Recent Cancer Headlines:
BRAVE CANCER GIRL MOLLY-ANN DIES AFTER OPENING HER CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Dec 31, 2005 ... ... Doctors warned Molly-Ann Smith would not survive until December 25 after she developed abdominal cancer, so parents Ann and John decided to move Christmas to ...
A Cervical Cancer Screening Month Resolution
Dec 31, 2005 ... ... January is Cervical Cancer Screening Month. A pap smear can find abnormal cells that may indicate cervical cancer, the tenth leading cause of cancer death. ...
FDA approves cancer drugs
Dec 31, 2005 ... Two new drugs approved this year by the Food and Drug Administration are helping local oncologists in their fight against early stage breast cancer. ...
Abortion - Breast Cancer Link Is Real, Recent Studies Flawed
Dec 31, 2005 ... Joel Brind, Professor of Biology at Baruch College, disputes the prevailing view that no link exists between induced abortion and breast cancer. ...
Local woman works to fund pancreatic cancer research
Dec 31, 2005 ... the Clifton Park woman formed the largest support team in the country from scratch. ...
‘Epigenetic' Changes Come Before Mutations In Cancer
Dec 31, 2005 ... A Johns Hopkins researcher, with colleagues in Sweden and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, suggests that the traditional view of cancer as a ...
Cancer survivor leads blood drive
Dec 31, 2005 ... HAMILTON - A blood drive spearheaded by 16-year-old cancer survivor Lindsey Tippett and Lindsey's Lifesavers is set for Wednesday. ...
American Cancer Society Tips On How To Be Healthier In 2006
Dec 31, 2005 ... ... The American Cancer Society has some manageable tips for healthy eating, becoming more active, quitting smoking, and getting regular checkups that can greatly ...
Uterine cancer may raise ovarian cancer risk
Dec 31, 2005 ... New York - As many as one quarter of young women with uterine cancer also have ovarian cancer, new research suggests. Several groups ...
Early Immune Signs Predict Survival in Colorectal Cancer
Dec 31, 2005 ... ... to a recent article published in the NewEngland Journal of Medicine, the presence of an immune response and absence of early signs of cancer spread within a ...
Kidney Cancer Patients Unlikely To Respond To Potential Treatment ...
Dec 31, 2005 ... Mayo Clinic Cancer Center investigators report that imatinib mesylate (GleevecTM), the drug used to treat patients with gastrointestinal stromal cancers (GISTs ...
Tyler, 11, hangs on as cancer returns
Dec 31, 2005 ... The cancer the 11-year-old Massillon resident has been battling for the past three years has returned, and the Emerson Elementary third-grader is now on ...
Cancer survivor calendar features local women
Dec 31, 2005 ... ... And all are featured in the Oregon 2006 Breast Cancer Survivor calendar, produced by the Encouraging Breast Cancer Survivors Foundation of Bandon. ...