Fighting on vs. cancer
Boston Herald Sun, 22 May 2011 21:53 PM PDT
Joe Andruzzi was part of three Super Bowl championships when he was with the Patriots. As an offensive lineman,... |
Treating cancer in dogs and cats
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sun, 22 May 2011 21:46 PM PDT
In early February, Michele and John Slick were poking around in their dog Kennedy's mouth to investigate what might be causing bouts of coughing and gagging. They never expected to find a long, fleshy, finger-like tumor.removed the mass. |
Cancer center funding in flux
The Tuscaloosa News Sun, 22 May 2011 21:46 PM PDT
The House version of the 2012 General Fund budget adds a new $2.6 million appropriation to the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Cancer Institute in Mobile, the hometown of the House budget committee chairman, Rep. Jim Barton. The Senate version of the budget does not contain the appropriation, and legislative leaders say the center’s funding will be moved to the Education Trust Fund budget. |
High School Schedule
Greenwich Time Sun, 22 May 2011 21:35 PM PDT
The Breast Cancer Alliance held the Hands Across the Avenue walk Sunday. A key step in a proposed new fire station comes in a little over a week. The $40.1 billion tax and spend plan signed into law contains a surplus. |
Cancer threat rises
The Toledo Blade Sun, 22 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT
Some breast cancers detected between regular screenings were simply misssed on the patient’s last mammogram. But a majority found during the interim periods can’t be found on previous scans at all.Scientists know that missed tumors and interval cancers tend to be larger and more advance than tumors detected at regular screenings. Now a new study reports that interval cancers are more aggressive ... |
Screenings: when it’s too soon for a new colonoscopy
The Toledo Blade Sun, 22 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT
While many uninsured patients cannot afford to undergo colonoscopy screening as often as they should, a new study suggests many older Medicare beneficiaries receive the colon cancer test too often.In a sample of 24,000 Medicare beneficiaries 66 and older, almost half of those who had a normal colonoscopy between 2001 and 2003 underwent a repeat exam within seven years, instead of waiting the ... |
Access to personal medical records increases satisfaction among new cancer patients
EurekAlert! Sun, 22 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT
( Wiley-Blackwell ) A new analysis has found that allowing full access to personal medical records increases satisfaction without increasing anxiety in newly diagnosed cancer patients. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that providing accurate information to patients through medical records can be a beneficial complement ... |
Cancer victim enjoys every day
Marshalltown Times-Republican Sun, 22 May 2011 21:21 PM PDT
Tammy Storjohann wants to make every day count, since it's unclear how many she has left. The Marshalltown resident has a terminal case of lung and brain cancer and two months ago doctors told her she has approximately six months to live. |
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