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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.
MIDDLETOWN - Kenny Gasaway’s friends and family are coming to his aid while he battles cancer.
Sunstone Cancer Support Centers will be dissolved, its board of directors announced Friday.
The current dispute over mammograms gives many people who’ve been around since the 1980s a sense of déjà vu. Like archeologists arguing endlessly over the same set of bones, cancer specialists, it can seem, have been arguing endlessly over pretty much the same set of data.
Construction crews work on the Frontier Cancer Centers and BloodInstitute on Grand Avenue northeast of the Peter Yegen Jr. GolfCourse. The multimillion-dollar cancer center is the project of theHematology Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies, which ismoving from North 30th Street and changing its name. The centerwill be 39,000 square feet and is intended to offer the latesttechnology and ...
Newly-released guidelines on when, and how often, women should be screened for breast and cervical cancer stirred questions -- and confusion -- this week. Margaret Warner talks to health experts for insight.
n Experts are saying risks of false positives, unnecessary surgery may outweigh benefits of taking precautions
An open house Nov. 12 at the American Cancer Society's Cancer Resource Center gave Gila Valley residents a chance to learn what services are available locally.
La Crosse, WI (WXOW)- A government task force is offering breast examination advice that runs against the position of the American Cancer Society.
Rex Larsen | The Grand Rapids Press Jeffrey MacKeigan, a scientific investigator for the Van Andel Research Institute, and Natalie Wolters, a graduate student, isolate and analyze proteins from cancer cells.
MARIETTA - At least two local doctors say women should still be screened for breast cancer while in their 40s, despite a recent federal study that suggests otherwise. For several years, the Americ...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued new guidelines for cervical cancer screening — delaying the start of Pap smears for young women and cutting back on the frequency of the tests. The guidelines were announced just days after a different group caused a furor by recommending that most women wait until they're 50 to start getting mammograms.
Dr. Joan Walker, a gynecologic oncologist with OU Physicians, answered your questions on KOCO.com about cancer screening.
American women should get Pap smears to detect cervical cancer beginning at age 21, instead of three years after their first sexual experience, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
For the second time this week, women are hearing new recommendations on cancer screening -- this time, for cervical cancer.
The 2010 Tournament of Roses Royal Court paid one of its first ambassadorial visits Tuesday to cancer patients at Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
They're pretty in pink and taking over San Diego's streets. More than 3800 people are taking part in the breast cancer 3-day walk.
For decades, the battle against breast cancer has been taking giant leaps forward. But the release of new federal guidelines regarding mammography is leaving local physicians and women wondering if the medical profession isn’t poised to take a couple of steps back.
US women only need a pap smear once ever two years, says the new guidelines released Friday that are trying to lessen the chances of frequent and redundant treatment.The news released from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now suggest that women under 30 should receive a cervical cancer screening once every two years.
It may change women's healthcare from here on out. New recommendations for cancer screening, most recent, cervical cancer. It comes from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Doctors have issued new guidelines regarding the protocol for testing for cervical cancer.
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