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  Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:51pm EDT

  Bobby Murcer at a press conference before the 2007 season. He is continuing his fight against cancer.

• A dream come true

  Posted: June 29th, 2008, 11:56am EDT

  By NOMFUNDO MCETYWA Sam Pretorius personifies the "can" in the mantra "cancer can be beaten". After being diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 11, few thought he would live to adulthood.

• Sagging economy leaves more people needing assistance

  Posted: June 29th, 2008, 3:44am EDT

  As a registered nurse, Dawn Geisbert worked more than a decade ago on a committee to start Meals on Wheels in Frederick .

• Therapy dog goes through cancer treatment, too

  Posted: June 28th, 2008, 7:24pm EDT

  Tybee, a 10-year-old rough-coat Jack Russell terrier, has lymphoma, a cancer that affects the immune system.

• IBM Supercomputer Bolsters Cancer Research

  Posted: June 28th, 2008, 11:20am EDT

  The new system will aid in the search for more effective cancer treatments. This ground-breaking research analyzes millions of images of proteins.

• Taming, Then Aiming, Viruses At Brain Tumors - "Engineered" Viruses...

  Posted: June 28th, 2008, 6:56am EDT

  Taming, Then Aiming, Viruses At Brain Tumors - "Engineered" Viruses May Hold Promise For Cancer Treatment It may sound like the plot of a medical drama, but this approach to fighting cancer is real.

• Medical Conference: Acoustics '08 Paris

  Posted: June 27th, 2008, 10:56pm EDT

  Sound has a long history in medicine, from the stethoscopes doctors have used since the early 19th century to listen to the internal sounds of the human body to the obstetric ultrasound images so familiar to ...

• ABC News NIGHTLINE Features HIFU with Sonablate(R) 500 as Non...

  Posted: June 27th, 2008, 2:55pm EDT

  According to the segment, men diagnosed with prostate cancer have the ability to travel outside of the United States to receive HIFU, a non invasive, outpatient procedure for prostate cancer.

• BSD-2000 Cancer Treatment System By BSD Medical Installed In...

  Posted: June 27th, 2008, 10:32am EDT

  BSD Medical Corp. announced that another BSD-2000 hyperthermia system has been purchased, installed and is now in use in China, at the Liaocheng Peoples Hospital located in Liaocheng City, in the Western ...

• Promising cancer drug target in prostate tumors identified

  Posted: June 27th, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  London, June 27: Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute claim to have identified a promising cancer drug target in prostate tumors.

• MRI combo spots prostate cancer treatment failure

  Posted: June 26th, 2008, 9:13pm EDT

  Two imaging modalities used in combination -- dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging -MRI -- can accurately spot residual or recurrent prostate cancer in patients ...

• Explore's Science Cafe Explodes Cancer Myth

  Posted: June 26th, 2008, 12:39pm EDT

  It's a fact, cancer will affect one in three of us, and at 7.30 on Tuesday 8 July, Explore-At-Bristol will play host to a Science Cafe that explodes the myths about this disease.

• A safe and efficient gene delivery method that doesn't involve viruses

  Posted: June 26th, 2008, 8:16am EDT

  The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using viruses as vectors to deliver healthy genes, but a new University of Georgia study helps bring scientists closer to a safe ...

• New treatment for prostate cancer

  Posted: June 26th, 2008, 3:47am EDT

  A new prostate cancer treatment with fewer side effects may one day help reduce hospital waiting lists and give patients a better quality of life.

• New Cancer Treatment Targets Both Tumor Cells and Blood Vessels

  Posted: June 25th, 2008, 10:37pm EDT

  Often, tumors have more than one way of surviving, and attacking the tumor alone is not enough.

• Our Genome Changes Over Lifetime, And May Explain Many 'Late-onset' Diseases

  Posted: June 25th, 2008, 2:14pm EDT

  The team suggests that overall genome health is heritable and that epigenetic changes occurring over one's lifetime may explain why disease susceptibility increases with age.

• First Breast Cancer Patient Receives Treatment In National Electronic ...

  Posted: June 25th, 2008, 9:34am EDT

  Xoft, Inc. announced the launch and of the EXIBT Study , a national Electronic Brachytherapy patient registry under oversight from three national physician societies, the American Brachytherapy Society , the ...

