- In an ABC health video, Dr. Richard Besser shares information from two recent studies about the safety of cell phone use. A study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that 50 min. of cell phone use does correlate with increased brain metabolism. However, a 9 year study from the UK seems to indicate that cell phone use does not increase the risk of brain cancer.
- Lance Armstrong campaigns for a tobacco tax initiative to fund cancer research.
- Karen Basen-Engquist of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center blogs about how exercise can prevent cancer.
- Dan Bowman at FierceMobileHealthcare blogs about how a team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a micro-NMR that delivers results to a smart phone app that might enable tumors to be identified by the patient’s bedside within 60 minutes.
- Dr. Kenneth Lin blogs about the politics surrounding the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force revote on prostate cancer screening on March 10th and 11th.
Category Archives: Cancer Research News
Cancer Research News: December 22 – January 4
- New research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia demonstrates that estrogen may play a role in oral cancer in women
- Dr. Bruce Campbell blogs about discussing cancer treatment with a terminal patient
- Boston scientists and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up to bring a new blood test to detect cancer cells to market. Mass General Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will start using the test this year