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• Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer

  January 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy ...

• Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread

  January 1 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could help doctors fine-tune breast cancer ...

• Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

  December 31 (HealthDay News) -- Doubts over the safety of diabetes and heart treatments, disappointing ...

• Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab

  December 31 (HealthDay News) -- More than three-quarters of laboratory leukemia cells exposed to an ...

• High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer

  December 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with high levels of insulin in their blood appear ...

• Cancer Drug May Help With Kidney Transplants

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug bortezomib (Velcade) may also be effective at ...

• Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A diet rich in the inorganic phosphates found in many ...

• Vitamins Fail to Prevent Cancer: Study

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In another blow to the supposed cancer-fighting powers of vitamins ...

• Researchers Create Molecular Manual

  Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The first catalog of tissue-specific changes associated with hundreds of ...

• Degarelix Approved for Advanced Prostate Cancer

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The injected drug degarelix has been approved by the U.S. ...

• Lung Cancer: Still the Biggest Cancer Killer, by Far

  December 27 (HealthDay News) -- It's the leading cause of cancer death in the United ...

• Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts

  December 23 (HealthDay News) -- The war against cancer gathered steam in 2008, as new ...

• Rules Change Could Increase Hospice Use

  December 22 (HealthDay News) -- More people with life-threatening illnesses would seek hospice care if ...

• Gleevec Approved for Use After Cancer Surgery

  December 22 (HealthDay News) -- Gleevec, a "miracle drug" in curing certain types of adult ...

• Gene Variant Tied to Smokers' Risk of Lung Cancer

  December 22 (HealthDay News) -- People may face an increased risk of lung cancer if ...

• Mozobil Boosts Stem Cells Before Bone Marrow Transplants

  December 19 (HealthDay News) -- The Genzyme Corp. drug Mozobil (plerixafor) has been approved by ...

• Gene Boosts Drinkers' Colon Cancer Risk

  December 19 (HealthDay News) -- About a fifth of white Americans carry a gene mutation ...

• Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- Marriage problems are associated with poorer outcomes for women with ...

• Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival

  December 17 (HealthDay News) -- Women with ovarian cancer who had low levels of either ...