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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.
(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.
(ARA) - One out of every eight will receive a breast cancer diagnosis during her lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. Every woman diagnosed is someone's mother, aunt, best friend, neighbor or coworker.
Kim Reiher feels strongly about cancer. “Cancer touches everybody,” said the 27-year-old Redford housewife and mother of three, whose grandmother died of the disease. Reiher is one of about 30 people who attended an informational open house for Relay of Life of Redford, the signature fund-raising event for the American Cancer Society held every summer. The open house was held Tuesday at the ...
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 current dispute over breast cancer screening guidelines obscures the elephant in the room: environmental causes of cancer.
Jim Commentucci / The Post-Syracuse Breast cancer survivor Paula Miller sits outside CX Tech, her place of work, for a photo Friday.
REGION Diana Cahill has been named regional vice president for the American Cancer Society's Southern Tier region. She oversees organization's educational, patient and family service, and fundraising efforts in 10 counties.
Cancer survivors, local health professionals, human services professionals, volunteers, elected officials and the public are invited to an open house for the Cancer Resource Center at the Cancer Clinic at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center.
In some cases, very few lives are saved for the number of tests performed. ST. LOUIS — With cancer screenings, more is always better.
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.”
ST. LOUIS - With cancer screenings, more is always better.
Marsha Protinsky was at a Smith Mountain Lake nail salon when she first caught word of an American Cancer Society Discovery Shop nearby.
Amid the confusion of the new breast cancer guidelines, here are some of the top questions women might want to know.
On Saturday, the VFW Post #1181 and Ladies Auxiliary held a fundraiser for a woman fighting pancreatic cancer. Fifty seven year old Brenda Silveria was diagnosed more than a year ago.
ST. LOUIS — With cancer screenings, more is always better. At least that's what people have been told for years — get mammograms, Pap smears, colonoscopies and prostate tests as early and often as possible to catch cancer before it spreads.
New breast cancer screening guidelines released by a federally appointed task force last week have sparked strong and often passionate criticism from breast cancer survivors, physicians and policymakers around the country, including in Arkansas.
In February the Hospital of Central Connecticut introduced a breast cancer program that focuses on clinical expertise and patient support. Since then between 150 and 175 breast cancer patients have been diagnosed. Though the hospital lacks recovery figures, patient feedback has been positive.
“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.
BRISTOL —Two years ago, Bristol Hospital celebrated a spacious new first floor cancer center, a new affiliation with the Yale-New Haven Cancer Network and a doctor with top credentials to lead it.
Being the parent of a child with cancer is an all-consuming experience.
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