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Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde (Reuters) Reuters - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.




Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP) AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.


US backs new start date for cervical cancer tests (AFP)

A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/File/Thierry Zoccolan)AFP - Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.





New cervical cancer screening guidelines: report (AFP)

A nurse administering a vaccine. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/File/Thierry Zoccolan)AFP - Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.





New guidelines push back age for Pap smears (Reuters) Reuters - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment.


Great American Smokeout '09: Time to Quit (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The less you smoke, the more birthdays you'll have, says the American Cancer Society as it encourages smokers to quit on Thursday, the day of the 34th Great American Smokeout.


Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells.


U.S. official says mammograms policy unchanged (Reuters)

A radiologist examines breast X-rays at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille, April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul PelissierReuters - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed.





Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth (Reuters) Reuters - Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.


US government brushes aside breast cancer report (AFP)

A pink ribbon is seen as a symbol of breast cancer awareness. The US government Wednesday distanced itself from a report that has triggered an outcry here after it recommended that women under 50 should not be routinely screened for breast cancer.(AFP/Keystone/File/Edi Engeler)AFP - The US government Wednesday distanced itself from a report that has triggered an outcry here after it recommended that women under 50 should not be routinely screened for breast cancer.





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