Closed captioning of: Nurse reunited with dying father - msnbc.com
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:48 GMT+00:00
msnbc.com >>> is assistant head church at calvary hospital in the bronx. last week a patient with terminal cancer was admitted with a familiar name, victor peraza, ... Cancer Patient Meets Long Lost Daughter His Nurse! Gothamist Nurse finds her long-lost dad in patient Hindustan Times Miracle meeting as nurse walks into dying patient's room - and discovers he is ... Daily Mail CBS News  - CBS New York  - Chicago Sun-Times

31 Days in the Life of a Throat Cancer Patient - ABC News
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:23:10 GMT+00:00
ABC News Doctors eventually discovered the small growth on the back of his tongue was throat cancer . The growth was in the same location as that of 65-year-old actor ...

Preventative breast, ovary surgeries may reduce cancer risk - Xinhua
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:43:30 GMT+00:00
risk Xinhua 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Preventative surgeries may reduce the risk of getting breast or ovarian cancer , said a recent study quoted by AFP news on Monday. ... Breast, ovary removal can eliminate cancer risk for some Independent Study: Pre-emptive Surgeries Might Lower the Possibility of Breast and Ovarian ... TopNews United States Jupiter Medical Center's high risk assessment program streamlines breast ... TCPalm

Surgery prevents breast cancers in high-risk women - Reuters
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:19:13 GMT+00:00
Reuters Vasiliki Kostoula, a Greek breast cancer patient , is framed through a breast x-ray after a radiological medical examination in an Athens hospital October 29 ... Radiation After Surgery Improves Survival for Rare Type of Breast Cancer HealthNewsDigest.com Breast, ovary removal found to raise cancer survival rates Los Angeles Times Study: Preventive Cancer Surgeries Save Lives CBS News NPR  - TIME (blog)  - SuburbanJournals

Woman's strike chemo hell - News24
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:46:40 GMT+00:00
News24 Durban - A cancer patient says she's been "through hell" because of the strike by public servants because it's made it impossible for her to have chemo and ...

Swiss Breast Cancer Patient Becomes First in World to Receive Treatment Using ... - PR Newswire (press release)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:03:46 GMT+00:00
Becomes First in World to Receive Treatment Using ... PR Newswire (press release) 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc , ...

Fired Delray cancer patient wins $8.1M - WPTV
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:29:35 GMT+00:00
wins $8.1M wptv after being initially misdiagnosed with lupus after finding a lump in her breast, she was eventually diagnosed with breast cancer on July 30, 2008, ...

County cancer patient calls for drug to be on NHS - Thisisgloucestershire
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:14:11 GMT+00:00
calls for drug to be on NHS Thisisgloucestershire cancer patient Norman Snell has criticised a health watchdog's refusal to recommend a bowel cancer drug for use on the NHS. Avastin can help patients with ... anger at cancer drug axe express.co.uk UK Health Watchdog Again Rejects Roche's Avastin Wall Street Journal Watchdog rejects rare cancer drug The Press Association USA Today  - Daily Mail  - Telegraph.co.uk

Susan G. Komen for The Cure Receives Charity Navigator's Coveted Four-Star Rating - PR-USA.net (press release)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:26:42 GMT+00:00
PR-USA.net (press release) ... the leading cause of cancer death in US women ages 40-59. Men can get breast cancer , too. One percent of breast cancer diagnosis will be in male patients . Komen training clinic revving up NWAOnline (subscription)

Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment Move Another Step Forward - Medical News Today (press release)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:07:39 GMT+00:00
Diagnosis And Treatment Move Another Step Forward Medical News Today (press release) A second PET/CT scanner will help improve timely access for patients ," said Dr. David Levy, President at the BC Cancer Agency, an agency of the PHSA. ...

HOUSE CALL: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - San Angelo Standard Times
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:27:05 GMT+00:00
Awareness Month San Angelo Standard Times A discussion of options and treatments should be had by the patient with the urologist's recommendation and guidance. It is a paradox that while prostate ...

Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute treats first patient - Daily Press
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:49:44 GMT+00:00
Daily Press Keppel said the center is treating local patients with prostate cancer first, because it's a less-aggressive form of cancer that's easier to treat.

Israeli breakthrough: Nano-vehicle targets cancer cells - Jerusalem Post
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:00 GMT+00:00
cells Jerusalem Post Chemotherapeutic agents are very effective against cancer cells but damage normal healthy cells in the patient's body. The risks are numerous and include ...

New therapy promising against metastatic melanoma - CNN (blog)
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:57:59 GMT+00:00
CNN (blog) While looking at genes in cancer patients back in 2002 , scientists found that in 40 to 60 percent of melanoma cases and 7 to 8 percent of all cancers, ... The Cancer Trial Bristol and Roche Must Do Now Forbes (blog) New Drugs Offer 'Extraordinary Hope' in Skin Cancer Fight Wired News

Patients, physicians both benefit from hospital advances - Asbury Park Press
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:12:05 GMT+00:00
, physicians both benefit from hospital advances Asbury Park Press This separate device holds surgical instruments with tips the size of a dime, which make small incisions into the patient to help remove the cancer . ...

Selenium May Protect Against Bladder Cancer - WebMD
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:58:41 GMT+00:00
WebMD They reviewed selenium levels taken from blood samples and toenail clippings and determined each patient's risk of developing bladder cancer . ... Selenium Linked to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk MedPage Today

Test That can Predict Effectiveness of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients - TopNews United States
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:38:21 GMT+00:00
TopNews United States The test would relieve breast cancer patients of needless treatments and their adverse affects. Along with that, the test would also predict if ... Breast Cancer Response to Chemotherapy Can be Detected in a New 24 Hour Test GroundReport Promising cancer drug created at UA Arizona Daily Star

AIDS Quest to Kill `Sleeping' Virus Enlists Merck Cancer Drug - Bloomberg
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:58:26 GMT+00:00
Drug Bloomberg The US Food and Drug Administration accepts that risk when the drug is being used in patients who already have cancer . It probably won't tolerate the risk ...

Fundraiser planned for breast cancer patient - Lexington Dispatch
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:15:36 GMT+00:00
Lexington Dispatch Carter, 37, is a 1991 Ledford High School graduate who is fighting breast cancer for the second time. She is undergoing chemotherapy. ...

$185233 raised in Xi'an for cervical cancer patients - Global Times
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:01:00 GMT+00:00
Global Times The Doudou Loving Fund which was also established on Thursday is named after a 42-year-old cancer patient called Doudou whose battle against the disease ...