Don't believe hype about robot prostatectomy: study
Reuters Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:55 PM PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men considering robotic surgery for prostate cancer shouldn't trust the rosy ads promoting the expensive technology over low-tech surgery. |
Tween who blogged about cancer dies of brain tumor
The Washington Times Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:55 PM PST
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. (AP) - A 12-year-old Southern California girl who started a blog and a Facebook page to raise awareness about child cancer has died of a brain tumor. Jessica Joy Rees was diagnosed in March. Her family says her 10-month battle with cancer ended Thursday. The Orange County Register ... |
PSA screening doesn't prevent cancer deaths: study
Reuters Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:55 PM PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Annual screening for prostate cancer doesn't cut men's chances of dying from the disease, according to the latest results of a large screening trial. |
Duncan will take leave of absence
Columbia Daily Tribune Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:55 PM PST
St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan is taking a leave of absence to attend to wife Jeanine as she deals with brain cancer. |
Admirals and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Announce "Pink in the Rink" on January 14th
OurSports Central Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:52 PM PST
NORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk Admirals and the Tidewater Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure will hold their fifth annual "Pink in the Rink" event at the Admirals game at Norfolk Scope Arena on Saturday, January 14th, 2012. This popular event where the ice is dyed pink will seek to educate and raise awareness about breast cancer while also raising monies for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. |
'Mommy is still mommy: Cancer Can't Change That'
Sun-Sentinel Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:50 PM PST
Author to speak Jan. 14 at NSU about parenting a child when you have cancer Children's author Andrea Nugent has sound advice on how to parent a small child after being diagnosed with cancer. |
Race questions cloud lawsuit over Jewish cemetery in Connecticut
New Haven Register Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:38 PM PST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) รข€" Juliet Steer was dying of cancer when she chose her final resting place in the woods of southeastern Connecticut. She picked the plot in an interfaith section of a Jewish cemetery in Colchester because it was peaceful, her brother said, and she died at age 47 in 2010. |
Tween who blogged about cancer dies
KGO-TV Bay Area Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:38 PM PST
A 12-year-old Southern California girl who started a blog and a Facebook page to raise awareness about child cancer has died of a brain tumor. |
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