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CNN - 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest college and professional basketball players of all time, says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer.
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Aberdeen American News - 2 hours 26 minutes ago
The American Cancer Society recently recognized Brenda Glasford of Aberdeen with the Sword of Hope Award....
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 4:36 pm ET
People who live in volcanic areas may have an elevated risk of developing thyroid cancer, a new study suggests.
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HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 2:03 pm ET
MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- After a lumpectomy, women with very dense breasts have a higher risk of cancer recurrence in the affected breast, a new study shows.
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HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:04 pm ET
MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Two drugs used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis eliminated cervical cancer in mice, according to a new study.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:22 pm ET
Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a new study.
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Westminster Community Times - Mon Nov 9, 9:34 pm ET
One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer.
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Lexington Clipper-Herald - Tue Nov 10, 2:30 am ET
(ARA) - Prostate cancer affects more than 185,000 men in the United States each year, according to the American Cancer Society. About one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, making it the most common cancer, other than skin cancers, in American men.
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UPI - Tue Nov 10, 12:41 am ET
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- New York researchers suggest a rapidly rising prostate specific antigen may not indicate a greater risk of diagnosis of prostate cancer.
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EurekAlert! - 17 minutes ago
( University of California - Los Angeles ) The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found.
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redOrbit - 22 minutes ago
Mass spectrometry used to monitor chemical warfare between microbesA recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist."Translating metabolic exchange with imaging mass spectrometry," was published Nov. 8 in Nature Chemical Biology, a ...
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Peoria Journal Star - 17 minutes ago
Hines Primary School assistant principal Carolyn Nunn stood in awe Monday as 18 boys had their heads shaved in a show of support for Nunn, who has breast cancer. The fundraising effort started with fourth-grader Elliott Stagg, who set out that he would shave his head if $250 was raised. His teacher, George Lucero, vowed to shave his as well if donations reached $500. When $1,400 was raised ...
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WebMD - Mon Nov 9, 5:28 pm ET
Two medications on the market to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis worked well to eliminate cervical cancer in animal studies, according to new research.
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WCMH Columbus - 1 hour 57 minutes ago
There is a very unique bond growing between Ohio and Michigan, and it’s all about a 5-year-old boy who has cancer.
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The Auto Channel - 2 hours 4 minutes ago
BOTANY, AUSTRALIA – November 10, 2009: Bentley Motors is staging an art auction at Bonhams to raise money for The Christie, a cancer hospital in Manchester.
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FOX 6 Milwaukee - 2 hours 54 minutes ago
The founder of After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) has passed away. Melodie Wilson who died November 9, 2009, was recently honored with at the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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UPI - Mon Nov 9, 4:58 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new treatment for patients with a rare form of cancer known as Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma.
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Miami Herald - Tue Nov 10, 1:02 am ET
There was a time when no one was allowed to laugh about breast cancer -- much less wax sarcastic or cynical, ironic or arch about it -- because breast cancer usually meant disfigurement and often meant death.
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Salem Statesman Journal - Tue Nov 10, 6:20 am ET
Mr. Charles Salon and Spa is hosting a benefit this week for a toddler battling neuroblastoma, a cancer found in small children.
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CBS 6 Richmond - Tue Nov 10, 5:44 am ET
About one of every three Americans will develop some form of malignancy during his or her lifetime. This year alone, about 1,437,000 new cases will be diagnosed, and more than 565,000 people will die of the disease. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in America, and as deaths from heart disease decline, it's poised to assume the dubious distinction of becoming our leading killer.
