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HIV Not Linked to Earlier Diagnosis for Most Cancers: Presented at CROI

Posted 02-23-2010 at 08:08 PM by admin
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By Ed Susman

SAN FRANCISCO -- February 22, 2010 -- Researchers said here during the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) that they could not find a link between most cancers and a diagnosis of AIDS.

During a poster presentation Meredith Shiels, PhD, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, said the researchers did not find a connection between...
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Hormone fear for cancer survivors

Posted 02-23-2010 at 06:48 PM by admin
Men who beat cancer may struggle with the long-term effects of treatment on testosterone levels, scientists say.

Sheffield researchers checked 176 former patients, finding fatigue and sexual problems in those with the lowest levels of the sex hormone.

Writing in the journal Cancer, they called for hormone replacement treatment to be considered.

Cancer charity MacMillan said the safety of hormone use in former cancer patients would have to be checked.
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Veterans speak out against burn pits

Posted 02-18-2010 at 06:39 PM by admin
Los Angeles Times
By David Zucchino
February 18, 2010

A range of health problems are linked to the pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Toxic substances have been found in the smoke.

The noxious smoke plumes that wafted over the military base in Balad, Iraq, alarmed Lt. Col. Michelle Franco. The stench from a huge burn pit clung to her clothing, skin and hair.

"I remember thinking: This doesn't look good, smell good or taste good,"...
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2nd malignant neoplasm risk high for Hodgkin’s lymph., despite initial low-dose radi.

Posted 02-12-2010 at 07:54 PM by admin
Second malignant neoplasm risk high for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, despite initial low-dose radiation

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Posted February 11, 2010

Children with Hodgkin’s lymphoma remained at high risk for second malignant neoplasms, even when treated with low-dose radiation, according to the results of a long-term follow-up study. Researchers said patients treated with low-dose radiation developed sarcomas and breast and thyroid carcinomas with similar frequency and latency as...
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Patients w/ certain HL at risk for transformation to aggressive lymphoma years later

Posted 02-11-2010 at 08:03 PM by admin
Patients with certain HL at risk for transformation to aggressive lymphoma years later

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Posted February 4, 2010

The risk for transformation to aggressive lymphoma, commonly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, was substantial in patients with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma and may occur decades after the original diagnosis.

According to background information in the study, patients with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s...
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