Jan. 12, 2005 (Vol. 2, No. 4)
Advancing Knowledge, Saving Lives is a quarterly e-newsletter of cancer research and health-care advances from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Nobel Prize awarded to Fred Hutchinson researcher
Fred Hutchinson researcher Dr. Linda Buck received the 2004 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10. Her groundbreaking discoveries on the sense of smell are landmark achievements with major implications for biomedical science.

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Ovarian cancer: Improving early detection
A new test developed by Fred Hutchinson researchers could significantly improve diagnosis of ovarian cancer. The test, which scans for two cancer-related proteins in the blood, may help detect ovarian cancer early when it is more easily treated.

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http://www.fhcrc.org/pubs/center_news/2004/oct21/sart4.html


Prostate-cancer risk and red wine
Drinking a glass of red wine a day may cut a man's risk of prostate cancer in half, and the protective effect appears to be strongest against the most deadly forms of the disease, according to a new Fred Hutchinson study. But researchers caution that heavy alcohol use increases overall cancer risk and other health problems.

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http://www.fhcrc.org/pubs/center_news/2004/oct7/sart4.html


Hormone-replacement increases abnormal mammograms
Postmenopausal women who take combination hormone-replacement therapy for one year experience a doubling of breast density and an increase in abnormal mammograms, according to a new Fred Hutchinson study. A high degree of breast density is a sign of increased breast-cancer risk and can make it difficult to spot cancer and other abnormalities in mammograms.

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http://www.fhcrc.org/pubs/center_news/2004/nov4/sart2.html


Lung cancer: Some smokers at higher risk
A recent Fred Hutchinson study sheds light on a factor that may put some smokers at increased risk of lung cancer. Smokers in the study who had been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis or emphysema were 30 percent more likely to develop lung cancer, a finding that could help detect cancer early in some smokers.

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