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What's more important: finding a cure for cancer or helping those who already have it? The American Cancer Society is trying to do both - and more. The cancer society also strives to educate people...
A group of volunteers that has raised more than $1.5 million for the American Cancer Society over nine years has thrown in the towel over what they feel was unfair treatment from cancer society staff representatives.
All profits from the three O'Shea's family of Irish pubs on Monday, Dec. 7, will benefit the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer charity.
(ARA) - Breast cancer is a prolific disease with an estimated 192,370 new cases diagnosed this year in women and 1,910 new cases diagnosed in men, according to the National Cancer Institute.
(HealthDay News) -- If you've been diagnosed with cancer, it's a difficult task to inform friends and family.
An Irvine company has introduced specially padded shorts to help cancer and HIV-positive patients sit more comfortably.
A national physician’s organization has revised its cervical cancer screening guidelines, saying that women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years, instead of every year.The statements follow closely after the start of an ongoing discussion on regular mammograms, stemming from debate on when women should start having the procedure — in their 40s or 50s.The proximity of the two items ...
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
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.”
The Orlando Magic honor one young Central Floridian on an amazing mission to give back to others after battling back from cancer.
The cancer drug cetuximab has proved effective against Menetrier's disease, a rare stomach disorder, researchers in Tennessee found. "We have identified the first effective medical therapy for this disorder," said Dr. Robert Coffey, a professor of cancer research at Vanderbilt University.
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A new class of agents found in soy may prevent or even treat cancer, U.S. scientists suggest.
GLENDALE — After surviving chemotherapy, several surgeries and a double mastectomy, the battle against breast cancer isn’t over for Glendale resident Myli Vanegas.
Aaron Reibe, the 28-year-old Longview man diagnosed with a rare cancer in October and who underwent a 15-hour surgery in Baltimore on Jan. 3, was released from Mercy Medical Center on Wednesday, according to his mother, Peggy Reibe of Longview.
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month. The National Cancer Institute reports, out of the more than 42,000 new cases of the disease reported this year, more than 35,000 die.
It has not been an easy Thanksgiving for one local family. Their nine-month-old baby is in her third round of chemotherapy, fighting a tumor on her neck and cancer around...
An open house on Sunday spoke more about the hope to be found at the new Martin-O’Neil Cancer Center at St. Helena Hospital than the dreaded disease to be treated there.
GRAYLING -- Becky Shires-Cwiek who is the president of the Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition and the field coordinator for the state of Michigan for the National Breast Cancer Coalition will hold a presentation, “Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Grayling Ramada Inn
ROBBINSVILLE Christmastime last year seemed to bring a stroke of luck to Kevin Scibilia and his family when doctors said they had found a stem cell donor to aid him in his fight against cancer.
The American Cancer Society and its volunteers are starting a new support group in the Montgomery area called TOUCH, which stands for "Today Our Understanding of Cancer is Hope." It is a general support group for any patient or family member touched by any type of the disease.
Every year, one in six American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The former lead singer of the Gap Band, Charlie Wilson, is now cancer-free, but is promoting awareness.