• Absence or low function of CHFR gene sets stage for breast cancer

  Posted: June 25th, 2008, 1:31am EDT

  Washington, June 20: A University of Michigan study has found that the absence or low function of a gene, called CHFR in breast cells trigger abnormal cells which are predisposed to become cancerous.

• Oncolin Therapeutics Announces Its Cancer Technology Will Be...

  Posted: June 24th, 2008, 5:17pm EDT

  Oncolin Therapeutics, Inc., is pleased to announce that a group of scientists lead by Professor Waldemar Priebe from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center will be presenting its lead cancer ...

• Healthy Families, Healthy Homes - June 17th

  Posted: June 24th, 2008, 9:00am EDT

  Most of us have seen cancer affect our lives. It may be a loved one, neighbor, co-worker, or even yourself stricken by the disease.

• Cancer Drug Gleevec Could Fight Stroke

  Posted: June 24th, 2008, 12:43am EDT

  A powerful weapon against cancer might also boost stroke patients' survival, new research suggests.

• Vallejo council to discuss budget cuts

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 8:28pm EDT

  Vallejo city officials will look at two integral and diametric financial issues during Tuesday's council meeting.

• Study Shows that Small Protein Can Broaden Immune Response in Humans with Cancer

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 3:47pm EDT

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Cancer Institute Embargoed for Release: Monday, June 23, 2008, 9:00 a.m. EDT CONTACT: NCI Office of Media Relations, ...

• Eye on Health - Cancer Outlook

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 11:30am EDT

  Trinity Health recently hosted a cancer fundraiser with the message of fighting cancer with humor.

• Pamela Forrester - won drug judgment

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 5:46am EDT

  She was 65. The Yerington woman was under hospice care for lung cancer, said her attorney, Geoff White.

• Cancer Survivor Uses Humor

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 1:09am EDT

  Cancer touches the lives of almost everyone. While it is usually a tough issue to deal with, one women is taking a positive look at the disease and treatment.

• Jane McGrath's Work will Leave Lasting Legacy

  Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 5:03pm EDT

  Jane McGrath with husband Glenn. SYDNEY-Jane McGrath's work in providing support for specialist breast cancer nurses will leave a lasting legacy, the National Breast Cancer Foundation says.

• Cancer hospital fined Rs.500,000 for medical negligence

  Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 8:32am EDT

  A well known cancer hospital here was fined Rs.500,000 Friday by the Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for medical negligence in conducting a surgery without any test and investigation on a retired ...

• Woman who won millions from Wyeth in cancer suit dies

  Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 3:16am EDT

  One of three Nevada women who were awarded millions in damages in a drug-company lawsuit has died.

• New Possibilities For Breast Cancer Treatment On The Horizon

  Posted: June 21st, 2008, 10:30pm EDT

  The prototype scanner is designed to help physicians determine stages of breast cancer in patients already diagnosed with the disease, rather than as a mammography screening tool.

• Ability to track stem cells in tumors could advance cancer treatments

  Posted: June 21st, 2008, 6:09pm EDT

  Using noninvasive molecular imaging technology, a method has been developed to track the location and activity of mesenchymal stem cells in the tumors of living organisms, according to researchers at SNM's 55th ...

• Study shows most sunscreen not effective

  Posted: June 21st, 2008, 1:50pm EDT

  If you're headed outdoors, you might want to take a second look at the label on your sunscreen.

• Cancer-treatment lodge receives $100,000 boost

  Posted: June 21st, 2008, 8:55am EDT

  Since Jessica Hare was found to have a recurrence of brain cancer in February, her parents, Joan and Gene Hedke, have spent a number of nights at the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge in Marshfield.

• Protox Therapeutics Inc. Granted Orphan Status in Europe for Brain Cancer Treatment

  Posted: June 21st, 2008, 12:39am EDT

  Protox Therapeutics Inc. , a leader in the development of receptor targeted fusion proteins, announced today that following a positive opinion from the European Medicines Evaluation Agency's Committee for ...

• Inherited melanoma risk: What you do know does help you

  Posted: June 20th, 2008, 8:17pm EDT

  When people know the results of genetic tests confirming they have inherited an increased risk of developing melanoma, they follow skin cancer screening recommendations more proactively-much like those who have ...

