Recent Cancer Headlines:
Big chance to help cancer patients
Mar 26, 2006 ... The University of Kansas hopes to gain a prestigious stamp of approval as a leader in cancer research and treatment. The effort, based ...
Benzene from auto emissions drives Indiana’s cancer danger
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... pollution everyday Hoosiers have the most control over is also the one that in almost all of northeast Indiana is the leading contributor to the risk of cancer ...
CANCER DRUG TO EXTEND LIFE
Mar 26, 2006 ... "NEW breast cancer drug that could double survival rates", said the news headline. Now that really is something to shout about. ...
Cancer fundraising campaign set
Mar 26, 2006 ... A small army of volunteers will be pounding the pavement next month to raise money for cancer support and research. April is traditionally ...
Cancer of corruption is costly to Kenyans, Africa
Mar 26, 2006 ... This gathering is taking place at a most opportune time for Kenya as issues of corruption and the need for accountability dominate Kenyan attention. ...
Fighting the second battle after cancer
Mar 26, 2006 ... A CHOC program helps young cancer survivors learn to combat the extra weight that can result from bad eating habits picked up while ill. By LISA LIDDANE. ...
Finance director dies of cancer
Mar 26, 2006 ... and died Monday at Kaiser Permanente ...
Colorectal cancer impacts county, nation
Mar 26, 2006 ... March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of death among both men and women in the United States. ...
Hospital gala a fund-raiser for cancer center
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... the season was a profusion of pink, but the 70th annual Pink Ball had a much more serious purpose: providing seed money for development of a cancer center at ...
Can eye disease be staved off with a cancer drug?
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Avastin is a much-publicized drug for cancer. ... The dose for the eye is minimal -- 1/300th of that for cancer treatment -- and it is not injected into the blood. ...
Stay involved in life, cancer survivor says
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... NORCO - Speaking several hundred yards from a state prison, Norco Mayor Kathy Azevedo said cancer should not be a sentence to solitary confinement. ...
Retired cop, 57, dies after battle with lung cancer
Mar 26, 2006 ... Gropp, a retired Rochester homicide sergeant who helped catch some of the city's most coldblooded killers, died Thursday after a fierce battle with lung cancer ...
Becky Shuford's long battle with cancer helped inspire others
Mar 26, 2006 ... During most of her three-year battle with ovarian cancer - when she never complained, even when her husband could see the pain in her eyes, and she continued ...
Residents make presents for cancer patients
Mar 26, 2006 ... HARWINTON - Thoughtful residents do what they can to send messages of hope to cancer patients -- through fabric. ... "Cancer affects everyone," Miska said. ...
Cancer survivor joins celebration of life
Mar 26, 2006 ... Mar. 25--Chris Cantrell plans to join other Kansas City metro area breast cancer survivors in celebrating on April 29. Cantrell, of ...
Willoughby recovering from cancer treatment
Mar 26, 2006 ... For the past several days, the Birmingham radio legend has been in Knoxville undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. The procedure ...
Gracefully fighting cultural cancer
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... dire and mean-spirited that she feels any human connections - spouse-of-senator to spouse-of-senator - could have some prayer of easing "this cancer in our ...
The future of cancer research
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... This is a phenomenon, she points out, that can cure cancer, but also cause it. ... The implications for cancer prevention and treatment are tremendous. ...
Breast-cancer test could miss mark
Mar 26, 2006 ... A widely used test to measure a woman's predisposed genetic risk for breast cancer misses 10 percent to 12 percent of women who are at high risk, the Journal ...
Cancer steals baseball dream from Whitehouse
Mar 26, 2006 ... There will come a time when Jayson Whitehouse considers himself lucky to be a cancer survivor. "I ... Lymphoma. "Cancer is scary in itself. ...
Conference on cancer awareness
Mar 26, 2006 ... Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Aasimi, Sharjah Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated the sixth UAE Diagnostic Imaging Conference at ...