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Planned Parenthood 'reeling' after charity grant loss

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 10:20pm CST

The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its financial partnerships with numerous Planned Parenthood affiliates.

Medical pot mouthspray could treat pain

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 2:28pm CST

The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little potential for abuse, experts say.

FDA approves first drug for common skin cancer

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:01pm CST

The Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a drug to treat advanced cases of the most common skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, the agency announced.

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Vets push pets to help with cancer research

Posted: January 30th, 2012, 12:58pm CST

Leading Texas veterinarians are mobilizing to enlist pets in the testing of experimental cancer therapies, a potential benefit to not just dogs and cats but people.

US clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer

Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:14pm CST

Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after U.S. government regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.

FDA OKs drug to eliminate chemotherapy side effect

Posted: January 17th, 2012, 4:49pm CST

The Food and Drug Administration says it approved a drug to reduce dangerous levels of a certain chemotherapy drug in cancer patients with failing kidneys.

Cancer drug gets stronger label warning

Posted: January 13th, 2012, 3:15pm CST

Cancer drug gets stronger label warning

1 in 10 smokers hides it from the doctor

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 12:12pm CST

by Rachael RettnerMyHealthNewsDaily About one in 10 smokers say they don't reveal to their doctors that they light up, according to a new survey. This could equate to more than 6 million smokers in the United States, the researchers said.

Deaths from most cancers drop, report says

Posted: January 4th, 2012, 3:54pm CST

Cancer death rates have continued to decline in both men and women in recent years, according to a new report. Between 2004 and 2008, cancer death rates decreased by 1.8 percent per year in men, and by 1.6 percent per year in women.

Milk intake in teens tied to later prostate cancer

Posted: December 29th, 2011, 4:18pm CST

Older Icelandic men who remember chugging a lot of milk in their teens are three times as likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer as more-moderate milk drinkers, researchers have found.

Teen loses cancer fight after delivering son

Posted: December 27th, 2011, 2:02pm CST

Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to become just another teenage mother.

Holiday surprise for two parents with cancer

Posted: December 20th, 2011, 10:11am CST

Just a few months ago the future seemed impossibly bleak for Elisa and Nathan Bond, young parents who had both been diagnosed with late stage cancers. But just this week the couple got the news that Elisa’s cancer had finally responded to therapy and disappeared.

Health panel takes heat on cancer screening advice

Posted: December 18th, 2011, 12:42pm CST

After a controversial ruling on breast cancer screenings, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is looking for a better way to deliver its scientifically sound but politcally unpalatable guidelines.

Smoking dads raise kids' leukemia risk

Posted: December 14th, 2011, 4:01pm CST

Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds.

Tanning beds tied to second type of skin cancer

Posted: December 13th, 2011, 1:19pm CST

Tanning beds have already been linked to an increased risk of the deadliest type of skin cancer and now new research shows they can also raise the odds of developing the most common form of the disease.

Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival

Posted: December 8th, 2011, 5:16pm CST

Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: The bone drug improved survival, as much as many chemotherapies do.

Quicker radiation therapy doubles mastectomy risk

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:56pm CST

* Popular breast cancer treatment may be less effective

Some men can delay prostate cancer treatment: panel

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 2:58pm CST

Men with low-risk prostate cancer may wait to see if their disease progresses before treating it, an independent panel of experts convened by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday.

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Report: We control many breast cancer risk factors

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 1:50pm CST

Women concerned about breast cancer should worry less about cellphones and hair dyes and worry more about weighing or drinking too much, exercising too little, using menopause hormones and getting too much radiation from medical tests, according to a new report.

Genetic test can help tailor breast cancer care

Posted: December 6th, 2011, 7:28pm CST

A new study finds that a genetic test can help tailor care specifically to each breast cancer patient.

Study faults partial radiation for breast cancer

Posted: December 6th, 2011, 5:57pm CST

New research casts doubt on a popular treatment for breast cancer: A week of radiation to part of the breast instead of longer treatment to all of it.

E!'s Giuliana Rancic to have double mastectomy

Posted: December 5th, 2011, 7:57am CST

The news anchor tells Ann Curry about the next step in her treatment to beat breast cancer.

US warns workers on cancer-causing mineral

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 9:04am CST

Federal health officials are calling for protective measures at job sites where workers may be exposed to erionite, a cancer-causing mineral similar to asbestos that is found in rock and soil in at least a dozen western states.

Cancer from Japan disaster may be hidden

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 12:54pm CST

Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out. The ordinary rate of cancer is so high, and our understanding of the effects of radiation so limited, that an increase in cases from the Fukushima disaster may be undetectable.

Breast cancer drug revoked for 'life-threatening' risks

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 9:54am CST

The Food and Drug Administration has declared the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in breast cancer patients because there's no proof it extends their lives — and it is causing dangerous side effects.