• Dermatologist warn about certain sunscreens

  Posted: June 20th, 2008, 3:32pm EDT

  It's officially summertime and according to the American Academy of Dermatology more than one million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year.

• New hope for patients with breast cancers resistant to tamoxifen

  Posted: June 20th, 2008, 11:11am EDT

  Researchers have found a new family of therapeutic agents that interferes with the ability of estrogen to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells.

• Vitamin D helps colorectal cancer patients: study

  Posted: June 20th, 2008, 6:54am EDT

  Vitamin D may extend the lives of people with colon and rectal cancer, according to a study published on Wednesday, suggesting another health benefit from the so-called sunshine vitamin.

• New breakthrough in cancer treatment

  Posted: June 20th, 2008, 2:30am EDT

  A cancer patient has made a full recovery after being injected with billions of his own immune cells in the first case of its kind, doctors have disclosed.

• FDA: Watch Out for Phony Cancer Cures

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 9:32pm EDT

  June 17, 2008 - The FDA today warned 25 companies to quit claiming their products cure cancer and urged consumers not to fall for fake cancer cures.

• Radioimmunotherapy targeting viral antigens shows potential to treat or prevent viral cancers

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 4:52pm EDT

  A new study, presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 55th Annual Meeting, shows that radioimmunotherapy targeting viral antigens offers a novel option to treat-or even prevent-many viral cancers by ...

• TRACON Pharmaceuticals Doses the First Patient in a Phase 1 Clinical...

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 12:25pm EDT

  TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that the first cancer patient has been treated in a Phase 1 clinical trial with oral TRC102, a novel anti-cancer drug intended to reverse resistance to Alimta ...

• Kansas Authority Providing $3.7 million for Research

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 7:59am EDT

  The state-created agency announced the investments at a convention in San Diego on Wednesday, saying it hopes to highlight the existing capacity for bioscience research in Kansas.

• New Advanced Skin Cancer Treatment Promising

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 3:45am EDT

  A new experimental treatment offers hope that even late-stage skin cancers might be cured.

• Patient's Own Infection-Fighting T Cells Put Late-Stage Melanoma Into ...

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 11:15pm EDT

  Case is first to show safety and effectiveness of using cloned cells alone to kill tumors SEATTLE, June 18 SEATTLE , /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers describe the first successful use of a human patient's cloned ...

• Health Economic Analysis Reports That Revlimid is a Cost Effective Treatment for Multiple Myeloma

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 6:56pm EDT

  The results showed that not only was the use of REVLIMID and dexamethasone associated with a substantial improvement in survival, but also was cost-effective with the incremental cost-effectiveness threshold ...

• Roche will pay up to $774 million for cancer drug

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 2:02pm EDT

  Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche AG said Wednesday it will pay up to $774 million to Belgian biotech firm ThromboGenics NV and Swedish drugmaker BioInvent International to develop an early-stage cancer drug.

• Sun protection for kids gets more intense

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 9:41am EDT

  If your kids get sunburned, they're not toast, you are. Or so a new wave of sun-protection-product marketers are convincing many, particularly older and affluent, parents.

• Top-up treatment for patients reviewed

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 5:09am EDT

  The Government signalled a reversal yesterday in its policy on patients who pay to top-up NHS treatments with private care.

• FDA Cracks Down On Fake Cancer Treatments

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 12:46am EDT

  The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs. All are available for sale on the Internet.

  The agency has sent 25 warning letters to companies and individuals marketing these products, FDA officials said Tuesday. Twenty-three of the letters went to domestic companies and two to foreign individuals.

  FDA officials said the statements made about these products are dangerous because they could prevent a patient from seeking proper treatment for cancer. They could also harm a cancer patient by interacting with other drugs the patient is taking.

• Gene Therapy Improves Survival And Quality Of Life Of Dogs With Cancer: Could It Also Help Humans?

  Posted: June 16th, 2008, 6:42pm EDT

  The single treatment works by increasing muscle strength and correcting common complications of cancer such as weakness, weight loss and anemia, said principal investigator Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, MD, PhD, ...

• OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Extends License Agreement for Use of MorphoSys's Core Technology

  Posted: June 16th, 2008, 10:28am EDT

  MorphoSys AG announced today that U.S. based biopharmaceutical company OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• TCM units get good response

  Posted: June 16th, 2008, 6:13am EDT

  Star : KUALA LUMPUR: The pilot project of the traditional and complementary medicine unit at three government hospitals has received encouraging response, said Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.

• Friends race for woman fighting cancer for third time

  Posted: June 15th, 2008, 10:04pm EDT

  IT WAS four days before Christmas in 2004 when Julie Crockford discovered she had breast cancer.

• Restaurant owner helps cancer patients

  Posted: June 15th, 2008, 1:55pm EDT

  A local restaurateur is having weekly dinners throughout the month that will benefit three local cancer support groups.

• Cyclists ride in support of children with cancer

  Posted: June 15th, 2008, 5:05am EDT

  June 13, 2008 02:04 PM - More than 600 riders cycled across the GTA Friday morning to raise awareness and support for children with cancer.

• Cancer 'insurance' policy will pay for expensive drugs ruled out by NHS

  Posted: June 14th, 2008, 9:02pm EDT

  A scheme which allows patients to receive expensive drugs that are banned on the Health Service has been launched by an insurance company.

• Cancer Drug Appears to Help with Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis

  Posted: June 14th, 2008, 12:55pm EDT

  High doses of a drug used to fight cancer may reduce disease activity and disability in people with aggressive multiple sclerosis, results of a small trial suggest.

• Cancer patient: 'I don't want to give up fighting'

  Posted: June 14th, 2008, 8:13am EDT

  KRONENWETTER -- Some people dread their 40th birthday. For Keith James, being able to celebrate his 40th in November is a goal.

• The 9 Medical Breakthroughs That Could Change Your Life

  Posted: June 13th, 2008, 11:51pm EDT

  Medical Headway, LLC , an online medical breakthrough library, has a simple yet potentially life-saving goal.

• Revolutionary drug that gives breast cancer sufferers precious months of life launched

  Posted: June 13th, 2008, 3:32pm EDT

  By Jenny Hope Last updated at 2:47 PM on 12th June 2008 Around 2,000 women a year could benefit from the drug A new drug which prolongs the lives of women with an advanced form of aggressive breast cancer has ...

• British scientists find new way to detect cancer-causing defects

  Posted: June 13th, 2008, 7:09am EDT

  British scientists have found a new way to identify defects that could eventually lead to cancer, BBC report on Wednesday.

• Cancer Drug Appears to Help With Aggressive MS

  Posted: June 13th, 2008, 2:44am EDT

  High doses of a drug used to fight cancer may reduce disease activity and disability in people with aggressive multiple sclerosis, results of a small trial suggest.

• Labor of love

  Posted: June 12th, 2008, 10:11pm EDT

  ZANESVILLE - A local woman has started a labor of love to help cancer patients look good and feel better about themselves.

• Bill should be passed allowing terminally ill access to experimental drugs, journal op-ed states

  Posted: June 12th, 2008, 1:52pm EDT

  The case of Sen. Edward Kennedy , who has been diagnosed with brain cancer, is "identical from a regulatory standpoint to the plight of hundreds of thousands of other Americans" and "shouts to the heavens the ...

• Latest News : Gene chemicals cancer warning

  Posted: June 12th, 2008, 5:33am EDT

  People vulnerable to cancer may have subtle differences in cell chemicals that could be detected before they actually develop the disease.

• Paul Newman gives millions to charity - denies terminal cancer

  Posted: June 12th, 2008, 12:59am EDT

  Hollywood legend Paul Newman has donated 120 million dollars to charity, gossip columnist Roger Friedman reported on Fox News Wednesday.

• Summer Safety: Be Careful at the Beach

  Posted: June 11th, 2008, 8:33pm EDT

  Do your summer plans include catching some rays? Whether you're seeking the sun at the beach, a neighborhood pool, or the privacy of your own backyard -- don't forget your sunscreen.

• Organizers of cancer clinical trials are neglecting teenagers and young adults

  Posted: June 11th, 2008, 12:13pm EDT

  London, UK: Teenagers and young adults with cancer are being failed by medical researchers who are not designing clinical trials with the 13-24 age group in mind and who are not recruiting sufficient numbers of ...

