<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Cancer</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/cancer?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><description>Cancer</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Colon Cancer Tests: The Best and the Rest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8068-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8068-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  People should view colon-screening tests as they would any screening test, "just like women get Pap smears or mammograms," said Radhika Srinivasan, a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine professor who helped develop new guidelines for colorectal screening. Her group's report suggests that African Americans start getting colonoscopies at age 45, five years earlier than other people.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer: Test Blacks Sooner]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8061-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8061-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[African Americans should be screened for colorectal cancer beginning at age 45 -- five years earlier than other groups, according to new guidelines.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer Effort Enlists Barbers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5416-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5416-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Grass-roots group enlists doctors at medical centers across the country to train black barbers in advising their customers about the disease.]]></description><author> Kari Lydersen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treatment for Prostate Cancer Shows Promise]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30777-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30777-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An experimental treatment that triggers the immune system to attack tumors can extend the lives of men fighting advanced prostate cancer, according to a study released.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Boy's Biopsy Finds No Cancer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25894-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25894-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  After nearly two years of debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatments that caused his blond hair to fall out, damaged his eyesight and stripped dozens of pounds from his frame, 9-year-old David Dingman-Grover sat yesterday sat before a sea of television cameras to utter the words his family had so longed to hear.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if the Cure is Also a Cause?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24458-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24458-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last March, the federal government issued an unusually detailed alert to the nation's 5.5 million health care workers: The powerful drugs used in chemotherapy can themselves cause cancer and pose a risk to nurses, pharmacists and others who handle them.]]></description><author> Jim Morris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug May Cut Breast Cancer Recurrence]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49564-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49564-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new type of drug shows growing promise as a more potent way for many breast cancer patients to significantly cut their risk of a recurrence, researchers reported.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Split Decision]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43125-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43125-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new effort aims to sway breast cancer patients to opt for more conservative surgery rather than radical mastectomy procedures.]]></description><author> Tinker Ready</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Some Lumpectomy Patients, a More Convenient Treatment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43148-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43148-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new breast cancer therapy that dramatically reduces the length of post-lumpectomy radiation may ease the decision-making process for some older patients torn between breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toppling Taboo to Warn Teens of Disease]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31128-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31128-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Steve Friedman is used to hearing a few snickers when he talks to teenagers about his battle with testicular cancer.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antioxidant Pills Questioned, Again]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25160-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25160-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new analysis of published studies concludes that antioxidant supplements may not provide protection against several cancers -- and could increase the risk of death.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth From Frozen Ovarian Tissue Is a First]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45632-2004Sep23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45632-2004Sep23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former cancer patient gives birth to healthy baby after doctors transplant ovarian tissue back into her body.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Don't-Fix-It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36959-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36959-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[How do men screw up when their wife or girlfriend is diagnosed with breast cancer? Let me count the ways.]]></description><author> Marc Silver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Strategy Mulled to Defeat Cancer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44941-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44941-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Identifying the properties of the cancer stem cells could provide crucial information and lead to more potent treatments, researchers say.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safety in Numbers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26976-2004Aug23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26976-2004Aug23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When fighting prostate cancer, the 'wisdom of crowds' trumps any one expert's opinion.]]></description><author> Paul Steinberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prostate Test Scores Offer Powerful Warning]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35042-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35042-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new study shows that a big jump in the results from PSA tests can help identify men with the most dangerous tumors.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prostate Test Faulty in Some Cases, Study Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58339-2004May26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58339-2004May26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A disturbing new study has found that 15 percent of older men who test negative actually do have prostate cancer.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitamin E  May Curb Cancer Risk]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31771-2004Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31771-2004Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eating such foods as nuts and olive oil, high in vitamin E, appears to cut in half people's risk of bladder cancer, the fourth leading cancer killer among men.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanted: A Test With Less Recoil]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41481-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41481-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dissatisfaction with the gold standard test for colon cancer, colonoscopy, is driving the hunt for more patient-friendly alternatives, but so far all fall short of the ideal.]]></description><author> Brian Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer Drug Approved]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10689-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10689-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/cancer</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration approved Avastin, the first drug to battle cancers by blocking their blood supply.]]></description><author> Justin Gillis</author></item></channel></rss>