October 31, 2006 – 10:06 am
Every 13 minutes, a woman dies of breast cancer.
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time to educate people about the dangers and impacts of breast cancer.
“You can’t do anything (to help) until you know,” said Caitlin Davis, one of Zeta Tau Alpha’s chairs of Big Man on Campus, an annual event that raises money […]
October 31, 2006 – 10:05 am
A Korean research team, led by Yonsei University professor Yook Jong-in, made a breakthrough in discovering the mechanism by which cancer cells metastasize.
This breakthrough is expected to help scientists better understand the changing nature of cancerous cells, taking a step closer to the discovery of cures.
So far, the pathways by which cancerous cells spread have […]
October 31, 2006 – 10:03 am
The use of annual CT scans to screen for lung cancer is either an enormous breakthrough that holds the first real promise for curing this normally lethal disease - or an unproven tool whose real value is yet to be determined. Those are the possibilities raised by a multinational study led by researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian […]
October 31, 2006 – 10:03 am
Thirty breast cancer patients are being sent to Australia for treatment because of staff shortages and industrial action at Auckland City Hospital.
The women will travel to Australia within the next few weeks, The New Zealand Herald reported today.
Auckland District Health Board (DHB) said yesterday the decision was because of a 10 per cent increase in […]
October 31, 2006 – 10:01 am
Skin cancer patients could be cured by wearing a sticking plaster that emits light.
The new bandage has been developed by scientists in Scotland who say it will revolutionise the treatment of the disease. It has already undergone successful human trials.
The device comprising a portable light source powered by a pocket-sized battery not only reduces pain […]
October 30, 2006 – 12:43 pm
Breast cancer experts will gather in Calgary today for a public discussion about a range of issues connected to the most common cancer among Canadian women.
The Alberta Cancer Foundation is hosting Positively Pink: Taking on Breast Cancer in Southern Alberta at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre, 120 9 Ave. S.E., from 9 a.m. to […]
October 30, 2006 – 12:42 pm
PORTLAND, Maine –Portland City Manager Joe Gray and his wife Marie credit their solid, loving relationship over 36 years of marriage with helping them both beat cancer earlier this year.
Joe Gray was diagnosed in February as having colon cancer; Marie learned two weeks later that she had breast cancer.
It’s nearly impossible to measure the likelihood […]
October 30, 2006 – 12:41 pm
WOMEN in Shanghai suffer the highest risk for breast cancer in the country, doctors revealed at the Fourth Oncology Conference in Shanghai over the weekend.
About 60 women among every 100,000 in Shanghai suffer breast cancer, and those between 40 and 50 years old are most likely to get the disease, according to a national survey […]
October 30, 2006 – 12:40 pm
Breast cancer may be different in many black American women than those of other races — more aggressive and of a type that’s harder to treat, researchers have found.
The study of more than 2,000 women seems to contradict theories that black women are more likely to die of breast cancer because they get poorer care […]
October 30, 2006 – 12:39 pm
The mutated genes in breast and colon cancers are almost completely distinct, suggesting very different pathways for the development of each of these cancer types, say scientists.
Scientists in the US have cracked the entire genetic code of breast and colon cancers. The discovery could offer new treatment hopes and lead to better ways to […]
