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New way to assess risk of breast cancer recurrence developed at Stanford
Stanford researchers have developed a new test that looks at immune cells in the lymph nodes and may be the best way to predict whether breast cancer has spread and will be likely to recur.

Print media coverage

New York Times, 09/06/05
Stunning news of a tumor serendipitously discovered (registration required)
Advances in imaging technology have made it increasingly common for healthy, asymptomatic people - such as the writer of this piece - to experience "incidental findings." Judy Illes, senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment

Wall Street Journal, 09/06/05
Debating Down syndrome research - families want work to provide direct benefits to those with the condition (No online version available)
This article references the work at Stanford's Center for Research and Treatment of Down Syndrome.

San Jose Mercury News, 09/06/05
Hospital, university workers unite in rally (registration required)
Hundreds of union employees from Stanford University and Stanford Hospital & Clinics demanded better health care and retirement benefits during a rally on Monday. Sarah Staley, hospital spokesperson, is quoted in this article and in a San Francisco Examiner piece. Brief items also appear in the San Francisco Chronicle and on Palo Alto Online; spokesperson Andrea Smith is quoted in the latter.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), 09/06/05
New heart failure rules feature scale
This article discusses the new heart failure guidelines released by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association that stress early recognition and proper treatment. Sharon Hunt, professor of medicine and chairwoman of the writing group, provides comment.

BBC News Online, 09/06/05
Stress: A blight on modern life (No online version available)
Robert Sapolsky, the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor, is quoted in this article on stress.

Bergen County Record (Bergen County, N.J.), 09/06/05
Halting the brain drain (registration required)
A large body of evidence indicates that people who are mentally active throughout their lives are significantly less likely to suffer senility, and a handful of studies have found that mental exercises can boost brain function. Jerome Yesavage, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of Stanford's Aging Clinical Research Center, is quoted in this article.

Reuters, 09/05/05
New test may predict breast cancer's spread
Peter Lee, assistant professor of medicine and senior author, is quoted in this article on the Stanford breast cancer study. The story also appears on MSNBC.com.

Health Day, 09/05/05
Disaster officials collecting the dead
This article discusses how disaster officials are beginning to collect the bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims. Eric A. Weiss, assistant professor of surgery (emergency medicine), comments on hurricane-related health concerns in this article, which also appears on Forbes.com.

San Jose Mercury News, 09/05/05
Researchers studying treatment for "the blahs" (registration required)
Stanford researchers are testing a new drug to treat dysthymia, a milder form of depression. Elias Aboujaoude, director of the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is quoted.

Santa Clarita Daily News (Santa Clarita, Calif.), 09/05/05
Getting hip at 52
Michael Bellino, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, provides comment in this article about an innovative approach to hip replacement surgery.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 09/05/05
Oxygen factors into fitness calculation
William Haskell, professor of medicine, emeritus, provides comment in this article on calculating metabolic equivalent units (METs) while exercising. The story originally appeared in the Washington Post.

Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 09/04/05
High health-care costs may not hurt business
Victor Fuchs, the Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., Professor of Economics and of Health Research and Policy, Emeritus, is quoted in this article on employee health benefits.

San Francisco Examiner, 09/04/05
Bay Area can't rest on science laurels
Stanford is referenced in this editorial piece on the Bay Area being known as a center of science and research.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 09/03/05
Exotic diseases unlikely health threats
This article discusses efforts to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Eric A. Weiss, is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle article. A similar story appears in the Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.).

San Francisco Chronicle, 09/02/05
Farley
This cartoon references a Stanford study on stem cells.

San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal, 09/02/05
Good Samaritan invests $18 million in equipment upgrades (registration required)
San Jose's Good Samaritan Hospital is investing $18 million into new oncology, neuroscience and cardiology equipment. Stanford is referenced in this article.

Broadcast media coverage

WCBS-TV (New York), 09/06/05
This segment discussed the Stanford study on the spread of breast cancer. Similar segments aired on TV stations in Austin, Texas and Cleveland.

KTLA-TV (Los Angeles), 09/02/05
Stanford researchers have found that the growth of prostate cancer cells can be halted by combining a form of vitamin D, available only by prescription, with low doses of an over-the-counter painkiller. This segment discussed the study; similar segments aired on TV stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Augusta, Ga.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Champaign, Ill.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chicago; Cleveland; Colorado Springs, Co.; Denver; Eugene, Ore.; Hartford, Conn.; Indianapolis; Monterey; Tallahassee, Fla. and Toledo, Ohio.