Science-Oncology Centers to advance ...
Cutting through breast-cancer confusion 22 Nov 2009 08:47 GMT
... in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, a national network of researchers backed by the National Cancer Institute. Truth is, Buist said, researchers still don't have a good idea what proportion of ...

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What's best way to fight cancer? 22 Nov 2009 19:23 GMT
... cancer for every 1,000 women who get screened over 10 years, according to the National Cancer Institute. The British Medical Journal published an article to help people understand the risk in ...
Mammogram Guidelines: What You Need to Know 22 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... That's the hard lesson that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) learned when it changed course on its ...
Funeral Industry Workers Face Higher Risk Of Leukemia 22 Nov 2009 15:54 GMT
... according to a new study published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Previous studies have shown excess mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies and brain cancer in anatomists, ...
Funeral Industry Workers Exposed To Formaldehyde Face Higher Risk Of Leukemia 22 Nov 2009 08:57 GMT
... For this study, researchers at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues investigated the relation of mortality to work practices and ...
Promoting Healthy Skepticism In The News: Helping Journalists Get It Right 22 Nov 2009 08:57 GMT
... An editorial published online November 20 in the discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in ...
Experts soften recommendations on cancer screenings 22 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
... years have changed their stance to no longer recommend routine prostate cancer screening. The National Cancer Institute's position says "to screen men for prostate cancer is controversial because it is not ...
Breast Cancer Research Neglects Environmental Links 22 Nov 2009 12:11 GMT
... research on environmental factors and breast cancer. BCF looked at external grants from the National Cancer Institute, a major funding source, to cancer researchers. In 2002-2003, NCI awarded $981,522,098 to non-NCI ...
Cancer switch recasts debate 22 Nov 2009 10:12 GMT
... years have changed their stance to no longer recommend routine prostate cancer screening. The National Cancer Institute's position says that "to screen men for prostate cancer is controversial because it is ...
Survival stories sharpen debate on mammograms 22 Nov 2009 08:52 GMT
... for women between the ages of 50 and 74; no need for breast self-exam. National Cancer Institute: Mammogram every 1 to 2 years for women 40 and older; breast self-exam neither ...
Let sick workers stay home 22 Nov 2009 14:36 GMT
... at this time and have undoubtedly saved countless lives. The American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the American College of Radiology, and many other reputable organizations oppose the panel's recommendations ...

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Survivors sharpen debate on mammograms 22 Nov 2009 19:46 GMT
... for women between the ages of 50 and 74; no need for breast self-exam. National Cancer Institute: Mammogram every 1 to 2 years for women 40 and older; breast self-exam neither ...
Pap smears pushed back 22 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... the vacuoles at 500x and stained with H&E in an image courtesy of the National Cancer Institute. REUTERS/NCI/Handout CHICAGO ( ) - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer ...
Cunningham heads up Terrapin Beer 22 Nov 2009 08:13 GMT
... Northeast Georgia Cancer Care after three years at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in Houston. Nikolinakos, who speaks several languages, graduated from University of ...
Bladder Cancer Risks Increase Over Time for Smokers 22 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... been unclear. Dalsu Baris, M.D., Ph.D., of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues examined bladder cancer risk in relation to smoking practices ...
Mammograms hurt more than helped, studies find 22 Nov 2009 14:14 GMT
... to people," said Dr. Stephen Taplin, chief of applied cancer screening research at the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C. "No individual woman can know if they're overdiagnosed. They know they ...