Breast Cancer Variations by Race Confirmed Dec 11, 2008
These age-related racial differences probably reflect the presence of different types of breast cancer, researchers suggest in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. To verify the existence of different age-related breast cancer rates between black and white women, Dr. William F. Anderson, from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues applied a detailed mathematical model to data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database from 1975 through... (MEDLINEplus)
Non-Hormonal Therapies Aid Breast Cancer Patients Dec 11, 2008
The study was published Dec. 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This review is important because there has been no consensus regarding the best dosage, timing, sequence or combination of therapies for treatment of metastatic breast cancer, due to the fact that standard comparators haven't been available, Dr. Philippe Bedard and Dr. Martine Piccart-Gebhart, of the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium, wrote in an accompanying editorial. (MEDLINEplus)
Cancer to Surpass Heart Disease as World's Leading Killer Dec 11, 2008
In the United States, for the first time since such statistics were released in 1998, the number of men and women getting and dying from cancer has dropped, according to a report released earlier this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The drop was mostly due to fewer cases of lung, prostate and colorectal cancers among men, and fewer cases of breast and colorectal cancer among women. (MEDLINEplus)
Terrorism appears again Nov 29, 2008
In Tuesday s Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the cancer report for the United States for the years 2001-2005 showed a 1. 8 percent a year drop in cancer rates among men and a half a percent a year for women. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Declines In U.S. Cancer Incidence And Death Rates According to Annual Report Nov 28, 2008
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 100, No. 23; Online Nov. 25, 2008, Print Dec. 2, 2008. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
EDITORIAL:Major progress Nov 28, 2008
The good news was published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Death rates from cancer fell an average of 1. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
First drop in cancer incidence a big milestone Nov 27, 2008
The analysis, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that a drop in the rate at which Americans are dying from cancer, which began in the early 1990s and has been documented in previous reports, had continued, falling about 2 percent per year for men since 2001 and 1. 6 percent per year for women since 2002. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cancer rates fall, but lung cancer still a problem Nov 27, 2008
The annual report, published online Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, showed this simultaneous drop in overall cancer incidence and mortality for the first time since reporting began in 1998, the study authors said. While overall cancer death rates have been dropping, it's only now that experts see incidence, the rate at which new cancers are diagnosed, falling along with cancer mortality for both men and women, the report said. (CNN -- Health)
U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time Nov 27, 2008
A third of all cancers are due to smoking," he said. The report, titled the "Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use and Tobacco Control," is issued annually by the American Cancer Society, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. It was published in the Dec. 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.... (MEDLINEplus)
Death From Cancer Goes Into Decline Nov 27, 2008
Cancer death rates in men and women have decreased for the first time since 1998, according to new figures released by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The improvements are due to gains against some leading cancers -- prostate, colorectal, breast and, for men, lung cancer -- but numerous other types still are on the rise, including melanoma and kidney cancer, the report said. (KCRA 3, CA)
Cancer Rates, Cancer Deaths Dip Nov 27, 2008
Despite the good news in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, experts wonder if the positive trends can survive the bad economy. For example, the report credits a drop in colorectal cancer to a big increase in colonoscopies, which generally aren't done unless patients have insurance that will pay for it. (KWTX.com, TX)
Weight Boosts Older Women's Breast Cancer Risk Nov 26, 2008
In the current study, expected to be published in the Dec. 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, they looked at postmenopausal women not using HRT.. In years past, some research has suggested that the increased risk for breast cancer for obese women may be due to their not getting screened adequately, or because their tumors are perhaps more difficult to detect on mammography. (U.S. News & World Report)
New Cases of Cancer Decline in the United States Nov 26, 2008
It was published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Each year that you see these steady declines it gives you more confidence that we re moving in the right direction, said Dr. John E. Niederhuber, director of the National Cancer Institute, who is not an author of the report. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Rate of new cancer cases, deaths falls Nov 26, 2008
The report, published online Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found the leading cancer scourges including lung cancer, colon cancer and breast cancer are on the wane, prompting experts to conclude that aggressive cancer-prevention and treatment efforts are paying off against the nation s No. 2 killer. If the trend holds, people may hear the words it s cancer from their doctors less frequently in the years ahead. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Cancer incidence, mortality drop in U.S. Nov 26, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The overall incidence of cancer and death due to cancer dropped for the first time in men and women in the United States, according to a report published in the Nov. 25 on-line issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The overall decline in incidence and mortality is due largely to decreases in the three most common cancers in men (prostate, lung, and colorectal) and in two of the three most common in women(breast and colorectal cancer), said the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Understanding the Drop in Cancer Cases Nov 26, 2008
