Press review (April 2, 2011) – Revue de presse (2 avril 2011)

New Device Uses Carbon Nanotubes to Catch Tumor Cells Quickly

Could eventually allow doctors to see if cancer has spread from its original site faster than ever.

By Tiffany Kaiser. In Daily Tech http://www.dailytech.com/New+Device+Uses+Carbon+Nanotubes+to+Catch+Tumor+Cells+Quickly/article21270.htm

Global trial for experimental lung cancer drug

Cancer Research UK scientists in Oxford are trialling an experimental drug to treat lung cancer patients who have stopped responding to initial chemotherapy treatment.

In ecancermedicalscience

http://www.ecancermedicalscience.com/news-insider-news.asp?itemId=1666

US cancer rates down, survival up: study

Cancer rates in the United States declined in the period from 2003 to 2007 while the odds for surviving the disease rose, a government study has shown.

AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQq4tJ7XY1zVF1pzhKbzYMn30T4A?docId=CNG.76b96a556a95cbd54e43eeafb4c0a866.51

Lung cancer deaths fall for women

American women have come a long way, and at last that includes the fact that they, like men, are finally dying less often from lung cancer.

By Rob Stein. In The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lung_cancer_deaths_fall_for_women/2010/08/25/AFONiKBC_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

Study: Prostate cancer test doesn't cut death risk

The longest study yet on prostate cancer testing provides more evidence that getting screened doesn't cut the chances of dying from the disease

By Maria Cheng. In Macon Telegraph (blog)

http://www.macon.com/2011/03/31/1508714/study-prostate-cancer-test-doesnt.html

Avril est le Mois de la jonquille de la Société canadienne du cancer

La jonquille est le symbole de vie de la SCC. Soutenir les activités du Mois de la jonquille, c'est penser aux milliers de Québécois aux prises avec le cancer et affirmer son appartenance à un groupe de citoyens qui luttent contre la maladie.

CNW Telbec (Communiqué de presse) http://www.newswire.ca/fr/releases/archive/March2011/31/c7804.html

Des cellules graisseuses associées aux cancers

Les cellules graisseuses autour des tumeurs du sein favorisent la dissémination des cellules cancéreuses.

Par Bénédicte Salthun-Lassalle. Dans Pour la Science

http://www.pourlascience.fr/ewb_pages/a/actualite-des-cellules-graisseuses-associees-aux-cancers-26600.php

Nouvelle remise en cause du dépistage systématique du cancer de la prostate

Le débat autour de l'impact du dépistage du cancer de la prostate sur l'espérance de vie n'est pas près de se clore.

Dans Le Nouvel Observateur http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/monde/20110401.FAP7155/nouvelle-remise-en-cause-du-depistage-systematique-du-cancer-de-la-prostate.html