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Study: Kids' Cancer Rates Highest in Northeast
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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White children had the highest incidence of all cancers, the researchers found, and youngsters in the Northeast were diagnosed with cancer more often than children in other parts of the country. (article 16)
The study also found that boys were more likely to have a pediatric malignancy than girls, and that adolescents are more likely to have cancer than are younger children. (article 16)
The study included 20 breast cancer survivors who were one or more years out from their diagnosis and had no evidence of cancer recurrence. (article 11)
Patients who smoked 12 pack years or more before age 30 and developed colon cancer later in life were 37 percent more likely to suffer cancer recurrence or death than nonsmokers. (article 2)
The Austrian researchers also found that women who took Zometa (zoledronic acid) had a 30 percent lower risk of the cancer spreading to the bone, with other benefits as well. (article 9)
Doctors said the effect of the drug, however modest, was somewhat significant because many other drugs had failed to prolong the lives of lung cancer patients. (article 7)
In another study, researchers reported that a drug now used to treat patients whose cancer has spread to the bone can also help prevent a recurrence of breast cancer in younger women. (article 7)
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Source articles
- Family History Might Improve Odds Against Colon Cancer (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 493 words)
- Smokers With Colon Cancer Face High Recurrence Risk (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 263 words)
- Surviving Colon Cancer Is Tied to Family History of It (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 504 words)
- Celebrex May Reduce Levels of Lung Cancer Biomarker (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 422 words)
- ABC News: Celebrex Shows Promise in Lung Cancer Prevention (ABCNews, 06/01/2008, 340 words)
- Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 496 words)
- A Drug Is Credited With Slight Gains for Patients Who Have Lung Cancer (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 734 words)
- Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 325 words)
- Bone Drug Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 586 words)
- Graveyard Shift Work Linked to Cancer (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 328 words)
- Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 221 words)
- Continuing to Heal After Returning to Work (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 880 words)
- Health, New York, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - (baltimoresun.com, 06/04/2008, 457 words)
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 06/02/2008, 476 words)
- Study: Kids' Cancer Rates Highest in Northeast (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 359 words)
- U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 663 words)
- Tiny Bit of Cancer in Lymph Nodes Leads to Debate on How to Proceed (nytimes.com, 06/03/2008, 1171 words)
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