In the past decade, the fear of cancer has driven Gonzales and millions of other Americans to kick the smoking habit -- a fact that some doctors say could be a major contributor to an overall down-tick in cancer incidence reported today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Related. (ABC News)
Isolated Breast Cancer Cells In Sentinel Lymph Node Associated With Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases Nov 23, 2008
This research was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute November 11, 2008. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Calcium Plus Vitamin D Supplementation Is Not Associated With A Reduced Breast Cancer Risk Nov 23, 2008
22, 2008) Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements does not reduce breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women, according to data from a randomized, doubled-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. See also. (Science Daily)
Mexican Department of Public Health to Launch Screening for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Cause of Cervical Cancer Nov 19, 2008
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that about one-third of invasive cervical cancers developed in women whose smears had appeared normal. In contrast, HPV testing detects the presence of the virus itself. (PR Newswire)
Supplements Don't Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Nov 13, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Calcium or vitamin D supplements do not reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, online November 11, 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Vitamins don't cut heart attack and breast cancer risks, studies say Nov 13, 2008
The breast cancer study, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, was part of an effort to determine whether a combined pill of 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 400 IUs of vitamin D could help prevent hip fractures. Since some studies suggested vitamin D might reduce the risk of breast cancer, the researchers, led by Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, decided to track that too. (Los Angeles Times)
No breast cancer benefit from vitamins Nov 12, 2008
"The main findings do not support a causal relationship between calcium and vitamin D supplement use and reduced breast cancer incidence, despite the association observed in some epidemiological studies," the authors, led by Dr. Rowan T. Chlebowski of the University of California, Los Angeles, wrote in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. "Current evidence does not support their use in any dose to reduce breast cancer risk.". (Boston Globe)
High blood pressure during pregnancy Nov 8, 2008
"It's really important that we understand what's at work here, so we can be sure we're not missing cancers because of deceptively low PSA levels," he said in a statement accompanying the study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Even so, Dr. Freedland said men with high cholesterol should continue taking their medications. (Globe and Mail)
Statins Lower Blood Marker for Prostate Cancer Nov 1, 2008
But it's possible that statins may offer some protection against the disease, said Dr. Robert Hamilton, one author of the report in the Oct. 28 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. He worked on the study while a research fellow at Duke University; he is now a urology resident at the University of Toronto. (MEDLINEplus)
Cholesterol-lowering Drugs May Also Lower PSA, But Whether They Cut Cancer Risk Is Still Not Known Oct 31, 2008
The study was published in the October 28, 2008 issue Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The research was funded by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, The United States Department of Defense and the American Urological Association Foundation's Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award, given to Freedland. (Science Daily)
Improved Rodent Trials Can Speed Cancer Drug Development, Expert Suggests Oct 31, 2008
30, 2008) Better design of rodent trials could reduce the cost and time required for cancer drug development, according to a commentary in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. See also. (Science Daily)
New Hormone Data Can Predict Menopause Within A Year Oct 30, 2008
30, 2008) For many women, including the growing number who choose later-in-life pregnancy, predicting their biological clock's relation to the timing of their menopause and infertility is critically important. Now, investigators from the University of Michigan have provided new information about hormonal biomarkers that can address the beginning of the menopause transition. (Science Daily)
Statins Lower PSA Levels Oct 29, 2008
Prostate specific antigen, or PSA, levels dropped by about 4 percent in 1,214 men at a veterans' medical center in North Carolina after they began taking statins, the researchers wrote in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The biggest PSA declines were seen in men who took higher statin doses, those who had the biggest drop in cholesterol levels, and those who had the highest PSA levels to begin with, the researchers said. (Newsmax)
New Hope For A Better Treatment For Childhood Cancer Oct 21, 2008
(July 5, 2006) Women who survive childhood cancer are more likely to suffer premature menopause, according to a study in the July 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Risk factors include. (Science Daily)
Tamoxifen Chemoprevention Tied To Early Detection Of Breast Cancer Oct 13, 2008
12, 2008) The drug tamoxifen does not prevent or treat estrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancer, but it can make the disease easier to find, researchers report in the Oct. 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. See also. (Science Daily)
