| Obesity May Worsen Ovarian Cancer
The doctors included James Pavelka, MD, and Andrew Li, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. If their finding is correct, it could lengthen the list of possible links between obesity and cancer. Obesity has already been tied to cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, and endometrium (inner uterus lining). Links to ovarian cancer haven't been certain, the researchers note. They studied the records of 216 women undergoing surgery and treatment for ovarian cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The patients were in their late-50s to mid-60s, on average. They included 146 women with advanced ovarian cancer (stage III or IV ovarian cancer). Ovarian cancer is hard to spot in its earliest, most treatable stages.
Democrats Yield On Spending Impasse
Michael Hayden "said he learned of the terrorist interrogation videotapes more than a year ago in his tenure as principal deputy director of national intelligence, a post he held from April 2005 to May 2006. He said he did not know that the tapes were being destroyed." The New York Times reports Hayden also "acknowledged on Wednesday that the CIA had failed to keep members of Congress fully informed that the agency had videotaped the interrogations of suspected operatives of Al Qaeda and destroyed the tapes three years later." Those comments "struck a different tone from a message he sent to CIA employees last Thursday, when he said that Congressional leaders had been informed about the tapes and of the 'agency's intention to dispose of the material.'" The Financial Times reports the House Intelligence Committee also "plans to call George Tenet and Porter Goss, former Central Intelligence Agency chiefs, to testify over the scandal." The Washington Post notes that yesterday "28 retired generals and admirals wrote to the House and Senate intelligence committees urging them to require the CIA to abandon harsh interrogation techniques." The Washington Post reports that "after being grilled by the Senate Intelligence Committee for more than an hour Tuesday," Hayden "went to Vice President Cheney's annual holiday party, where he endured more interrogation for a full 20 minutes from the Fourth Estate." Hayden "fielded questions -- off the record -- from eggnog-lubed reporters.
Early Diagnosis And Targeted Therapy To Address Unmet Need In European ...
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Breast MRI spots other cancers, may alter treatment plan
In about 20 percent of women with breast cancer who plan to undergo a lumpectomy, breast magnetic resonance imaging reveals important diagnostic information that alters their treatment plan, University of Florida surgeons reported.
MRI, which is not routinely administered to these patients, can find additional cancerous areas in the breast that previously evaded detection, discover cancer in the opposite breast that standard imaging tests such as mammography and ultrasound missed, or determine a tumor is actually larger than expected, the doctors say.
Some of these women end up needing a total mastectomy instead of breast-conserving lumpectomy. Others whose tumors are bigger than indicated on standard imaging could be less likely to face a second operation to remove cancerous cells left behind after a tumor is removed if MRI findings signal the need for surgeries to be more aggressive.
It's anybody's game
Willie Herenton, the first elected black mayor of Memphis, is trying to win a record fifth term. He has been running on a platform of continuing progress. His chief opponents, Councilwoman Carol Chumney and former Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division CEO Herman Morris, have campaigned on the theme of change. Many political observers say this election will be a referendum on the incumbent, as voter discontent -- particularly among white voters -- has soared to an all-time high. Herenton holds a five-point advantage over Morris and Chumney, according to the most recent Commercial Appeal poll published Sunday. But with just 24 percent voter support for Herenton and nearly as many undecided voters, pollsters say it's still anybody's game. Since a runoff is not allowed, it doesn't take a majority of the votes to win the mayor's election -- the candidate with the most votes wins.
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