• Healthwatch for June 10, 2008

  Posted: June 11th, 2008, 3:37am EDT

  Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 ; 03:37 PM Updated Tuesday, June 10, 2008 ; 07:06 PM Vitamin D can help more than just bones, smoking hurts the mind as well as the body, and survivors of childhood cancer are at ...

• Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar

  Posted: June 10th, 2008, 7:10pm EDT

  Costs for treating Medicare patients with cancer increased substantially from 1991 to 2002, researchers report.

• Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare

  Posted: June 10th, 2008, 2:28pm EDT

  Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus ...

• Houston cancer patient had salmonella prior to death

  Posted: June 10th, 2008, 9:34am EDT

  RESOURCES NOT ON THE MENU Many of the nation's most popular restaurant chains have stopped serving most types of raw tomatoes.

• Take care to block the sun's rays

  Posted: June 10th, 2008, 5:15am EDT

  BY KATHY VAN MULLEKOMMcClatchy TribuneYou're all set for a day at the beach or on the boat.

• Bone drug helps women with early breast cancer

  Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:48am EDT

  A bone-building drug also may help certain women with early breast cancer, a new study shows.

• Kiwi Movember cut in row over funds control

  Posted: June 9th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT

  Mo men are bristling because the Australian organisers of "Movember" have given their Kiwi counterparts the chop after a row about control of funds raised.

• Bowel cancer not tested early enough

  Posted: June 9th, 2008, 3:31pm EDT

  AUSTRALIANS are putting their lives at risk by waiting for symptoms before being tested for bowel cancer, a study has found.

• Brooke cuts her hair for cancer

  Posted: June 9th, 2008, 11:06am EDT

  Brooke Brand spent years growing her long brown locks in order to donate it to the Canadian Cancer Society, which will now make a wig for someone undergoing cancer treatments.

• Cancer drug Velcade might work in lupus: study

  Posted: June 9th, 2008, 2:49am EDT

  LONDON (Reuters) - Velcade, a drug used to treat cancer, might also work against the chronic autoimmune disease lupus, German researchers said on Sunday.

  Velcade was developed by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. biotech company that was bought two months ago by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd for $8.8 billion in the biggest overseas acquisition by a Japanese drugmaker.

  The injected medicine is currently given to patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells. But tests on mice suggest it may also fight systemic lupus erythematosus, the research team reported in the journal Nature Medicine.

• Patrick Swayze - Swayze Heading Back to Work

  Posted: June 8th, 2008, 10:26pm EDT

  Caption: Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi. The grand opening celebration of Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino - Red Carpet.

• Concerts on mountains and skyscrapers raise cancer funds

  Posted: June 8th, 2008, 6:06pm EDT

  By CHERYL HALL / The Dallas Morning News chall@dallasnews.com James Chippendale has built a thriving business selling insurance to entertainment promoters.

• Another fight follows cancer

  Posted: June 8th, 2008, 1:35pm EDT

  Don Shrubshell photo Larry Wall watches as Ellis Fischel Cancer Center physical therapist Vickie Parker, left, fits Joyce Wall with a therapeutic sleeve to compress her arm as treatment for lymphedema.

• Keith Near Making Ally's House A Reality

  Posted: June 8th, 2008, 5:20am EDT

  Toby Keith started his Ally's House charity to help the families of children with cancer.

• Biocon drugs in pre-filled syringes for kidney, cancer patients

  Posted: June 7th, 2008, 9:05pm EDT

  India's leading biotechnology firm Biocon Ltd has introduced a new drug delivery system with two of its life-saving products in pre-filled syringes for kidney and cancer patients.

• Doctors Want Chickens To Fight Cancer

  Posted: June 7th, 2008, 12:40pm EDT

  Chicken and eggs could become cancer-fighting foods if researchers at Ohio State University have their way.

• Protest over plans to close Dublin cancer hospital

  Posted: June 7th, 2008, 8:03am EDT

  Patients and staff at a Dublin cancer hospital are planning to hold a protest today over plans to close it down.

• Simpsonville men lead fight

  Posted: June 6th, 2008, 11:45pm EDT

  Simpsonville residents Melvin McDaniels and Bob Milks belong to a brotherhood they never sought.