Drug Sorafenib Improves Kidney Cancer Outcomes Oct 11, 2008
The finding, published online Oct. 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, counters the general perception that older patients derive less benefit from the therapy and are more likely to suffer side effects than younger patients. The study, conducted by Tim Eisen of Addenbrooke's Hospital and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and colleagues, found patients age 70 and older and those 69 and younger had similar responses to the drug in terms of self-reported health... (MEDLINEplus)
NSAIDs Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk Oct 11, 2008
The study is in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Use of NSAIDs has been linked to a lower risk of cancer overall, particularly colon cancer, and even to a lower risk of breast cancer, although studies looking specifically at breast cancer have produced inconsistent results. (MEDLINEplus)
Bone Fracture Ups Risk of Male Breast Cancer Oct 11, 2008
The risk was particularly high among men with an affected sister and among men with both an affected mother and sister, they report in the current Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, October 7, 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Painkillers 'cut breast cancer' Oct 10, 2008
7 million women, was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Aspirin cut the risk by 13%, while ibuprofen lowered it by a fifth. (BBC News -- Health)
Tamoxifen Speeds Diagnosis of ER-Negative Breast Cancer Oct 10, 2008
The study was published online Oct. 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The findings should be investigated further, the researchers concluded. (MEDLINEplus)
Headache remedy may defend from breast cancer Oct 10, 2008
Researchers found anti-inflammatory medications such as Aspirin, naproxen and ibuprofen may help protect women from breast cancer, according to a B.C. co-authored study published this week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The analysis of data from 38 studies over the past 42 years in five countries and involving a total of 2. (Canada.com)
Aspirin may cut breast cancer risk Oct 10, 2008
The new study, being published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is the largest review ever conducted of these studies and provides strong evidence of a relationship between the drugs, whose generic names are acetylsalicylic acid and ibuprofen, and a reduced breast-cancer risk. "It is encouraging and we should definitely look into this further," said Mahyar Etminan, one of the study's authors and a scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation at Vancouver... (Globe and Mail)
Daily dose of aspirin 'may lower risk of breast cancer' Oct 8, 2008
The report, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, pooled results from 38 studies involving 2. 7million women. (Daily Mail)
Hormone Therapy May Protect Women with Breast Cancer Gene Sep 25, 2008
The study was published in the Sept. 23 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In a prepared statement, Dr. Amos Pines, immediate past president of the International Menopause Society (IMS), said the results support "the IMS view that HRT in the early postmenopausal period is safe and may be prescribed without concerns when needed.". (MEDLINEplus)
Bladder cancer detected via amplified gene in cells found in urine Sep 24, 2008
HOUSTON - Counting the copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. When the telltale gene, Aurora kinase A, is numerous and overexpressed in urothelial cells, errors during cell division follow, the team also found. (EurekAlert!)
Survival Rates Improve for Kids with Blood Cancers Sep 12, 2008
The study was published in the Sept. 9 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Breast Cancer Screening May Lower Mortality And Disease Burden In India Sep 12, 2008
12, 2008) Regular screening of women between the ages of 40 and 59 could substantially reduce breast cancer mortality in India, according to a study in the September 9 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. See also. (Science Daily)
U.S. Hospitals 'Flunk' Colon Cancer, Study Finds Sep 12, 2008
The study will be published in the Sept. 9 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. "It's disappointing that despite so much emphasis on this particular issue, so many hospitals still aren't checking enough lymph nodes to ensure they diagnose the accurate stage of cancer," said Karl Bilimoria, M.D., lead author and a surgery resident at the Feinberg School. (Science Daily)
Genetic Region Linked To Five Times Higher Lung Cancer Risk Sep 11, 2008
Published in the Sept. 13 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, this study is the fourth since April 2008 to implicate this genetic region in the development of lung cancer, and it strengthens the possibility that testing for variations in this region could become a valuable way to warn individuals of their higher risk ... Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Sept. 13, 2008. (Science Daily)
HEALTH BLOG: The doctor will see you now ... Sep 11, 2008
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that many positive results may have been overstated. Bob noticed this on MSN. As he notes, "in an area of medicine where hope is part of the remedy, the science should be scrutinized to guard against false statements.". (USA Today -- Money)
More kids surviving childhood blood cancers Sep 10, 2008
Their survival rates now top 80 percent, according to the study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers led by Dr. Hermann Brenner of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg used U.S. government cancer data for their study. (MSNBC -- Health)
Colon Cancer Treatments Need Improvements Sep 10, 2008
The first study, published in the Sept. 9 online edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), found that just 38 percent of U.S. hospitals sampled were testing enough lymph nodes after colon cancer surgery to accurately assess the extent to which the disease had spread. Related News. (U.S. News & World Report)
The odds it will kill you Sep 5, 2008
