Health News: [cancer]: Cancer definition 'needs to change'

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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   Cancer definition 'needs to change' Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:57 PM PDT Experts explain why the word cancer should be entirely eliminated from some common diagnoses.         Continue reading Panel backs lung cancer screening for some smokers Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:57 PM PDT For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former heavy smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease. Continue reading Me and my operation: Me and my operation: I had six months to live - then tiny beads killed off my tumour Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:55 PM PDT Each year, thousands of Britons are diagnosed with cancer that has spread too far to operate, but now a procedure can destroy a tumour using tiny beads fed up through an artery. Robert Price, 80, had the procedure. Continue reading Crime novelist Leighton Gage dies from cancer Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:53 PM PDT NEW YORK—A crime novelist whose books were inspired by Brazilian law enforcement has died. Leighton Gage was 71. Continue reading Friends rally around brain cancer survivor Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:51 PM PDT When radiation treatment recently robbed Megan Turbeville of her hair, she realized just how much she meant to friends and family as a hair cutting party was held at Studio 42 on July 19 in her honor. Not only did Turbeville leave the salon with a very cool "bald beauty" look for the hot summer, but several o... Continue reading LATEST NEWS Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:51 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A crime novelist whose books were inspired by Brazilian law enforcement has died. Leighton Gage was 71. His daughter Melina Gage Ratcliffe says he died Friday evening at his home in Ocala, Fla., from pancreatic cancer. He had been diagnosed three months ago. Continue reading Cancer definition needs to change, scientists say Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:50 PM PDT A group of experts advising the US's premier cancer research institution has recommended changing the very definition of cancer and eliminating the word entirely from some common diagnoses as part of sweeping changes in the approach to cancer detection and treatment.         Continue reading Terminally ill Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon donating fortunate to charity Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:48 PM PDT Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon is donating millions of his fortunate to charity after being diagnosed with terminal colon cancer five months ago. He was given three to six months to live. read more Continue reading Surrey siblings raise nearly $100,000 for research after their mother died of rare cancer Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:42 PM PDT Three Surrey siblings who lost their mother to an aggressive cancer has raised more than $90,000 for the B.C. Cancer Agency. Continue reading Crime novelist Leighton Gage dies from pancreatic cancer; wrote novels set in Brazil Mon, 29 Jul, 2013 06:41 PM PDT NEW YORK — A crime novelist whose books were inspired by Brazilian law enforcement has died. Leighton Gage was 71. His daughter Melina Gage Ratcliffe says he died Friday evening at his home in Ocala, Fla., from pancreatic cancer. He had been diagnosed three months ago. Continue reading

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