- HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men who are overweight and who have
high insulin levels when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer may be
more likely to die from the disease, research shows. - HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new technique may help doctors
diagnose a rare form of leukemia in a matter of hours instead of weeks,
researchers say. - 
Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.
- 
AFP - French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year.
- 
AP - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.
- Reuters - Roche Holding AG and Genentech Inc said on Monday a study into the benefits of combining their Tarceva and Avastin drugs for lung cancer patients did not show an increase in overall survival. - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A simple test of saliva proteins may
one day help doctors detect oral cancer, according to a new study in the
Oct. 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. - HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could one
day be an effective way to screen for breast cancer, a new study
suggests. - 
Reuters - Tens of millions of people will die from respiratory illness and lung cancer over the next 25 years in China if nothing is done to reduce smoking and fuel burning indoors, scientists warned.
- Reuters - Genetic tests could in future show who will respond best to Genentech and Roche's blockbuster cancer drug Avastin -- a positive development for patients but not necessarily for sales. - Reuters - A new drug patch material studded with tiny specks of diamonds may one day allow cancer patients to get chemotherapy just where they need it, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. - Reuters - Hypnosis can help reduce hot flashes among breast cancer survivors, new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows. - HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Large doses of vitamin C
could reduce the effectiveness of anticancer drugs, according to a new
study that focused on laboratory cancer cells and mice. - HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have uncovered a
genetic link between obesity and the risk for colon cancer. The discovery
could lead to greater accuracy in predicting who is at risk for the
disease, experts say. - 
AP - A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
