Health News: [cancer]

Static, Tragic and Narrow: What’s To Be Done About Russian Documentary? indieWIRE Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT In 2010, filmmaker Olga Stefanova left her Moscow apartment to spend a year at Russia’s Bellingshausen polar station documenting the lives of 15 men who live there. Thousands of miles away, Yulia Panasenko knocked on the door of her neighbor who was suffering from cancer that transformed her from a chic Russian woman to a skeleton clothed in yellowish skin. Panasenko let the camera run defiantly ... Kid Rock won't perform at Cattle Baron's Ball, cites ‘breach of contract' Crain's Detroit Business Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:59 AM PDT Kid Rock says he has pulled out of Saturday's Cattle Baron's Ball, the largest fundraiser of the year for the American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Region . Cancer in high-risk patients reduced by aspirin KATU Portland Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT 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. Daily aspirin 'blocks bowel cancer' Malta Star Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT A daily dose of aspirin should be given to people at high risk of bowel cancer, say scientists. ... ZIOPHARM Presents Promising Preclinical Pediatric Sarcoma Data with Oral and IV Palifosfamide at the 2011 CTOS/MSTS ... Business Wire Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP), a drug development company employing small molecule and synthetic biology approaches to cancer therapy, today announced the presentation of promising preclinical data with palifosfamide (Zymafos™ or ZIO-201) in a pediatric sarcoma model. The data was detailed in an oral session of the 2011 meeting of the combined Connective ... 'Today's THV at Noon': Retail fundraiser to cancer research KTHV Little Rock Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:49 AM PDT Starting today, dozens of retail shops and boutiques in central and northwest Arkansas are offering discounts through November 6th. A Mea Culpa: Spectrum's Fusilev Sales Are Growing Faster Than I Expected TheStreet.com Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT HENDERSON, Nev. (TheStreet) -- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals reported $41 million in sales of its colon cancer drug Fusilev in the September quarter, a 21% sequential jump boosted by supply shortages of a generic competitor that don't appear to be abating. It's time to admit my error. In April I penned a bearish column on Spectrum arguing that Fusilev sales would fall off this year once supplies of ... Jordan offers lung cancer screenings Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:43 AM PDT Jordan Hospital will launch the first lung cancer screening program to be offered by a community hospital and the second program of its kind in Massachusetts from Nov. 7 to 18. North cheerleader battling cancer gets support from Junior Football community North Attleborough Free Press Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:43 AM PDT On Saturday evening, Oct.15, the North AttleboroughJunior Football community gathered together to honor one of their own at the 5th Annual NAJF Courage Award Ceremony. Assembling at midfield prior to the start of the Rockets-Plymouth football game at Community Field, players and cheerleaders from all 11 Junior Football teams and cheerleading squads surrounded ten-year-old cheerleader Zoe ... Baron & Budd, P.C. Attorney Allen Vaught Advocated for Breast Cancer Detection Law Business Wire Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:42 AM PDT DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Through his many years of working with mesothelioma patients, Baron and Budd attorney and former Texas state representative Allen Vaught knows how difficult dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

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