Latest News

06/17/15 David Quessenberry Vows to Return to Field After Surviving Cancer

June 8, 2015 | By Brian T. Smith Not if. When. When David Quessenberry proudly hoists a pair shoulder pads over his thickening body, straps a blue and red helmet across his bearded face, and...

Read

06/17/15 Why Breast Cancer Survivors Need To Hear About Pals Breast Forms.

By BreastForms | June 7, 2015 | Riverside, California Pals Breast Forms brand, “The brand behind the world’s only non silicone gel mastectomy prostheses” is asking, If there was a way to manifest change within...

Read

06/17/15 Study: High-fat Western diet increases chances of prostate cancer

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Updated 8:30 PM ET, Fri June 5, 2015 (CNN)If you're one of the nearly 3 million men currently living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer, listen up: A new study says...

Read

06/4/15 Surgery May Boost Survival in Certain Advanced Lung Cancers

THURSDAY, June 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Certain patients with lung cancer that's spread throughout the chest could live longer by undergoing surgery to remove diseased lung tissue, instead of receiving only chemotherapy and radiation,...

Read

06/4/15 Double Mastectomy Benefits May Be Overrated for Some

THURSDAY, June 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Many breast cancer patients wrongly believe that having both breasts removed -- a double mastectomy -- will improve their chance of survival, a new study finds. "Our finding...

Read

06/4/15 New Drug Shows Potential for Blood Cancer

TUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A two-pronged immune-boosting drug could provide new hope for people stricken with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, according to clinical trial findings. The...

Read

06/4/15 Melanoma Rates Way Up Among Young People in U.S.

TUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma, the potentially deadly skin cancer, has increased by 250 percent among U.S. children and young adults since the 1970s, researchers report. Young women appear to be especially...

Read

06/4/15 Genetic Differences Seen in Younger Colon Cancer Patients

TUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer is genetically different in older and younger patients, and young adults may require different treatments, a new study suggests. While the overall rate of colon cancer...

Read

06/4/15 High-Fat Diet May Raise Prostate Cancer Death Risk

MONDAY, June 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer patients with an unhealthy, high-fat diet have a significantly higher risk of death from the disease, a new study suggests. "There is currently very little evidence...

Read

06/4/15 Cancer Patient’s Health Affected by Spouse’s Mood

MONDAY, June 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The emotional health of cancer caregivers may affect the mental health of the loved ones they are caring for, a new study suggests. When their husbands, wives or...

Read

06/4/15 Immune-Based Drug Shows Potential Against Another Form of Lung Cancer

SUNDAY, May 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Another study finds that a new immune system-focused drug, called nivolumab, may help treat a common form of lung cancer. On Saturday, a study presented at the annual...

Read

06/4/15 Targeted Radiation to Treat Brain Tumors May Be Best: Study

SUNDAY, May 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Using radiation on the entire brain to prevent new tumors from forming in patients whose cancer has spread to the brain can have a devastating effect on their...

Read

06/4/15 Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise Against Deadly Brain Cancer

SUNDAY, May 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Early trials of a new form of gene therapy may give hope to patients battling glioblastoma, the most deadly form of brain cancer. Called AdV-Tk therapy, the new...

Read

06/4/15 New Drug Keeps Common Breast Cancer Under Control Longer: Study

SATURDAY, May 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Adding a new drug called Ibrance (palbociclib) to standard hormone therapy helped keep a common type of breast cancer under control measurably longer than the hormone therapy alone,...

Read

06/4/15 Are 2nd Breast Cancer Surgeries Always Necessary?

SATURDAY, May 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of breast cancer patients in the United States might be spared a second surgery if more tissue was removed during initial breast-conserving, partial mastectomy surgery, a new...

Read

05/29/15 Bigger Share of Deaths Worldwide Now Due to Cancer

THURSDAY, May 28, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A greater percentage of deaths worldwide are now caused by cancer, a new report shows. Between 1990 and 2013, the proportion of all deaths caused by cancer rose...

Read

05/26/15 Teenage obesity may increase risk of colorectal cancer in later-life

Tuesday 26 May 2015 at 12am PST Written by Honor Whiteman Men who are very overweight or obese during late adolescence may be more than twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer by middle age....

Read

05/26/15 Ovarian cancer-specific markers set the stage for early diagnosis, personalized treatments

Medical Xpress May 25, 2015 Ovarian cancer is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, making it an especially fatal disease. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have...

Read

05/26/15 A quarter of healthy skin cells possess cancer-related mutations, study finds

Friday 22 May 2015 at 12am PST Honor Whiteman Cancer-related mutations can be found in around a quarter of skin cells belonging to healthy individuals. This is according to a new study published in the...

Read

05/26/15 Family History of Breast Cancer Doesn’t Worsen Patient’s Prognosis: Study

WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer patients who have a family history of the disease often worry that their outlook is worse and their chances for recurrence is higher. But a new...

Read
1 72 73 74 75 76 102