Health News: [cancer]: New Breast Cancer Drug Gets Woman Off Death Bed

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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   New Breast Cancer Drug Gets Woman Off Death Bed Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:57 PM PDT Just four weeks ago, Celeste Mills was discussing arraignments for hospice with her doctor after treatment to control her metastatic breast cancer stopped working. But then a newly approved FDA drug was rushed t... Continue reading Minnesotans Needed for Cancer Prevention Study Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:54 PM PDT Minnesotans are being asked by the American Cancer Society to do something very simple: help improve the health of the next generation... Continue reading You are not alone, patients told Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:39 PM PDT CANCER patients and survivors must remain strong as they are not alone in their fight against the disease, said Penang Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh. Continue reading Five From MD Anderson Among First Inaugurated to AACR Academy Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:38 PM PDT Fidler, Hong, Kripke, Mendelsohn and Strong earn cancer research group's new honor. Continue reading Cancer survivor meets lifesaving donor Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:28 PM PDT It's the story of an unlikely pair. A young woman from St. Louis, fighting for her life, and the only person doctors could find to help her was a total stranger on the other side of the world. Continue reading Steve Garvey raises awareness about prostate cancer Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:22 PM PDT Baseball legend and Palm Desert resident Steve Garvey wants others to learn from his example.  The highly decorated first baseman for the Dodgers and Padres began a fight against prostate cancer last September. Continue reading GOVT urged to guarantee cancer treatment Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:20 PM PDT Health professionals are expected to urge the government to guarantee funding for chemotherapy drugs. Continue reading Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington working to lower cancer-risk levels Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:19 PM PDT A rise in cancer-risk numbers logged in 2006-07 is prompting a Wilmington refinery to focus its attention on ways to bring the figures down. Continue reading Mother dies after doctors miss cancer three times Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:14 PM PDT A 33-YEAR-OLD woman died after doctors failed to recognise she was suffering from breast cancer, instead telling her to rub evening primrose oil on her ­aching breasts. Continue reading Saliva test at GP surgery will show risk of cancer Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 06:13 PM PDT A SIMPLE test for the genetic risk of cancer could be routinely ­carried out by family doctors within five years. Continue reading

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