http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 7:16:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39217/herpes-linked-to-brain-cancer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCancer researchers are finally taking seriously a young surgeon’s decade-long hunch that brain tumors are linked to a strain of herpes that lies dormant in 80% of Americans. The physician speculated that brain cancer patients—many of them affluent and educated—were more vulnerable to common viruses such as the herpes CMV strain because of their "hyper-hygienic" lives, reports the San Francisco Chronicle .http://www.newser.com/story/39217/herpes-linked-to-brain-cancer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 05 Oct 2008 23:57:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39218/experts-close-in-on-breast-cancer-vaccine.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe prevention of breast cancer has been strongly linked to hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and breastfeeding, prompting a top cancer expert to predict that a vaccine could mimic such safeguards, reports the Guardian. The researcher called for increased efforts to prevent breast cancer in addition to treating it, noting that the number of new diagnoses continues to climb even as death rates drop.http://www.newser.com/story/39218/experts-close-in-on-breast-cancer-vaccine.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 06 Oct 2008 1:47:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38126/cancer-docs-shy-away-from-empathy-study.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhen it comes to cancer, a doctor’s ability to empathize with a patient is paramount, experts say—but a new study finds that physicians aren't feeling patients' pain, HealthDay reports. “Physicians only responded to 10% of empathic opportunities, and when patients raised existential concerns, physicians tended to shift more to biomedical responses,” said the study’s author.http://www.newser.com/story/38126/cancer-docs-shy-away-from-empathy-study.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 23 Sep 2008 6:48:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38103/quicker-therapy-just-as-good-for-breast-cancer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIntensive, short-term radiation therapy battles breast cancer as well as the usual longer treatment, Canadian researchers said today. Their study of 1,200 women showed that after 12 years, 1 to 3 weeks of daily treatment kept cancer at bay slightly better than 5 to 7 weeks of the more common therapy, Reuters reports.http://www.newser.com/story/38103/quicker-therapy-just-as-good-for-breast-cancer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 22 Sep 2008 20:10:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37786/former-boston-mayor-collapses-during-speech.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFormer Boston mayor Ray Flynn, who’s been fighting skin cancer, collapsed during a speech last night and remains hospitalized, the Globe reports. He is in fair condition. “He hasn’t been feeling well in a long time,” his son said, adding that Flynn, 69, is also grieving the death last month of a younger brother. “He’s been under a lot of stress the last month.”http://www.newser.com/story/37786/former-boston-mayor-collapses-during-speech.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 18 Sep 2008 10:32:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37714/study-backs-virtual-colonoscopy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new study has found a virtual colonoscopy to be almost as effective as a conventional invasive procedure in detecting colon cancer, USA Today reports. Virtual colonoscopies, using scans and computer imaging, discovered 90% of the cancers located by regular colonoscopies, in which a scope is physically passed through the colon, according to the study in the New England Journal of Medicine .http://www.newser.com/story/37714/study-backs-virtual-colonoscopy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 17 Sep 2008 21:39:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37443/colon-cancer-gene-discovered.html?refid=rss_all_defaultResearchers have discovered a key gene that may contribute to the growth of colon cancer and could provide a target for new therapies, Bloomberg reports. The gene, CDK8, controls a cell growth switch that researchers think might spur the development of many tumors. The discovery may help up to 50% of people with colon cancer, researchers predict.http://www.newser.com/story/37443/colon-cancer-gene-discovered.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 14 Sep 2008 23:26:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36923/painkillers-may-play-role-in-prostate-cancer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCommon pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen belong to a class of drugs that lowers protein levels doctors use to test for prostate cancer, the second-most-common cancer found in men. But researchers say it's not clear if the drugs are lowering the risk of developing the cancer or just making it harder to detect, Reuters reports.http://www.newser.com/story/36923/painkillers-may-play-role-in-prostate-cancer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 08 Sep 2008 14:31:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36927/celeb-cancer-show-nets-100m.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe all-star TV benefit that ran on three US networks and reached 170 countries worldwide has raised $100 million for cancer research, Reuters reports. Friday's Stand Up to Cancer  telecast, which drew a modest but apparently generous audience of 10.3 million in the US. It attracted 100 celebs, some of whom, like Christina Applegate and Patrick Swayze, have undergone cancer treatment.http://www.newser.com/story/36927/celeb-cancer-show-nets-100m.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 08 Sep 2008 15:59:52 CDT