Cancer Research in the News: April 27 – May 13

Selected articles from this review period include:

  • A recent study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research indicates that women who consume the highest amounts of coffee have the lowest risk of developing estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer.
  • An investigational drug shows promise targeting oxygen supply in tumors, according to results of a study completed at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare published in the current issue of Clinical Cancer Research.
  • US research reveals higher cancer rate among gay men.
  • In a recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston report their discovery of stem cells in the human lung.

Blog Buzz: May 1 – May 12

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Resource Highlights: NIH Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

An exciting new resource on complementary and alternative medicine research has arrived in the form of  NIH’s National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). The resource serves as a source of trusted information to educate healthcare providers in CAM practices and aid them in discussing CAM medicine with their patients. The NCCAM resource is tailored for health care providers of any discipline including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and physician assistants.

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