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... The Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... New risk charts in a paper published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute provide a broader perspective than most of the risk calculators on the Internet, because they cover the risks for 10 different causes of death, and for all causes combined, while differentiating by age and between smokers, nonsmokers and former smokers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Does Skin Cancer Lead To Other Cancers? Sep 2, 2008
The results are published in the Aug. 26 online version of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. By Kelley Colihan Reviewed by Louise Chang2005-2008 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. (CBS News)
Women may not realize worst chemotherapy effects Sep 2, 2008
A recent study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute identified eight serious chemotherapy-related adverse effects that may be more common than reported by large clinical trials. Fever and infection were the most common causes of hospitalization or emergency room visits. (Detroit Free Press)
Statins vs. Advanced Prostate Cancer Sep 2, 2008
SOURCES: Platz, E. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Dec. 20, 2006; vol 98: pp 1819-1825. News release, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Yahoo News -- Prostate Cancer)
Natural Chemical From Sea Sponges Induces Death In Cancer Cells Via Unusual Pathway Aug 30, 2008
29, 2008) A chemical called candidaspongiolide (CAN) inhibits protein synthesis but also kills cancer cells by triggering caspase 12-dependent programmed cell death, according to an article in the Aug. 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; DOI. (Science Daily)
History Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Is Associated With Increased Risk For Subsequent Malignancies Aug 29, 2008
28, 2008) Individuals with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) are at increased risk for other cancers, according to a study published in the August 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; 1215-1222 DOI. (Science Daily)
Novel Trial Design Aims To Speed Drug Development Aug 29, 2008
29, 2008) Researchers propose a novel multi-arm trial design that can test several therapies simultaneously and could speed drug development in cancer, according to an article in the Aug. 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; DOI. (Science Daily)
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Ups Risk for Other Cancers Aug 28, 2008
Now, researchers reporting online Aug. 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute say that a history of nonmelanoma lesions doubles the odds for a subsequent cancer. "That's not just cancer related to melanoma or other skin cancers," noted lead researcher Anthony Alberg, from the Medical University of South Carolina. (MEDLINEplus)
Throat Cancer Increasing among White Americans Aug 28, 2008
34 per 100,000 persons per year between 2000 and 2004, the researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In contrast, total esophageal cancer rates among white women remained constant. (MEDLINEplus)
Angiotensin Inhibitors And Receptor Blockers Linked To Lower Risk Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Aug 28, 2008
28, 2008) The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) was associated with a reduced risk of basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers in U.S. veterans, researchers report in the August 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; 100:1223-1232 DOI. (Science Daily)
Benign skin cancers may be 'warning sign' Aug 27, 2008
"It seems like non-melanoma skin cancer, even though it is a non-fatal disease, may be a warning sign for increased risk of other, more serious cancers," said Anthony Alberg, a researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, whose study appears in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Few Pharmacologic Treatments Of Cancer-Related Fatigue Available To Patients Aug 19, 2008
The review was published in the August 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; DOI. (Science Daily)
Hepatitis B Genotypes And Mutants May Influence Liver Cancer Risk Aug 16, 2008
15, 2008) Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes liver cancer in some individuals, but not all strains of the virus are associated with the same degree of risk, according to a study published in the August 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; DOI. (Science Daily)
Adenocarcinoma Of The Esophagus Increasing In White Men And Women Aug 15, 2008
14, 2008) The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in the United States increased among both white men and women between 1975 and 2004, according to a study published in the August 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; DOI. (Science Daily)
Sequential Doxorubicin And Zoledronic Acid Have Powerful Anti-Tumor Effect In Vivo Aug 15, 2008
15, 2008) The use of doxorubicin followed by zoledronic acid reduced tumor size substantially in a mouse model of breast cancer that does not have bone metastases, according to a study published in the August 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2008; DOI. (Science Daily)
Cheap drug hope for breast cancer Aug 14, 2008
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute said the combination cost a twentieth of Herceptin, given to breast cancer patients by the NHS.. Specialists said the results of human trials now under way would be crucial. (BBC News -- Health)
Surgery Helps with Prostate Cancer, Sometimes Aug 14, 2008
The findings were published online Aug. 12 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Yu-Ning Wong, an oncologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, said it's "unclear how these results apply to the patients we are taking care of today. They show how many questions remain unanswered.". (MEDLINEplus)
Risk of Breast Cancer Relapse Can Linger Aug 14, 2008
The study findings were published online Aug. 12 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, said the study findings leave some unanswered questions, such as the best course of action at the five-year mark. (MEDLINEplus)
