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• Worthy Wisdom: Flax seed to the rescue

  Published: August 4, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Anti, Brown, Cancer, Canyon, Common, Diabetes, Fibers, Flax, Golden, Growth, Heart, Linseed, Menopausal, Mice, Plant, Post, Prevention, Ranch, Seed, Tumor, Wisdom, Worthy, Yellow

  that flaxseed can reduce tumor growth in mice, particularly the tumors found in human post-menopausal breast cancer. Flax seed also serves as replacement for egg in baking -- just mix one tablespoon of ground flax seeds with three tablespoons of water. It can be mixed with oatmeal, yogurt, anything where a nutty flavor is appropriate.Flax is

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• Supposed cancer patient tries to elude the law

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:33 pm

  Tags: Gaol, Jail, Law, Police, Prison, Tifiga Atanoa, Tifigaatanoa, Tumor

  was arrested with a large tumor on his neck, but that has since seemingly disappeared. What's more, upon re-arrest, he didn't admit to any illness. Is he ill or a liar looking for an excuse to run from the law? He's in police custody now and will face trial later this month.Read   Permalink   Email this

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• Cancer By The Numbers: Basal Cell Carcinoma

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Basal, Biopsy, Cancer, Carcinoma, Cell, Chemotherapy, Cured, Detection, Epidermis, Light, Melanoma, Non Melanoma, Numbers, Prevention, Radiation, Risk, Skin, Sun, Surgery, The, Treatment, Tumor, Vitamin

  a layer of skin that the tumor has spread to and checking the sample under a microscope right away. If it's cancer, more pieces of the tumor are removed and examined until the skin samples come up clean. It's a slow process but but allows normal skin next to the tumor to be saved, ensuring the skin looks better after surgery. Only doctors

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• Neuvenge breast cancer vaccine appears safe, effective

  Published: August 23, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Advanced, Aggressive, Breast, Cancer, Cells, Clinical, Corporation, Dendreon, Disease, Effective, Growth, Her 2, Immune, Journal, Neuvenge, Oncology, Positive, Prostate, Provenge, Safe, Targeted, Therapy, Tumor, Vaccine

  showed signs of slowing down tumor growth too.The Neuvenge vaccine, made by Dendreon Corporation -- maker of the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine -- targets the aggressive Her-2 positive form of breast cancer, which affects 20 to 30 percent of breast cancer patients. Using immune cells from a cancer patient's own body, Neuvenge is a tailor-made

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• Today, I am grateful

  Published: August 30, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Breast, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Clean, Clear, Diagnosis, Disease, Grateful, Growth, Herceptin, Lumpectomy, Lymph, Margins, Mass, Nodes, Prognosis, Radation, Spread, Therapy, Today, Tumor

  it was, my tiny pea-sized tumor would be the size of an apple within days.My fears were unfounded and irrational. I know that now. But during the moments of uncertainty that filled my days between diagnosis and prognosis, I had no direction. I had only my wandering mind for company. The waiting really is the hardest part. Once faced with the

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• VeriChip defends its implantable microchips, promises they're safe

  Published: September 11, 2007, 5:48 pm

  Tags: Cancer, Health, Healthcare, Implant, Medical, Rfid, Tumor, Verichip

  Filed under: WirelessMan, that was quick. Just two days after reports hit the net about RFID implants being linked to cancer, VeriChip is lunging out to vehemently defend its own implantable microchip. Interestingly enough, the firm cites phrases from a number of studies to suggest that all is well and we've nothing to fear by getting one of these

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• MicroRNA convicted of triggering metastasis

  Published: September 26, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Health, Cancer Cells, Microrna, Tumor Metastasis

  The jury is in: microRNAs can cause tumors to metastasize. These tiny molecules fine-tune protein production and play a powerful role in biological processes ranging from development to aging. Now scientists have proved that they can prompt otherwise sedentary cancer cells to move and invade other tissues.

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• Brown Researchers Make Major Signal Transduction Discovery

  Published: October 4, 2007, 4:22 pm

  Tags: Health, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Cells, Tumor Suppressor Gene

  The chemical process known as acetylation plays a central role in cytokine receptor signal transduction a fundamental biochemical cascade inside cells that controls the activity of antiviral and tumor-suppressing genes.

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• Young Researchers Honored by Japanese Cancer Association

  Published: October 8, 2007, 8:19 pm

  Tags: Science, Cancer, Carcinogenesis, Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology, Experimental Therapeutics, Immunology, Japanese, Molecular Biology Genetics, Prevention, Tumor Biology Pathology, Virology, Wiley Blackwell

  Wiley-Blackwell Sponsors the Cancer Science Young Scientists Award'

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• New Drug Fights Breast Cancer

  Published: October 12, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness 2007, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Tumor

  That means not all tumors are the same, so they respond to different treatments. A new study has found a drug that can cut the recurrence of one type of tumor by 41%. The drug called paclitaxel, when used with chemotherapy, can target HER2-positive (human epidermal growth factor receptor-2) tumors. Of course these findings need to

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• Breast cancer: New tumor marker guidelines and Oncotype DX

  Published: October 30, 2007, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Healthcare, Health, New Treatment, Breast Cancer, Oncotype Dx, Tumor

  Specific Antigen] which is a tumor marker in the blood of men with prostate cancer), or they can even be components of the genetic material of the tumor cells (more about this later when we discuss Oncotype DX). Tumor markers are tested at different times in the cancer journey and can be helpful both in diagnosis, assessing prognosis, determining

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• Researchers make brain cancer breakthrough

  Published: November 14, 2007, 3:01 am

  Tags: Health, Diseases And Disorders, Doctors And Medical Professionals, Medical Research, Brain And Nervous System, Brain Tumor, Australia, Adelaide 5000

  Australian researchers have identified five genes which they hope will improve treatment for people with brain tumours.

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• Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

  Published: November 20, 2007, 1:08 am

  Tags: Tumor

  Have you been diagnosed with Irritable bowel Syndrome? Are you still experiencing your symptoms even with treatment? It may not be Irritable Bowel Syndrome, but a tumor in the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal Stromal tumors are tumors of the

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• New Technology in Tracing Cancer Cells

  Published: December 20, 2007, 12:28 am

  Tags: Tumor Cells, Cancer Treatment, Biotechnology, Metastatic Disease, Medical Device, Cancer

  the tiniest fragments of tumor cells still

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• Microchip Can Detect Tumor Cells in the Bloodstream [One Step At A Time]

  Published: December 20, 2007, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Cancer, Cancer Cells, Ctc, Ctc Chip, Health, Medicine, Microchip, One Step At A Time, Tumor

  and analyze circulating tumor cells, or CTCs in the blood. CTCs are fragile, yet viable fragments from solid tumors that could be responsible for the spreading of cancer throughout the body. According to Mehmet Toner, the Director, BioMEMS Resource Center, "these are really the cells that end up killing people." The "CTC-chip" itself is a

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