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Helen Mirren Fulfills Boy’s Dying Wish When Real Queen Says No

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:24:08 -0400

A little boy's dying wish came true, thanks to Dame Helen Mirren. Oliver Burton is a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome who has fought different forms of cancer for nearly his entire life. He was recently diagnosed with terminal spine and bone marrow cancer. Oliver requested to visit Buckingham Palace and have afternoon tea with [...]

Oncolytics rises on melanoma study results

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:06 -0400

Shares of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. rose Wednesday after the company reported promising results for its drug Reolysin as a treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Oncolytics said it is ...

Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:21 -0400

The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week. Back in 1913 when it was formed, cancer was a lesser threat for most Americans. ...

Oncolytics cancer drug meets mid-stage trial goal, shares rise

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:46:28 -0400

(Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said preliminary data from a mid-stage trial showed that its cancer drug, Reolysin, met the main goal of reducing the size of tumors in patients with metastatic melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Shares of the Calgary-based company rose as much as 11 percent to C$3.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Its Nasdaq-listed shares were up 10 percent. ...

Ahead of the Bell: Analyst upgrades Bristol-Myers

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:20 -0400

Bristol-Myers Squibb could be a big winner with a portfolio of cancer treatments under development that use a patient's own immune system to attack the disease, according to a Citi, which raised its rating ...

Sisters ejected from Pa. mall over cancer hats

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:56:25 -0400

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.

Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:48:38 -0400

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank Citigroup highlights the growing excitement surrounding so-called immunotherapy after positive results from clinical trials conducted by companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche Holding. ...

Correction: Pfizer-Study Halted story

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:48 -0400

In a story May 20 about Pfizer Inc. halting a cancer drug study, The Associated Press erroneously reported the uses of two of the drugmaker's existing cancer medicines. Bosulif is approved for use in certain ...

Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:38 -0400

By Ivan Oransky NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate. She played the role of a "salty tongue," a Cambodian expression that paints outspokenness in a positive light. But even though the patient's family was in the room when doctors took the time to answer every last question about test results and treatment options, the refugee's family would call Gualtieri hours later to review what doctors had said. ...

Winning the War against Cervical Cancer

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:00 -0400

Winning the War against Cervical Cancer

Teen who inspired celeb-filled tribute video dies of bone cancer [VIDEO]

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:06:03 -0400

When he was 14, Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Doctors told Sobiech that he would have only a year left to live.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:53:18 -0400

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek, who lived in Northern California's Napa Valley wine country for the past decade, had been seeking treatment in Germany for bile duct cancer, Vitorino said. He died in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his wife and brothers. ...

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:53:17 -0400

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:49:01 -0400

By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek, who lived in Northern California's Napa Valley wine country for the past decade, had been seeking treatment in Germany for bile duct cancer, Vitorino said. He died in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his wife and brothers. ...

Pfizer halts study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma drug

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:39:29 -0400

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has halted a late-stage study of an experimental cancer compound being tested in patients with a certain form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, because an interim analysis showed the drug ...

Pfizer halts study of lymphoma drug unlikely to help survival

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:57:37 -0400

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was not likely to improve survival. Pfizer said it would continue to study the experimental drug, inotuzumab ozogamicin, in other hematologic cancers. ...

Pricey radiation no better post prostatectomy: study

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:25:32 -0400

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men who get a new and expensive type of radiation, according to a new study. "What we demonstrate is that both (therapies) are very safe and effective after prostatectomy, and patients should feel very confident receiving either technology," said Dr. Ronald Chen, the study's senior author from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Conformal radiotherapy (CRT) delivers radiation over a large area to kill cancer cells. ...

Peregrine rises on agreement for late-stage study

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:32 -0400

Shares of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged Monday after the company said it would move ahead with a late-stage trial of its lead product, the experimental lung cancer treatment bavituximab. THE SPARK: ...

What Your Sunscreen Should—and Shouldn’t—Have

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:30 -0400

First and foremost, spring and summer mean sun. We all know we need some of it (sunshine enables our body to absorb vitamin D, which is essential for bone density and a strong immune system), but there’s also the sun’s not-so-healthy aspect: skin cancer. Since 1975, rates of melanoma—the deadliest kind of skin cancer—have tripled, reaching nearly one-quarter of the population, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). ...

UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:31:35 -0400

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy. The project, involving the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, the U.S. gene sequencing firm Illumina, geneticists and cancer doctors, aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes be tested in more people. Researchers announcing the 2. ...

