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El Monte City School District was recognized as an "Exemplary School District" by the American Cancer Society for the district's ongoing leadership and effort in promoting Coordinated School Health programs. "The school district continues to show continuous support to the American Cancer Society over the years through various collaborations. El Monte City School District has been a leader in LA ...
The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to drive patients to and from their cancer treatments. If you can spare as little as one afternoon a month, call the American Cancer Society at 228-896-8936 today.
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.
Men wondering about the long-term side effects of chemotherapy for testicular cancer may now have a road map defining likely outcomes.
National statistics currently state that one out of 10 women will develop breast cancer within her lifetime. A new federal study pushing back current standards for mammogram screenings from 40 to 50 could push that number up.
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.
The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Researchers in Italy said on Wednesday they have developed a test that identifies most people with autoimmune pancreatitis, which could make it easier for doctors to distinguish it from pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Neurological side effects are among the potential problems faced by long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, a new study has found.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer vaccine delivered in a fingernail-size implant eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, a new study reports.
( Journal of the National Cancer Institute ) Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than men who were not treated with chemotherapy, according to a new study published online Nov. 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
( Journal of the National Cancer Institute ) Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen-receptor-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118, according to a brief communication published online Nov. 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can shrink tumors and boost the odds of successful surgery in colorectal cancer patients with inoperable metastatic liver lesions, new research suggests.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Sphingadienes, natural lipid molecules found in soy, could become a key ingredient in treatments for colon cancer, California researchers have found.
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.”
More than 11,000 runners earned their turkey by running the Atlanta Thanksgiving marathon and half marathon. Those long miles give you a long time to think and list your blessings. One Atlanta family says they are thankful for cancer.
“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.
NORTON SHORES — When Judy Jaenicke of Norton Shores was enduring treatment for uterine/cervical cancer, there was no one to call who could relate.Sure, she had a wonderful support system of friends and family, but she wanted to talk with...
NAPLES —Already created for a good cause, the Celtics For A Cure Thanksgiving Shootout will have added meaning this weekend.This is the second-year for the boys and girls basketball tournament at St. John Neumann, which was created by Celtics boys coach Tony Grasso to benefit the American Cancer Society ’s Relay for Life. Grasso is a lymphoma survivor and his wife survived breast cancer.Fans and ...
