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Lately@MSKCC
October 2005
http://www.mskcc.org/Lately@MSKCC
Welcome to Lately@MSKCC,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s monthly
enewsletter.
INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE
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* Digital vs. Conventional Film Mammography for Breast
Cancer Screening
* National Survivorship Day Celebrated
* Lance Armstrong Foundation Pledges $1 Million for New and
Ongoing Cancer Survivorship Programs
* Increased Ovarian Cancer Risk Not Found in Women with
Breast Cancer Family History
* Study Finds Patients with Melanoma Are at Increased Risk
for New Tumors
* New Potential Antibiotic Inhibits Bacterial Growth
* CancerSmart Lecture — An Update on Prostate Cancer:
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
* Cancer Information Service
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Digital vs. Conventional Film Mammography for Breast Cancer
Screening
From our cameras to our televisions, we are now living in
an undeniably digital age. Since the trend has been
extended into breast cancer screening, investigators
conducted a study to test the accuracy of digital
mammography versus standard film mammography. While
finding no significant difference between the two
techniques when applied to the general population and for
most women over 50, the study did show that digital
mammograms detected more tumors in three specific groups:
women under 50, women with dense breasts, and women not
yet in menopause.
http://www.mskcc.org/60766
WHAT’S NEW AT MSKCC.ORG
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National Survivorship Day Celebrated
Welcoming hundreds of patients and families to a program
and reception marking National Survivorship Day on June 14
at the Rockefeller Research Laboratories Auditorium,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Physician-in-Chief Robert E.
Wittes called the event „a celebration both of wonder and,
for many, the ongoing challenge of being a cancer
survivor.“
http://www.mskcc.org/59837
Lance Armstrong Foundation Pledges $1 Million for New and
Ongoing Cancer Survivorship Programs
In recognition of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s longstanding
commitment to the care of cancer patients in the
post-treatment period, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has
named Memorial Sloan-Kettering a Center of Excellence in
Cancer Survivorship and has pledged $1 million over five
years to support Sloan-Kettering’s efforts to provide the
best possible care for cancer survivors.
http://www.mskcc.org/61114
RESEARCH AT MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING
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Increased Ovarian Cancer Risk Not Found in Women with Breast
Cancer Family History
Women with a strong family history of breast cancer but
who don’t have breast cancer genetic mutations can now be
reassured that they are not at increased risk for ovarian
cancer, according to a new study by researchers at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
http://www.mskcc.org/60267
Study Finds Patients with Melanoma Are at Increased Risk for
New Tumors
Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers have found that
melanoma patients with a family history of melanoma and/or
dysplastic nevi (abnormal moles) are at high risk of
developing multiple primary melanomas. The results of this
study emphasize the importance of intensive dermatologic
screenings for this population to identify melanoma at its
earliest stage.
http://www.mskcc.org/60612
New Potential Antibiotic Inhibits Bacterial Growth
Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Cornell University
researchers have synthesized a molecule impeding the
growth of two harmful bacteria: M. tuberculosis, estimated
to infect one-third of the world’s population, and Y.
pestis, the cause of pneumonic and bubonic plague. This is
the first agent that effectively targets these pathogens
by blocking their ability to synthesize siderophores,
compounds required for those bacteria to grow and cause
disease.
http://www.mskcc.org/59662
PUBLIC EVENTS
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CancerSmart Lecture — An Update on Prostate Cancer:
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
On Wednesday, November 30, join Memorial Sloan-Kettering
experts in Manhattan as they present an overview of
prostate cancer: risk factors, genetics, symptoms,
screening, diagnosis, nomograms; surgical, radiation,
systemic, and hormonal therapies, and investigational
approaches to treatment.
http://www.mskcc.org/59479
CANCER INFORMATION
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Cancer Information Service
US residents may wish to call the National Cancer
Institute’s Cancer Information Service (CIS) for personal,
confidential help. The CIS is a source for the latest
accurate cancer information for patients, their families,
the general public, and health professionals. To talk with
an information specialist, in English or in Spanish,
please call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). For deaf and
hard of hearing callers with TTY equipment, the number is
1-800-332-8615. CIS information specialists also offer
online assistance through the LiveHelp link at
http://www.cancer.gov/help.
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