Women insistent on cancer screening
USA Today - 2 hours 24 minutes agoThe vast majority of women in the USA say they will get a mammogram before age 50, in keeping with American Cancer Society recommendations.
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Constellation's CSO and Scientific Advisor Receive Medal of Honor from American Cancer Society
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 23, 9:00 am ETCAMBRIDGE, 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.
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Yahnke earns American Cancer Society honor
Waverly News - Mon Nov 23, 4:45 am ETLINCOLN – 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.
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Southern Baptist president has prostate cancer
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 6:15 pm ETSouthern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt says that he has prostate cancer and expects to have surgery in January.
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Sleep Disorders Plague Cancer Patients
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 4:34 pm ETMONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Insomnia and sleep disorders affect more than three-quarters of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a rate nearly three times higher than that of the general population, a new study finds.
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Weight May Not Drive Racial Disparities in Colon Cancer
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 4:35 pm ETMONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Body weight and co-existing health problems don't explain why black colon cancer patients have lower survival rates than whites, U.S. researchers say.
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Teleconferences slated for cancer patients, caregivers
Chico Enterprise-Record - 1 hour 29 minutes agoThree areas of concern to cancer patients and the people who care for them will be addressed during the American Cancer Society's I Can Cope teleconferences over the next three months.
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$75M verdict unsealed in Prempro-cancer case
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 3:32 pm ETA jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.
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Behind Cancer Guidelines, Quest for Data
New York Times - Sun Nov 22, 11:43 pm ETThe 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.
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Public health expert and breast cancer survivor puts new mammography guidelines in perspective
Washington Post - Mon Nov 23, 12:05 pm ETLast week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published new mammography guidelines which recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer. The guidelines also said there was no evi...
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SU2C, MLB team up against breast cancer
Major League Baseball - Mon Nov 23, 5:45 pm ETSU2C, MLB team up against breast cancer
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Washington Sketch: Seeing a setback in the race against breast cancer
Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ETNancy Brinker, the breast cancer activist who painted the world pink, was feeling blue.
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Woman Awarded $75M for Cancer-Prempro Link
CBS News - Mon Nov 23, 4:30 pm ETPa. Jury Orders Wyeth To Pay Punitive Damages after Finding Link Between her Breast Cancer and Hormone-Replacement Drug
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Tree ornament sales to help fight cancer
The Daily News of Newburyport - 27 minutes agoSEABROOK and mdash; A few local women who are cancer survivors or whose loved ones have been stricken with the disease are working this holiday season to help others like them. Loan Spear, Martha Littlefield-Settles and Annie Haughton are making and selling tree ornaments to raise money for the fight against cancer.
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Insomnia Prevalent Among Cancer Patients Who Receive Chemotherapy
redOrbit - Mon Nov 23, 6:56 pm ETUniversity of Rochester study shows impact of care lingers for monthsThree quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients' ability to fully recover, according to scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center.A study of 823 cancer patients showed they experienced sleep ...
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Cancer screening for women questioned
Battle Creek Enquirer - 6 minutes agoRecent changes in women's cancer screening advice stunned some local health care providers.
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Cancer Resource Center offers free services
Eastern Arizona Courier - Mon Nov 23, 3:35 pm ETAn open house Nov. 12 at the American Cancer Society's Cancer Resource Center gave Gila Valley residents a chance to learn what services are available locally.
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Tree ceremony honors cancer survivors, victims
Merced Sun-Star - 44 minutes agoFred Pillsbury lost his wife six years ago to cancer, but he still considers her the love of his life.The Atwater resident honors his wife every year by buying an ornament to hang on a Christmas tree that dominates the waiting area of Mercy Cancer Center in Merced."We were soulmates," Pillsbury said. "Buying an ornament for her really helps me."
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Three-time cancer survivor gets a `Dream Day' from a blue genie
Miami Herald - Mon Nov 23, 11:49 pm ETAny afternoon she doesn't have to spend inside a doctor's office, operating room or therapy clinic, Astrid Nicastri considers a pretty good day. So when a tall man in a red suit, wearing a blue genie mask, and driving a red Ferrari , pulled up to Nicastri's Miami home Monday and surprised the three-time cancer survivor with a ``Dream Day'' of activities, she could utter only one word.
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Cancer ruling riles many
The Glendale News-Press - 2 hours 35 minutes agoGLENDALE — After surviving chemotherapy, several surgeries and a double mastectomy, the battle against breast cancer isn’t over for Glendale resident Myli Vanegas.
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Council Member Will Swoffer battling cancer
The Examiner - 2 hours 35 minutes agoSwoffer, 70, has kept his cancer treatments low-key for two years, but now he's ready to go public with it.
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N. Texas Women Say 'Prempro' Caused Their Cancer
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Breast cancer 3-day walk, day 2: 40 miles down, 20 to go
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