Health News: [cancer]

Study answers Medicare concerns about paying for CT colonography EurekAlert! Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:39 PM PDT ( American Roentgen Ray Society ) A new study of 1,400 Medicare-aged patients reinforces CT colonography as a screening tool for colon cancer, adding to the continued debate over Medicare coverage of the procedure. Coming together to take a stance against cancer Marshalltown Times-Republican Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:37 PM PDT Cancer may have taken a physical jab at area men and women, but they are proving they have the fight to take it on and win. Breast Cancer Awareness No Longer Has to Wait Until October WTVY Dothan Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:33 PM PDT Studies reveal there will be close to 40,000 breast cancer deaths this year alone so one local group is trying to raise awareness to the youth. Bollywood, fashion world unite against cervical cancer New Kerala Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:24 PM PDT New Delhi, July 1 : A bevy of popular names from the world of fashion and Bollywood came together Saturday night to create awareness on cervical cancer. Who/What's new and business milestones Daytona Beach News-Journal Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:22 PM PDT WHO'S NEW/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DeLand Dore Shepard has been named West Volusia director of Cancer Services for both Florida Hospital DeLand and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial. Shepard, a registered nurse, has more than 25 years of experience in oncology and previously... 22-year-old won't let cancer stop him from playing in Hoopfest - Sat, 30 Jun 2012 PST The Spokesman-Review Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:18 PM PDT When he was initially diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer in 2010, Joey Cawyer was told to expect to never play Hoopfest again. SP Native Uses Cancer Battle to Show Strength The Southern Pines Pilot Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:16 PM PDT Harry Jones was keeping a secret. Just before Christmas, Mecklenburg’s longtime county manager and a Southern Pines native, learned he had cancer Surgeon makes headway against a rare lung cancer The Wenatchee World Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:09 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA â€" During a grueling operation early last year, when the intractable 5-pound tumor seemed to mock his skills, thoracic surgeon Joseph S. Friedberg felt buoyed by what he and his scrub-suited crew had already achieved. The University of Pennsylvania team battles pleural mesothelioma, a rare, ferocious, incurable type of lung cancer. Chattanooga's She Expo guest Giuliana Rancic talks about cancer, new baby Chattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:05 PM PDT Giuliana Rancic's life is an open book. The "E! News" anchor and "Fashion Police" co-host is candid about most everything going on in her life. From her battle with breast cancer to her difficulties conceiving a child, the television personality said in an interview she hopes her experiences serve as an inspiration to others. Mass. community health centers awarded $600K The Sun Chronicle Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:04 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) - Four community health centers in Massachusetts have been awarded a total of $600,000 to support efforts to treat people with asthma, diabetes and cancer in underserved communities.

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