Peregrine Pharma agrees with FDA on lung cancer trial design

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:40:00 -0400

(Reuters) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals said it reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the design of a late-stage trial for its experimental lung cancer drug. The late-stage trial will compare a combination of chemotherapy and the drug, bavituximab, with chemotherapy alone. The main goal of the trial would be to show an improvement in overall survival of patients. Peregrine shares were up 19 percent at $1.83 in early trade on Monday on the Nasdaq. Bavituximab is being developed to treat second-line non-small-cell lung cancer and multiple other cancers. ...

Genetic Testing Guidelines Under Fire

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:29:42 -0400

If you underwent a genetic test for a heart condition, but the test also revealed that you have a high risk of colon cancer, would you want to know?

Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:26:14 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:54:35 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

Soccer-Vilanova needs more cancer treatment in New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:09:32 -0400

MADRID, May 18 (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will return to New York next week for more treatment for throat cancer, the La Liga champions said on Saturday. Vilanova, 44, will receive a "pioneering treatment" that was "proving particularly effective", Barca said on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es) without giving further details. "It was originally planned for this summer but as Barca has now clinched the league title it has been advanced to next week," they added. ...

14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:12 -0400

A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer ...

Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:55:10 -0400

LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted of her rape.

Calif. doc with 'cancer cure' gets 14 years prison

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:40 -0400

A California doctor has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for bilking her patients out of more than $1 million by promising that an herbal supplement could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases. ...

Can Dolphins Really ‘Hear’ Human Tumors?

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:46 -0400

Can dolphins detect cancer in people? To some scientists, it’s not even a legitimate hypothesis; and to many animal-rights activists, “swim-with-the-dolphin” cancer diagnostic centers would be no less objectionable than any other form of captivity.

Breast Cancer: How We'll Better Predict Who it Strikes (Op-Ed)

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:40 -0400

Former Tuesday Morning CEO sues over firing

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:15 -0400

The former CEO of Tuesday Morning has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the discount retailer, saying she was fired just months after revealing she had breast cancer. The lawsuit by Kathleen Mason ...

Dickie V nears $10M milestone in cancer crusade

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:37:59 -0400

Dick Vitale's fight against cancer is nearing a major milestone. Vitale expects to top the $10 million mark with his eighth annual celebrity gala in Sarasota, Fla., on Friday night. The event will honor ...

Calif. doc promising cancer cure to be sentenced

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:44:59 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the age of 3, Brianica Kirsch was diagnosed with brain cancer.

Doctor who promised cancer cure faces sentencing

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:38:03 -0400

At the age of three, Brianica Kirsch was diagnosed with brain cancer. Her parents, desperate to find alternative measures for their daughter who had undergone surgeries and chemotherapy, turned to Dr. ...

Computer Games May Improve 'Chemo Brain' in Cancer Patients

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:05 -0400

Doing computer puzzles may improve thinking skills in women who've undergone chemotherapy, according to a Stanford study.

Human Rights Watch advocate Cynthia Brown dead at 60

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:26:21 -0400

(Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global advocacy group said. She was 60 years old. Brown, who joined the organization in 1982 as a researcher and became program director in 1993, died Sunday in New York City, Human Rights Watch said on its website. "She was principled and uncompromising — and played a big part in making Human Rights Watch that way," Kenneth Roth, the group's executive director, said in a statement. ...

Human Rights Watch activist Brown dies in NY at 60

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:33 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Activist Cynthia Brown, one of the guiding forces at the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch, has died at age 60 after fighting cancer.

Halozyme rises on pancreatic cancer drug study

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:41:04 -0400

Shares of Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. climbed Thursday after the company reported clinical trial data for an experimental cancer drug. THE SPARK: Halozyme posted results from an early-stage trial that included ...

Halozyme rises on prostate cancer drug study

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:11 -0400

Donovan expects to be left out of U.S. World Cup squad

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02:38 -0400

MIAMI (Reuters) - Landon Donovan has resigned himself to being left out of the United States squad for next month's block of World Cup qualifiers, but remains hopeful he can make it to Brazil next year if the team qualifies. Donovan told Reuters before the squad was due to be announced on Thursday that he was not expecting his name to be included on the playing list. "As far as I know, I will not be on the roster and that's disappointing," he told Reuters in an interview during his campaign with The Skin Cancer Foundation to promote awareness of the disease. ...