from SickKids Hospital (an affiliate of the University of Toronto):
SickKids researchers find prenatal multivitamins reduces risk of childhood cancers
"Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found that taking prenatal multivitamins fortified with folic acid can reduce the risk of three common childhood cancers: leukemia, brain tumours and neuroblastoma. This research was published online on February 21, 2007, in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics."
from the American Cancer Society:
Cancer Patients Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System Thanks to the American Cancer Society and AstraZeneca
"With major support from AstraZeneca, the American Cancer Society will accelerate development of at least 50 new Patient Navigator Program sites over the next five years in communities throughout the United States."
from the University of California in San Diego:
Study Shows Liver an Excellent Target for Cancer Gene Therapy Using Viral Vectors
"A featured paper in the February 14 issue of Nature Cancer Gene Therapy demonstrates that cancer cells in the liver are excellent targets for gene therapy using adenoviral vectors, based upon a fundamental new understanding of the differences between cancerous and normal liver cells. The findings signal a new way to treat cancers that have spread to the liver, such as metastatic cancers of the colon and breast."
from Sister Study:
The Sister Study
This is a study seeking participants of the environmental and genetic risk factors for Breast Cancer.
"The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35 to 74 whose sister had breast cancer. It is a national study to learn how environment and genes affect the chances of getting breast cancer. In the next 3 years, 50,000 women whose sister had breast cancer, and who do not have breast cancer themselves will be asked to join the study."
