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CNN - Tue Nov 10, 7:07 am ET
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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Scientific American - 52 minutes ago
At nearly 11,000 feet, Mount Etna in eastern Sicily is one of the world's most active volcanoes. And while the peak erupts at a slow enough rate for people to escape a lava burial, the gentle giant could put people at an increased risk of a different hazard--the development of thyroid cancer. [More]
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Aberdeen American News - Tue Nov 10, 7:03 am ET
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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The Arizona Republic - 16 minutes ago
Gilbert native Alex Arndt donated $6,000 Make-A-Wish gift to camp for kids with cancer.
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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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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! - 1 hour 42 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 - 1 hour 47 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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The Fayetteville Observer - 46 minutes ago
Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation's Friends of the Cancer Center will hold its fourth annual Ribbon Walk for Cancer on Saturday at Festival Park in downtown Fayetteville.
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Extra TV - 28 minutes ago
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reveals in a new interview that he's been battling cancer for more than a year.
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Peoria Journal Star - 1 hour 42 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 - Tue Nov 10, 7:32 am ET
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 - Tue Nov 10, 7:25 am ET
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 - Tue Nov 10, 6:35 am ET
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.
