<?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/specials/cancer?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><description>News  (www.washingtonpost.com)</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[When Life Hands You Lemons . . . (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35423-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35423-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Alexandra Scott, 8, is battling malignant tumors and wants to raise $1 million for cancer research. She just might do it, one lemonade stand at a time. By Jason Straziuso.]]></description><author>By Jason Straziuso</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug May Help Breast Cancer Patients (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48027-2004Mar10.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48027-2004Mar10.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Those who have survived breast cancer could cut chances of a recurrence by switching from the drug now commonly used for protection to one of a new class of compounds, study finds. By Rob Stein.]]></description><author>By Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU's Ailing New Arrivals From the East (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56063-2003Aug13.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56063-2003Aug13.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Hungary and nine other countries prepare to join the European Union, the bloc's leaders are paying much attention to the "wealth gap" with the former communist East. But little has been said about the equally wide "health gap." By Keith B. Richburg.]]></description><author>By Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journal Retracts '98 Cancer Findings (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56915-2003Jun13.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56915-2003Jun13.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A leading cancer researcher from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has resigned amid accusations from colleagues he faked breast cancer findings, an allegation he disputed Friday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EPA Guidelines Would Better Gauge Danger of Chemicals (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37326-2003Mar3.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37326-2003Mar3.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Children are much more likely than adults to get cancer from exposure to certain chemicals, according to a new risk assessment strategy proposed yesterday by the federal government. By Rob Stein.]]></description><author>By Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Finds Potential Cancer Agent in Fries (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11074-2002Dec4.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11074-2002Dec4.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday reported it had found high levels of the potentially cancer-causing substance acrylamide in a wide range of fried and baked products, particularly in french fries, potato chips and crackers. By Marc Kaufman.]]></description><author>By Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine May Be First for Cancer (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17709-2002Nov20.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17709-2002Nov20.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An experimental vaccine designed to protect against the virus that causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer was completely effective in a study being published Thursday. By David Brown.]]></description><author>By David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less Invasive, More Questions (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25443-2002Oct14.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25443-2002Oct14.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Men with prostate cancer can decide to have their prostates removed laparoscopically, a new and much debated surgical procedure that promises to dramatically reduce pain, blood loss and the month-long convalescence typically associated with the standard operation. By Sandra G. Boodman.]]></description><author>By Sandra G. Boodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilford's Gliadel Cuts Brain Cancer Mortality (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39535-2002Sep19.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39535-2002Sep19.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A study of 239 adults suffering from aggressive brain cancer has found that a Food and Drug Administration-approved chemotherapy treatment reduced the risks of dying by 27 percent during the four-year period under review, according to the drugmaker who sponsored it. By Michael Barbaro.]]></description><author>By Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diesel Exhaust Harmful, EPA Warns (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34566-2002Sep3.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34566-2002Sep3.html?nav=rss_health/specials/cancer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency concluded yesterday that long-term exposure to exhaust from diesel engines likely causes lung cancer in humans and triggers a variety of other lung and respiratory illnesses. By Eric Pianin.]]></description><author>By Eric Pianin</author></item></channel></rss>
