Brain cancer study at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Conn. finds no ...
Washington Post
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. " An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer ...
Pratt And Whitney Cancer Study Hartford Courant
Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant U.S. News & World Report
Answer to Pratt & Whitney cancer study WTNH
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Frequent heartburn raises throat cancer risk 80 percent, study finds
CBS News
Having heartburn often may lead to cancers of the throat and vocal cord, according to a new study. The good news, though, is over-the-counter antacids may help reduce risk, the study authors said. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers ...
Heartburn Tied to Throat Cancer New York Times (blog)
Chronic Heartburn May Raise Odds for Throat Cancer: Study U.S. News & World Report
GERD and Cancer: Connecting the Dots MedPage Today
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Aveo says partner Astellas will not seek EU nod for kidney cancer drug
Reuters
"I expect (Aveo) shares to be down a little because if Astellas had decided to go ahead and pursue the (renal cell cancer) indication as well then obviously they would have to bear half the cost of the study," RBC Capital Markets analyst Adnan Butt said.

Mothers With Cancer
New York Times (blog)
Children of mothers with cancer must learn this painful lesson early: the vulnerability of the figure on whom they have grounded their existence. With varying degrees of fearful awareness, such children intuit that the mother who comforts by murmuring ...

'F--k Cancer' hats get sisters kicked out of Philadelphia-area mall
New York Daily News
You can tell cancer to go "bleep" itself. Just not here. Zakia Clark and her sisters were kicked out of a Philadelphia-area mall for wearing cancer awareness hats with a choice four-letter word " days after their own mother died of cancer. The sisters ...
Mall Kicks Out Women Wearing Breast Cancer Hats with Expletive ABC News (blog)
Women escorted from mall for wearing F--- CANCER hats Fox News
Did cancer hats go too far? Philly.com
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Lung cancer screening: CT scans more effective than X-rays
Fox News
Screening for lung cancer using low-dose computed tomography (CT scans) rather than chest X-rays may be a more effective way of detecting the disease, Medscape Today reported. Researchers hope that these results, collected as part of the National Lung ...
CT Scans Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Confirms WebMD
CT scans better to find lung cancer SheKnows.com
Catching Cancer Early KGNS

Older Men Should Pass on Getting Prostate Cancer Treatment
TIME
The advice to detect and treat cancers at the first opportunity may not apply to older men with prostate tumors, according to the latest study. With a government-backed group advising that most men no longer need regular screening for prostate cancer ...
New prostate cancer test designed to use urine instead of blood 89.3 KPCC
Aggressive Prostate Cancer Treatment Not Needed in Older Men Medscape
Inexpensive, accurate way to detect prostate cancer: At-home urine tests Science Daily (press release)
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Studies Cast Doubt on Cancer Drug as Alzheimer's Treatment
Scientific American
Bexarotene, a cancer drug touted as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease, may not be the blockbuster remedy scientists were hoping for, according to several analyses published in Science on 24 May. Four independent research groups report that ...
Labs reject dramatic findings on cancer drug in Alzheimer's mice Yahoo! News
Studies dismiss cancer drug as powerful Alzheimer's remedy FierceBiotech
Anti-cancer drug viewed as possible Alzheimer's treatment doesn't work in UF ... University of Florida
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Technique to detect breast cancer in urine developed
Science Daily (press release)
May 23, 2013 " A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer -- and determine its severity -- before it could be detected with a mammogram. A study to ...

Cleveland woman sets aside cancer pain to attend granddaughter's long ...
Plain Dealer
For more than 30 years, Malone worked as a Patient Service employee at MetroHealth until she retired within a year of her cancer diagnosis. It was there where she returned to her original oncologist following the clinical trial. At his suggestion ...