January 6, 2009 — The American Cancer Society (ACS) has developed a set of guidelines to recommend which high-risk women need to undergo screening with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); however, these guidelines may unwittingly exclude some women who are at a high risk of carrying the BRCA mutation yet still don’t meet the limitations set by the ACS. The results of this study were published in the journal Cancer.

January 6, 2009 — Colonoscopy, a standard screening method for colorectal cancer, misses the majority of cancers on the right side of the colon and about one-third of cancers on the left side of the colon, according to the results of a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The researchers estimated that the screening method may reduce colorectal cancer mortality by 60-70%, rather than 90% as previously estimated.

January 6, 2009 — Researchers affiliated with an international trial have reported that high-dose Faslodex® (fulvestrant) significantly improves time to cancer progression compared with Arimidex® (anastrozole) as initial therapy for hormone-positive, advanced breast cancer. These results were recently presented at the 2008 annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium December 10-14, 2008.