... Version VA RESEARCH: TREATING NON-CANCER ISSUES AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS PROLONGS SURVIVAL -- Receiving treatment for non-cancer health issues while being treated by specialists for cancer improves cancer survival rates. For more information about ... Indiana University Treating oft ignored non-cancer health issues after cancer diagnosis prolongs survival INDIANAPOLIS Receiving treatment for non-cancer health issues while being treated by specialists... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf122807-7.htm
...... Printer-Friendly Version CANCER MIRACLES -- A veteran with cancer, given just months to live, ...------- Cancer Miracles A cancer patient, given just months to live ... to boost the immune system to fight cancer. Glaxosmithkline is in final-stage ... a new twist on the war on cancer. For decades cancer researchers have focused mostly on killing cancer cells with drugs and radiation, or... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nffeb09/nf021309-5.htm
3. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 10-11-2007 #3 -- VA AND STATES AT ODDS ON CANCER DATA -- While other hospitals are required by state laws to submit CANCER data, VA hospitals are not, And now, for the first time, the VA has stopped providing information on their CANCER patients.nf101107-3.htm
...- VA AND STATES AT ODDS ON CANCER DATA -- While other hospitals are required by state laws to submit cancer data, VA hospitals are not, .... VA AND STATES AT ODDS ON CANCER DATA -- While other hospitals are required by state laws to submit cancer data, VA hospitals are not, ... V.A. at Odds on Cancer Data By GINA KOLATA Until recently, the nation s cancer surveillance program was humming along. In ... In the meantime, when the National Cancer Institute publishes its latest national cancer statistics next summer, they will be... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfOCT07/nf101107-3.htm
... UC DAVIS RESEARCHERS TAKE AIM AT KIDNEY CANCER -- Have come across a way to block a cancer gene's own repair mechanism and make chemotherapy more effective for kidney cancer patients. For more about VA research ... UC Davis researchers take aim at kidney cancer Sacramento Business Journal University of California Davis Cancer Center researchers have come across a way to block a cancer gene's own repair mechanism and make chemotherapy more effective for kidney cancer patients. The findings, considered the ...UC DAVIS RESEARCHERS TAKE AIM AT KIDNEY CANCER --Have come across a way... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfdec08/nf122708-7.htm
... page. 17 MALE VETERANS WITH BREAST CANCER TIED TO LEJEUNE "This male breast cancer cluster is a smoking gun. You ... rare disease. "This male breast cancer cluster is a smoking gun," breast cancer survivor Mike Partain said on Friday. ... are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year compared with nearly 200,000 women, the American Cancer Society says. A man has a ... made them ill. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center epidemiologist Devra Davis also is preparing a case report on the breast cancer cluster. Partain is among those who... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjul09/nf070409-1.htm
... RESEARCH ON HEART HORMONE SHOWS PROMISE AS CANCER TREATMENT -- Hormones produced by the heart eliminated human pancreatic cancer in more than three- quarters of ...--- Taking the fight against cancer to heart Hormones produced by the heart ... one month, the treatment had eliminated cancer in 80% of the mice injected with human pancreatic cancer and in 66% of the mice injected with breast cancer. The results with pancreatic cancer were particularly exciting because it is a fast-moving cancer with poor prognosis. No side effects... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf022708-6.htm
...Friendly Version VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING -- Advanced CT technology that can diagnose lung cancer at its earliest most curable stage is ...-- Veterans Organizations Call for Lung Cancer Screening WASHINGTON, -Usnewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance announced that for the second year ... wrong." he said. Lung cancer is usually an indolent cancer that takes years to develop, thus ... living with or at risk for lung cancer. Lung Cancer Alliance is committed to leading the movement... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf021608-1.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 02-13-2007 #8 -- LUNG CANCER ALLIANCE HAILS VSOs' CALL FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION PROGRAM -- Vietnam veterans are at especially high risk for lung CANCER because of their exposure to carcinogens.nf021307-8.htm
...-2007 #8 -- LUNG CANCER ALLIANCE HAILS Vsos' CALL FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION PROGRAM -- Vietnam veterans are at especially high risk for lung cancer because of their exposure to carcinogens. ...: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page LUNG CANCER ALLIANCE HAILS Vsos' CALL FOR EARLY ...------ Lung Cancer Alliance Hails Veterans Service Organizations' Call for Early Lung Cancer Detection Program Program would fund screening for veterans at risk for lung cancer WASHINGTON, /Prnewswire-Usnewswire/ -- Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) today hailed veterans... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfFEB07/nf021307-8.htm
9. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-27-2007 #6 -- CANCER IN IRAQ VETS RAISES POSSIBILITY OF TOXIC EXPOSURE -- He awoke one morning with a sore throat. Eighteen months later, he was dead of a bizarrely aggressive CANCER rarely seen by the doctors who tried to treat it.nf082707-6.htm
...27-2007 #6 -- CANCER IN IRAQ VETS RAISES POSSIBILITY OF TOXIC ... he was dead of a bizarrely aggressive cancer rarely seen by the doctors who The ... page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page CANCER IN IRAQ VETS RAISES POSSIBILITY OF TOXIC ... he was dead of a bizarrely aggressive cancer rarely seen by the doctors who tried to treat it. Model of cancer treatment delivery system. For more about veterans and cancer, use the VA Watchdog search engine ... a leading head-and-neck cancer specialist at the Arizona Cancer Center reviewed the course of Lauderdale'... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf082707-6.htm
... CONGRESSMAN QUESTIONS VA POLICY ON HOLDING BACK CANCER STATISTICS -- "It is crucial that the cancer community have access to this data so ...-27) pointed to an American Cancer Society report on rising U.S. cancer deaths as further evidence of the need ... the data collection efforts of the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control, the National Cancer Institute, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, state health departments, and ... Department of Veterans Affairs to allow the cancer community fair and adequate access to cancer... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf022308-2.htm