Alcohol may thwart breast cancer's spread

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 7:48pm CST

Although drinking alcohol appears to increase the risk of developing breast cancer, drinking may be beneficial for those who already have the disease, a new study of mice suggests.

Girl with cancer asks '50/50' star on date

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 2:27pm CST

Lindsey Miller, 26, posted a video on YouTube asking actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt out for coffee.

Woman with cancer asks '50/50' star on date

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 2:27pm CST

Lindsey Miller, 26, posted a video on YouTube asking actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt out for coffee.

Smallpox vaccine extends life in cancer trial

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 8:03am CDT

Smallpox vaccine extends life in cancer trial

Cancer patients find help, comfort with 'navigator'

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 3:11pm CDT

When patients diagnosed with advanced cancer need to talk, they find Marcy Zaffron. He is the quality of life navigator at Albuquerque's Presbyterian Healthcare Services' Cancer Center, who works with mostly Stage IV cancer patients.

New device uses light to screen for melanoma

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 11:48am CDT

Dermatologists will soon get some high-tech help deciding which suspicious-looking moles should be removed and checked for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

Even light drinking slightly ups breast cancer risk

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 5:37pm CDT

Even as few as three alcoholic beverages per week may increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, a new study finds.

Breast cancer causes foot-in-mouth disease in others

Posted: October 28th, 2011, 10:36am CDT

A cancer diagnosis can make those around you say the darndest things. While coping with breast cancer, Diane Mapes has heard it all.

Breast cancer causes foot-in-mouth disease in others

Posted: October 28th, 2011, 9:34am CDT

A cancer diagnosis can make those around you say the darndest things. While coping with breast cancer, Diane Mapes has heard it all.

Aspirin reduces cancer in high-risk patients

Posted: October 27th, 2011, 6:54pm CDT

People with a genetic condition that puts them at increased risk of colon cancer may lower their chance of developing the disease by taking daily aspirin, a study suggests.

Doctors split on Avastin for breast cancer: survey

Posted: October 27th, 2011, 4:13pm CDT

Doctors split on Avastin for breast cancer: survey

Chest X-rays don't prevent lung cancer deaths

Posted: October 26th, 2011, 12:32pm CDT

Routine chest X-rays do not prevent lung cancer deaths, not even in smokers or former smokers, according to a big government study challenging a once common type of screening.

Your cellphone isn't giving you cancer, study says

Posted: October 20th, 2011, 5:56pm CDT

Danish researchers can offer some reassurance if you're concerned about your cellphone: Don't worry. Your device is probably safe.

Male breast cancer rare, but often aggressive

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 12:49pm CDT

Men get diagnosed with breast cancer at less than one percent the rate of women, according to a new analysis of cancer rates from six cities and countries. But when they did get breast cancer, men were caught with more advanced disease, on average.

1 in 2 will have false alarm from mammogram

Posted: October 17th, 2011, 4:58pm CDT

More than half of healthy women who have an annual mammogram will get at least one false positive result over a 10-year period, and 7 to 9 percent will undergo a biopsy that doesn't turn out to show cancer, U.S. researchers said Monday.

Mastectomy and the single girl: A bucket list for boobs

Posted: October 14th, 2011, 8:49am CDT

Most people rage at the universe when they're diagnosed with breast cancer. Me? I scheduled a pin-up shoot. While my family focused on saving my life, to me, it was all about my boobs. I liked them, and, as a single woman, I felt they still came in handy.

Spit test could reveal pancreatic cancer

Posted: October 12th, 2011, 6:16pm CDT

The bacteria in your mouth could one day be used as an early test for pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests.

Many cancer survivors suffer from PTSD

Posted: October 12th, 2011, 5:05pm CDT

A cancer diagnosis can leave lasting psychological scars akin to those inflicted by war, according to a new survey.

When prostate tests do more harm than good

Posted: October 12th, 2011, 2:58pm CDT

Terry Dyroff's PSA blood test led to a prostate biopsy that didn't find cancer but gave him a life-threatening infection.

Prostate test should be between 'man and his doctor'?

Posted: October 7th, 2011, 7:13pm CDT

An influential panel's recommendation against routine prostate cancer screening in healthy men has prompted worries from medical groups the move will increase cancer deaths.

Prostate cancer test: More 'discomfort' not knowing?

Posted: October 7th, 2011, 4:45pm CDT

When it comes to your prostate, is it really better not to know? An influential government panel's recommendation that healthy guys not get tested for prostate cancer -- because that knowledge can do more harm than good -- leaves some male patients and their doctors in a rather uncomfortable situation

US panel to recommend against prostate test

Posted: October 6th, 2011, 5:52pm CDT

There are reports that a government panel is poised to recommend against routine PSA blood tests to screen for prostate cancer.

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