KING - Health - Cancer Free Washington http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington RSS Feed for KING - Health - Cancer Free Washington en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:27:38 GMT Innovative partnership may save lives of breast cancer patients http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Innovative-partnership-may-save-lives-of-breast-cancer-patients-88276757.html Wednesday the government, drug companies and researchers teamed up to announce a new clinical trial that could shave years and millions off the cost of new breast cancer drugs. Older colon cancer patients likely to get less treatment, says study http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Older-colon-cancer-patients-getting-short-changed-by-doctors-says-study-87850817.html Research has shown that chemotherapy is just as effective for older patients with colon cancer. But a new study suggests that many of those patients are being short-changed by their doctors. New treatment could save children's eyes from cancer http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/New-treatment-could-save-childrens-eyes-from-cancer-87271302.html Retinoblastoma is a devastating cancer that leads children into a world of darkness. A new effort is focused on finding treatments that can save these kids and their eyesight Osteoporosis drugs may help protect women against cancer http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Osteoporosis-drugs-may-help-protect-women-against-cancer-86020427.html A large new study shows that osteoporosis drugs seem to have a welcome side effect: protecting women against cancer. Oral cancer caused by HPV on the rise http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Oral-cancer-on-the-rise-HPV--85406917.html Dentists are sounding the alarm about oral cancer and young people. The number of cases is expected to rise, and this time the problem isn't tobacco. Erectile dysfunction drugs used to treat a dozen other diseases http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Erectile-dysfunction-drugs-used-to-treat-a-dozen-other-diseases-84633222.html More than 30 million men take them for erectile dysfunction, but the drugs marketed to treat male impotence are now being investigated for the treatment of more than a dozen diseases, including cancer. Doctors using herpes to kill melanoma cells http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Doctors-using-STDs-to-fight-melanoma-84054367.html About 70,000 people will be diagnosed with melanoma this year in the United States. Almost 9,000 will die. But now, doctors are using an STD to help patients beat the odds. Radio-frequency ablation 'cooking' kidney cancer tumors http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Abalation-cooking-kidney-cancer-tumors-83488872.html 57,000 people will be told they have kidney cancer this year - 12,000 of them will die from it. Now doctors are cooking the tumors from the inside out to keep them from coming back. Researchers testing vaccine that targets brain cancer cells http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Researcher-testing-new-vaccine-that-stops-cancer-from-coming-back-82828437.html Even after surgery, radiation and chemo, brain cancer tumors return in 95 percent of cases. Now researchers are testing out a new vaccine that aims to stop the cancer from coming back. Blood test could predict side effects of cancer radiation therapy http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Blood-test-could-predict-side-effects-of-cancer-radiation-therapy-82197262.html There are now genetic tests that can predict which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy, or which lung cancer patients will respond to newer drugs. But when it comes to radiation therapy, there are still a lot of unknowns.