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SOURCE 1: New England Journal of Medicine, February 1, 1990; 322(5):297-331 . SOURCE 2: Cancer, January 15, 1990; 65(2):265-271. Two recent studies differ in their conclusions on whether cathepsin D [...]

SOURCE: New England Journal of Medicine, December 13, 1990; 323(24):1664-1671. A prospective study involving roughly 89,000 nurses supports the claim that consumption of red meat and animal fat is a [...]

U.S. NIH An increasing number of women are being diagnosed with breast cancer each year and there are indications this is due not only to improved diagnostic tests, but also [...]

The Preventive Medicine Institute/Strange Clinic, a non-profit research and diagnostic center in New York City, has established a National High Risk Registry to compile personal and family medical information on [...]

The Pennsylvania Health Department reports the cancer rate for men rose from 366 cases per 100,000 in 1983 to 392 cases per 100,000 in 1984. The rise in women was [...]

Two newly published studies on the prognostic significance of the estrogen-related lysosomal protease cathepsin D reach very different conclusions, but a contributing author to one of the studies says methodological [...]

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Past studies have suggested that plasma concentrations of hormones - particularly estradiol - are associated with risk of breast cancer and endometrial cancer. Ross Prentice, [...]

SOURCE: Journal of Clinical Oncology, January, 1990; 8(1):146-150. Mitoxantrone may be a reasonable therapy for refractory ovarian cancer patients who have failed treatment with cisplatin, according to a phase II [...]

SOURCE: Acta Oncologica, December, 1989; 28(5):663-665. The cytotoxic agent mitozolomide is of little value in the treatment of poor-risk advanced ovarian cancer patients, according to the results of a trial [...]

Canada Some investigators have suggested that dietary fat triggers the release of hormones that promote breast cancer. However, Dianne Goettler of the London Regional Cancer Centre, Canada, and colleagues found [...]

U.S. NCI Mitchell Gail and colleagues at the Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, have developed a model for estimating the probability that a particular woman will develop breast [...]

Dr. Thomas Wronski of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine says diphosphonates may help prevent osteoporosis in women without increasing their cancer risk. Normally, osteoporosis (a brittle bone [...]

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association A special survey of medicines in development for cancers affecting women, conducted by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, shows that 51 medicines are in human clinical trials or [...]

SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 18, 1990; 82(8):693-696. The rising incidence of breast cancer in the United States among women over the age of 60 cannot be [...]

Sweden Females may have lower death rates from some cancers than men because of their sex hormones, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A [...]

American Cancer Society A new nationwide survey by the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that significant gains have been made to convince primary care physicians to screen their asymptomatic patients [...]

Michigan The Michigan Breast Cancer Task Force has released a report after almost two years of study that urges women to seek breast examinations. 'Our strongest message today is that [...]

Kentucky The Kentucky Senate has approved legislation which would establish a breast cancer screening program in the Department of Health Services. It would also establish a state cancer registry. A [...]

The American Cancer Society, in its annual Cancer Facts and Figures, predicts that more women will die from lung cancer this year, while the lung cancer mortality among men will [...]

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued a report indicating that lung and breast cancers in women and skin cancer in men have risen the most between 1982 and [...]

Nichols Institute Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, California, has announced the release of a test for Cathepsin D, a new prognostic indicator for breast cancer. Performed on breast cancer tissue, [...]

SOURCE: Cancer, January 15, 1990; 65(2):221-223. Women who have received mantle irradiation for Hodgkin's disease are at greater risk of developing breast cancer and should undergo routine mammograms, according to [...]

Cancer, January 15, 1990; 65(2):200-207. The addition of either prednisone or prednisone and tamoxifen to the drug combination of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF) did not appear to increase survival [...]

Missouri The Missouri Department of Health reports that breast cancer increased in the 1980s among women in the state. Using Missouri Cancer Registry data from 1980 to 1987, the department [...]

AUTHORS: B. Norrild, A. Sebbelov and A. Iversen. The Danish Cancer Society, Arhus C., Denmark. According to the authors' abstract from the second annual meeting of the Danish Society for [...]

AUTHORS: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen and Jorn Andersen. Department of Oncology, The Finsen Institute, Copenhagen and The Danish Cancer Society, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, University Hospital, Arhus, Denmark. According to [...]

Great Britain There will be an investigation of the National Health Service's $40 million breast cancer screening program, following criticism that the program is inadequately staffed and funded. The government [...]

London Dr. Tom Bourne, research fellow at King's College Hospital, London, says screening for ovarian cancer in Great Britain would cost about the same as an existing program for detection [...]

University of Miami A series of studies appear to confirm that psycho-social factors play a role in the development of cervical cancer in women, according to Dr. Karl Goodkin, one [...]

'A Case-Control Study of LArge Bowel Cancer and Hormone Exposure in Women,' Exogenous hormones appear to alter the risk of large bowel cancer in women, according to a report by [...]

'Personal and Family History of Lung Disease as Risk Factors for Adenocarcinoma of the Lung' Family histories of tuberculosis and lung cancer are risk factors for adenocarcinoma of the lung [...]

'Perspective in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Trends in Screening Mammograms for Women 50 Years of Age and Older - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1987' 'Although the American Cancer [...]

PROGRAM SEEKS TO BOOST CONFIDENCE OF WOMEN CANCER PATIENTS The American Cancer Society, the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association Foundation, and the National Cosmetology Association have announced a 'Look Good...Feel [...]

'Children, Age at First Birth, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Data from the Melbourne Colorectal Cancer Study' A new study suggests that life-style factors, rather than female hormonal status, are responsible [...]

FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENING The government of France has announced it will offer free mammographies to all women aged 50 to 69 every three years, in an attempt to reduce [...]

'Screening for Endometrial Cancer: Is It Effective?' The techniques now used for diagnosing endometrial cancer in asymptomatic women are too ineffective to justify making the screening a routine part of [...]

FAT AND ANIMAL PROTEINS LINKED TO BREAST CANCER A study of 750 Italian women has concluded that a diet low in fats, saturated fats and animal protein can reduce the [...]