Breast Cancer Stigma a Killer in Developing World
Stigma and ignorance about breast cancer are responsible for the unnecessary deaths of many women in developing countries, a Pakistani physician said on Monday.
( Reuters, 10/21/2002 12:32 PM PDT)

No Reason to Under-Treat Older Cancer Patients
Older patients are being unnecessarily denied the best treatment for their cancer because doctors fear they cannot tolerate chemotherapy or surgery, researchers said on Sunday.
( Reuters, 10/21/2002 12:32 PM PDT)

Chinese Herbs for Cancer Care Put to 'Western' Test
Researchers in Hong Kong are putting Chinese herbal medicines to the test using Western scientific methods, in the hope that they can offer solid advice to the many cancer patients who consider using the traditional remedies.
( Reuters, 10/21/2002 12:31 PM PDT)

Breast cancer survivor still in race
Amy Shaw isn't the type of fighter who stays on the ropes for very long. The San Francisco woman came back swinging hard after learning she had breast cancer, and on Sunday she will join thousands of others to run and walk their way across the finish line in an effort to eradicate the disease.
( By Rowena Coetsee, STAFF WRITER, 10/18/2002 08:06 AM PDT)

Patients First at European Cancer Conference
Europe's biggest medical oncology meeting opens on Friday with a patient seminar that conference organizers say reflects the central role that people with cancer can play in their own treatment.
( Reuters, 10/18/2002 07:53 AM PDT)

Mastectomy, lump removal seen equal
For most of the 20th century, mastectomy, or removal of the breast, was the surgery of choice for doctors treating women with breast cancer.
( JEFF DONN, Associated Press Writer, 10/17/2002 06:25 AM PDT)

Tumors Churn Out Protein That Hampers Immune System
New insight on how some tumors may escape attack by the immune system could lead to earlier diagnosis of breast, lung, colon and other cancers as well as possible new ways to treat the malignancies, researchers report.
( BY JACQUELINE STENSON, Reuters, 10/17/2002 09:30 AM PDT)

No link between deodorant, cancer
A new study, prompted by an urban myth spread on the Internet, shows there is no evidence that antiperspirants or deodorants can cause breast cancer.
( PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer, 10/16/2002 07:23 AM PDT)

Protein may aid cancer detection
A pattern of protein markers in the blood may be used to sharpen the diagnosis of prostate cancer and to eliminate unneeded biopsies, researchers say.
( PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer, 10/16/2002 07:09 AM PDT)