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What's more important: finding a cure for cancer or helping those who already have it? The American Cancer Society is trying to do both - and more. The cancer society also strives to educate people...
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.
The students at Longfellow Middle School recenly raised $254 for the Foundation for Children with Cancer. The students held a “Hats-On Day” fundraiser and during that day students could wear a hat of their choice and make a donation to FCC.
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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.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Booth - 3646/South Hall A - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, will exhibit its full range of detectors at the RSNA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill.
The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. That much is known. Very little, however, is known about how the drug works at the molecular level. A new study now has provided an invaluable clue: the three-dimensional structure of TM bound ...
Great Valu stores donated $10,000 to National Breast Cancer Foundation in October -- in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.
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.
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.
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.
(ARA) - When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, many of her most important questions can't be answered by a doctor. What if my insurance won't cover a new treatment? Do I risk losing my benefits if I am not working full time? Will my boss let me take time off for treatment?
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...