• More money, faster treatment required to battle breast cancer: CMA

  Posted: June 6th, 2008, 3:41pm EDT

  STEVE LAMBERT The Canadian Press WINNIPEG - Governments must direct more money to reduce wait times for cancer treatment, says the head of the Canadian Medical Association.

• Chicken, Eggs Could Become Cancer Fighters

  Posted: June 6th, 2008, 11:12am EDT

  Chicken and eggs could become cancer-fighting foods if researchers at Ohio State University have their way.

• For Some Patients, Cancer Is Just Half The Battle

  Posted: June 6th, 2008, 6:45am EDT

  Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 06 Jun 2008 - 2:00 PDT This time of year, we don't think twice about mowing the yard or an occasional mosquito bite - they're typical spring and summertime things.

• Promising Data On Head And Neck Cancer Announced By DNAR At 2008...

  Posted: June 5th, 2008, 10:39pm EDT

  Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 05 Jun 2008 - 2:00 PDT The DNA Repair Company , an emerging company focused on personalized approaches to cancer treatment, today announced promising early ...

• Sunscreens fail own SPF claims, says watchdog

  Posted: June 5th, 2008, 6:15pm EDT

  Two more sunscreens have failed to meet their sun protection claims, a Consumer NZ test has found.

• Combo Therapy Tackles Deadly Skin Cancer

  Posted: June 5th, 2008, 1:40pm EDT

  Hope may be on the horizon for people with the most deadly form of skin cancer. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute researchers are reporting positive results for a new combination therapy aimed at using ...

• Many Canadian women waiting too long for breast cancer treatment:report

  Posted: June 5th, 2008, 9:05am EDT

  Many Canadian women are waiting too long for breast cancer diagnoses and treatment, and wait times vary wildly between provinces, according to a new report card from The Canadian Breast Cancer Network.

• Wide variations in appropriateness of rectal cancer surgery across England

  Posted: June 5th, 2008, 4:46am EDT

  A substantial proportion of rectal cancer patients are receiving inappropriate surgical care, because of wide variations in practice across England, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.

• Colon Cancer Survival has Family Link

  Posted: June 5th, 2008, 12:17am EDT

  Advanced colon cancer patients with a family history of the disease are more likely to be cured with treatment than patients with no family link, new research suggests.

• Acupuncture reduces pain and dysfunction in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection

  Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 7:35pm EDT

  New data from a randomized, controlled trial found that acupuncture provided significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and dry mouth in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection.

• Early Data Presented at ASCO Show Potential of RAD001 to Enhance...

  Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 2:55pm EDT

  Findings from a Phase II study show that RAD001 enhances tumor shrinkage when given in combination with letrozole tablets ) to postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

• Cancer patient Linda O'Boyle dies after NHS ends free care over 'top up'

  Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 10:12am EDT

  A woman who was refused free NHS cancer treatment after she paid for extra drugs has died, reigniting the debate over whether patients should be allowed to "top up" their care.

• Lilly drug doubles pancreatic cancer survival: study

  Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 5:32am EDT

  Eli Lilly and Co's chemotherapy drug Gemzar more than doubled the overall survival for early stage pancreatic cancer patients five years after surgery to remove their tumors, according to results from a ...

• Novel chemo drug helps treat prostate cancer

  Posted: June 1st, 2008, 10:57pm EDT

  Men with a certain type of prostate cancer have been shown to respond to a new chemotherapy drug, Sagopilone, plus prednisone in an international trial led by Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute ...

• Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments

  Posted: June 1st, 2008, 5:45pm EDT

  Two of the more common and unpleasant side effects of treatment for head and neck cancer patients may be relieved by the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture.

• Diagnostic Tool Provides Additional Therapeutic Treatment Guidance for Third Deadliest Form of Cancer

  Posted: June 1st, 2008, 1:27pm EDT

  Genzyme Genetics announced today that it now offers KRAS mutation testing for colorectal cancer.

• New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

  Posted: June 1st, 2008, 5:05am EDT

  Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer -- which historically carries a grim prognosis -- nearly doubled their overall survival when the cancer drug Gemzar was used after surgery, new research shows.

• Albany Cancer Resource Center Offering Free Facials and Massages

  Posted: June 1st, 2008, 12:47am EDT

  The Rejuvenation Salon at Samaritan Albany Cancer Resource Center is now offering free facials and massages for qualified individuals.

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