Vaginal Dryness Meds May Counteract Breast Cancer Drugs (HealthDay)
THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Estrogen used to combat vaginal dryness and other postmenopausal symptoms may counteract the beneficial effects of new breast cancer drugs called aromatase inhibitors, a new British study finds.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:03:12 GMT

Sisters of women with breast cancer joining study (Reuters)
Thousands of women across the country are voluntarily joining the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Sister Study, and they all have at least one thing in common: a sister who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:16:02 GMT

Genes may explain lung cancer racial disparities (CNN.com)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- For years, scientists have argued about whether genes or smoking habits are responsible for the disparities in lung cancer rates among smokers of different ethnic backgrounds.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:19:10 GMT

Blacks Are More Likely to Get Lung Cancer (AP)
Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the racial differences long seen in the disease, researchers say.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:03:40 GMT

Cancer errors doctor apologises (BBC News)
A doctor whose mistakes led to 22 women with breast cancer getting the all-clear, apologises for the distress he caused.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:21:18 GMT

Merck KGaA Buys Most Rights to Biomira Cancer Vaccine (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Merck KGaA, the German drugs and chemical maker controlled by the Merck family, said it's buying full U.S. rights to a lung-cancer vaccine discovered by Canada's Biomira Inc. to speed up the development of the treatment.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:21:53 GMT

Cancer missed in 14 breast cases (BBC News)
A review of the work done by a suspended radiologist finds that 14 women had breast cancer missed.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:17:10 GMT

Smokers' race affects risk for lung cancer, study says (Chicago Tribune)
Blacks are much more likely than whites to get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes, according to a large study that provides significant new evidence in the debate over whether race plays an important role in health.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:50:02 GMT

Calif. may crack down on secondhand smoke over breast cancer tie (The Arizona Republic)
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators will decide today whether to accept a controversial new finding that secondhand smoke causes breast cancer, a decision that could lead to even tougher anti-smoking regulations.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:20:58 GMT

UC Davis Cancer Center experts (EurekAlert!)
Human papillomavirus testing has become widely available within the last few years. Increasingly, national guidelines call for physicians to use the new test for all women with equivocal Pap test results, and to perform colposcopy, a vaginal examination that often includes a biopsy, only if the test reveals a potentially cancer-causing HPV infection.

Published: on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:26:43 GMT