Cancer Research News: September 25 – October 8

Harvard research suggests that married cancer patients live longer than singles with the disease.
Research has shown that walking reduces risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
A class of antidepressants have the potential to treat small-cell lung cancer.
A new study links bisphenol A with increased risk of mammary cancer in rats.

Cancer Research News: September 11 – September 24

The FDA has published its final guidance document for mobile medical apps.
The AACR is participating in ABC News’ Twitter chat on childhood cancer, on Tuesday, Sep. 24 from 1-2pm ET.
A new marker for lung cancer could enable noninvasive testing to identify lung cancer in early stages.
Obese patients are often undertreated with chemotherapy due to dose capping, the Washington Post reports.

In late August, Health and Human Services (HHS) held a public meeting on “Protections of Human Subjects and Research Studying Standard of Care Interventions.” Various presentations have been broken out into separate videos and are now available online.
An article in a recent issue of the Arizona Republic entitled “Questions in India cancer study still lingering” discussed a controversial NCI-funded trial focused on cervical cancer screening.
A segment broadcast by the Minnesota Public Radio discussed the impact of NIH research funding cuts on the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota.
Researchers in Germany have found a new noninvasive method for detecting colon cancer.