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Good news for childhood cancer survivors, cancer vaccines, tanning beds increase common skin cancer risk, and more cancer news

Good news for childhood cancer survivors, cancer vaccines, tanning beds increase common skin cancer risk, and more cancer news

Written by  Facing Cancer Together
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News in brief for 12.12.11

There is some good news for childhood cancer survivors.  New studies have shown that despite the aggressive radiation and chemo treatments they endured, there doesn’t seem to be an increased risk that their children will have a higher risk of birth defects.

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To eliminate dissimilarities in screening guidelines that create confusion among health care professionals and the general public, the American Cancer Society has created a new process for creating trustworthy cancer screening guidelines.

The 2011 Great Prostate Cancer Challenge events nationwide have raised nearly $2 Million for ZERO -- The Project to End Prostate Cancer.  This will be put towards cancer research and awareness.

tanning-beds-increase-cancer-risksScientists at the Yale School of Public Health report that  tanning beds are not only linked to melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, but may raise the risk for basal cell carcinoma, a more common skin cancer, by 70 percent.

New research has some researchers questioning whether “chemo brain,” a mental haziness, is due to the specific drug treatments, or possibly to the cancer itself.

quit-treatment-pills-breast-cancerResearchers from Northwestern University found that many breast cancer patients quit medications because of side effects that include joint pain, hot flashes, decreased libido, fatigue, night sweats and anxiety.

"Could This Be The End Of Cancer?"  Scientists say that vaccines could hold the key not just to a cure but to wiping out cancer forever.

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