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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that the American Cancer Society has awarded the Medal of Honor to Edward E. Harlow, Jr., Ph.D., the company’s Chief Scientific Officer, and Arnold J.
LINCOLN – In a reception featuring nearly 100 volunteers from all corners of the Nebraska, the American Cancer Society recognized its volunteer leadership in the first-annual ACS Volunteer Recognition Celebration held last month.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force thought its review of breast cancer recommendations would be a straightforward job, but the response to its guidelines was swift and angry.
FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests it may become possible for pre-pubescent boys stricken by cancer to prepare for the future when they may be infertile but still want to become natural fathers.
For colon and other cancers, African-Americans have lower survival rates than whites. There has been a belief that racial disparity in survival following surgery for colon cancer was related to a high BMI and co-morbidity. A new study shows there must be some other explanation.
On Saturday night in Hollywood, an eclectic set of musicians gathered to perform stripped-down sets in honor of a very good cause – the Pablove Foundation, which raises money to help children with cancer. Founder Jeff Castelaz, the Dangerbird Records co-owner whose six-year-old son Pablo succumbed to the disease in June, had completed a cross-country bike trip for the cause only three hours ...
CALDWELL – The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers and teams for Caldwell’s first-ever Relay For Life to be held in May, 2010 at James Caldwell High School.
Volunteers needed for American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery.
TRENTON, N.J. - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's withdrawing its application for U.S. approval of a drug to prevent prostate cancer. The drug is already sold under the name Avodart, for treating symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans compared to Caucasians who also have colon cancer. The study is published online Nov. 23 in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society.
The damage has been done. Hours and hours of door-to-door, woman-to-woman outreach into high risk, underinsured populations who usually wouldn't give the health of their breasts a second thought was undermined in a single moment, with a single proclamation.Within moments of the federally funded U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's announcement last week of looser guide- lines for breast cancer ...
For some, October is the month of Halloween. For others, it’s a celebration of Oktoberfest. For the staff and members of DirectBuy of Buffalo, this October celebrated a month-long effort to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
By Paulette Lash Ritchie Correspondent Perhaps one of the most important colors this fall is pink. And it was especially big at Trinity Catholic High School during Breast Cancer Awareness Week.
Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according to a new study.
nitiated in 2000 with the goal of combining cancer research and treatment in one place, the $135 million facility opened last November between USA Children's & Women's Hospital and Mobile Infirmary Medical Center near downtown. Sullivan anticipates having at least 200 workers by the first quarter of 2010, noting that patient visits are expected to reach 40,000 in the next calendar year.
Guide for cancer screening differ by group Associated Press Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and ...
ROANOKE RAPIDS — New guidelines regarding mammography and self-examinations for breast cancer detection have stirred up controversy nationwide. While a government panel believes detection efforts may be delayed from current recommendations, local cancer survivors and educational specialists believe there was nothing wrong with the old ways of doing things and call the new approach “appalling.”
LONG BEACH, MS (WLOX) - It's been a tough road for 7-year-old Sophia Mohler. She returned home last month after spending 8 weeks in Houston receiving treatment for brain stem cancer.
WAUKEGAN – Washington Elementary School students donned hats at school on Nov. 20 to help cancer victims.
UNDATED - Women should have their first cervical cancer screening at age 21 and be rescreened less frequently than previously recommended, according to newly revised guidelines issued Friday by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
“There is no way this can be good,’’ the Bedminster resident recalled. “I’m probably not going to make it.” Today, the 46-year-old has been cancer-free for five years, considered the “magic” number for survivors, and is a strong, active cancer awareness advocate.
