Read more cancer treatment stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4877/cancer-treatment.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:53:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74599/pain-relieving-morphine-may-spread-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorphine, a painkiller often prescribed to ease cancer patients' suffering, may in fact encourage the spread of the disease. A new study suggests that the opiate strengthens blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients to tumors, as well as makes it easier for cancers to invade new tissues and spread,...http://www.newser.com/story/74599/pain-relieving-morphine-may-spread-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 7:44:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66861/study-may-yield-better-cancer-drugs-less-chemo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA breakthrough with cancer stem cells may lead to more potent drugs—ones that pair with chemotherapy in the sort of drug cocktail used against AIDS, reports the New York Times . If borne out, the development—in which researchers figured out how to screen for chemicals that attack only cancerous...http://www.newser.com/story/66861/study-may-yield-better-cancer-drugs-less-chemo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 19:51:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65438/child-cancer-survivors-risk-heart-trouble-years-later.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKids who’ve conquered cancer can end up battling the effects of treatment years later as young adults, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some 10% of kids treated with drugs called anthracyclines, powerful against leukemia and other cancers, later suffer from progressive weakening of the heart that can lead to congestive...http://www.newser.com/story/65438/child-cancer-survivors-risk-heart-trouble-years-later.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 8:10:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64917/docs-weigh-longer-chemo-in-cancer-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInstead of waiting for cancer to return, some doctors are keeping up patients’ chemotherapy even when the threat has lessened, the New York Times reports. With maintenance therapy, some in the medical and drug industries say, it may be possible to treat cancer as a chronic disease, with tumors kept...http://www.newser.com/story/64917/docs-weigh-longer-chemo-in-cancer-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 10:11:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64028/mammograms-may-lead-to-overtreatment-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne-third of breast cancers that show up on mammograms may be essentially harmless, meaning that treating every tumor causes unnecessary trauma, a five-nation study suggests. A mammogram doesn't reveal whether a cancer is lethal or harmless, so all get treated when some could be merely monitored, the BBC reports. The...http://www.newser.com/story/64028/mammograms-may-lead-to-overtreatment-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63854/health-reform-must-pass-the-test-of-prostate-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget public options and universal mandates. The real litmus test for health care reform is prostate cancer testing, writes David Leonhardt of the New York Times. Treatments for the disease range in cost from a few thousand dollars to more than $100,000. "You can probably guess which treatments are...http://www.newser.com/story/63854/health-reform-must-pass-the-test-of-prostate-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 9:08:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63062/promising-trojan-horse-cells-kills-animal-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian researchers have achieved promising results with a new approach to treating cancer, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . Scientists have developed mutant bacteria nanocells that slip into tumor cells to switch off drug-resistant genes, and allow cancer-fighting drugs inside, also delivered by the nanocells. The strategy has achieved near-universal success...http://www.newser.com/story/63062/promising-trojan-horse-cells-kills-animal-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 1:58:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62776/new-class-of-drugs-could-revolutionize-cancer-treatment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new class of drugs in development represents the biggest cancer breakthrough in a decade, Robert Bazell writes at NBC. In a study causing much excitement in the medical world, breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients treated with Olaparib, one of a group of drugs known as PARP inhibitors, had...http://www.newser.com/story/62776/new-class-of-drugs-could-revolutionize-cancer-treatment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 9:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62440/va-doc-botched-92-of-116-cancer-operations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe VA Hospital in Philadelphia performed 116 operations to treat prostate cancer before an investigation found that 92 of the them had been seriously botched, the New York Times reports. The VA considered Dr. Gary Kao an expert who didn't need oversight, and allowed him to cover up his mistakes...http://www.newser.com/story/62440/va-doc-botched-92-of-116-cancer-operations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Jun 2009 11:32:00 CDT