Monday, February 12, 2007

CANCER News


from ABC News:
DCA: Cancer Breakthrough or Urban Legend?
OPINION by LEN LICHTENFELD, M.D.
This is a great article about the recent upsurge in cancer news about DCA.


from the American Cancer Society:

Early Switch to an Aromatase Inhibitor Increases Survival
"For breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen, switching to an aromatase inhibitor within three years significantly improves survival rates, according to a new study. Published in the March 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study reveals that the clear survival benefit was also achieved without an increased risk of death from other causes – a significant risk associated with tamoxifen."