Recent Cancer Headlines:
Access to Care Affects Black Lung Cancer Patients' Survival
Feb 05, 2006 ... Less access to care may explain why black American lung cancer patients have lower survival rates than non-blacks, says a study in the Journal of Clinical ...
Area sees elevations in lung cancer rates
Feb 05, 2006 ... By CINDY HORSWELL. When 68-year-old Lucie Wood tells someone that she is battling lung cancer, she is irritated that most automatically assume she is a smoker. ...
Cancer Care Drains Family
Feb 05, 2006 ... Dontrey's cancer returned, this time in his liver. ...
Cancer strikes by postcode
Feb 05, 2006 ... Click on 'more pictures' above for graphics showing rates of different types of cancer. Or use link at foot of page for a PDF showing cancer deaths by region. ...
Mammogram remains vital in detecting breast cancer
Feb 05, 2006 ... ... Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States – with an estimated 216,000 new cases of Stage I-IV (invasiveness) diagnosed in 2004. ...
Shirdi Baba Hospital observes World Cancer Day
Feb 05, 2006 ... MANIPAL: Shirdi Sai Baba Cancer Hospital, Manipal, observed February 4 as the World Cancer Day. The day is observed to acknowledge ...
FIRST STEP AGAINST BREAST CANCER
Feb 05, 2006 ... BY JONNELLE MARTE. Clayton Brosch, 80, took some time out of his day on Friday to bring attention to something important to him: cancer awareness. ...
Two close friends organize a heartfelt cancer benefit
Feb 05, 2006 ... , both girls lost grandparents to cancer. ... They raised more than $13,000, with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. ...
Practice crochet and help a cancer patient
Feb 05, 2006 ... ... sheet titled Chemo Care Caps, which included simple and easy-to-follow instructions for both knitting and crocheting soft caps for cancer patients receiving ...
Diamond Gala will raise funds for cancer research
Feb 05, 2006 ... Each year, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Central Florida Chapter has Diamond Gala, a black-tie event to raise money for blood cancer research and patient ...
Relay for Life raises money for the American Cancer Society
Feb 05, 2006 ... JOHNSON CITY - Some people do it because they've lost someone they love to cancer. Some people do it because they have battled cancer themselves. ...
Jetskiing for skin cancer awareness
Feb 05, 2006 ... An Auckland pilot who survived skin cancer has taken to a jet of a different kind to take the slip, slop, slap message around the country. ...
What Is Breast Cancer?
Feb 05, 2006 ... Breast cancer is a tumor that has become malignant - it has developed from the breast cells. ... It is common for cancer cells to grow in the lymph nodes. ...
Ensley fire chief, 33, dies of cancer
Feb 05, 2006 ... ... one of its own. Ensley Volunteer Fire Department Chief Lewis Ward, 33, died of cancer Friday at Baptist Hospital. "There is a deep ...
Life and Death on Fringes of Medicine
Feb 05, 2006 ... Erica and Clive McLean turned to alternative therapy to beat his cancer, but he died. ... Clive McLean died March 29 of kidney cancer that had spread to his brain. ...
Cancer fight on target with new breed of drugs
Feb 05, 2006 ... Yesterday's World Cancer Day marked six years since the World Summit Against Cancer launched an "invincible global alliance" to "fight" the disease. ...