December 26, 2006 – 3:46 pm
Medicare’s extension of coverage for colonoscopies led to a significant increase in the number of cancers caught early, a U.S. study finds.
Researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Yale Medical School report the decision to extend coverage beyond high-risk groups lead to an increase in the number of procedures performed annually per […]
December 26, 2006 – 3:45 pm
It is an extra special Christmas for a New Hampshire family who has been struggling this holiday season.
Some Manchester high school students organized a raffle to help a brother and sister who are both fighting cancer.
December 26, 2006 – 3:45 pm
Breast cancer sufferer Michele Colenso won’t win the Sydney to Hobart but the plucky Briton will use the race to raise awareness of her illness.
The 44-year-old Englishwoman is on a world circumnavigation aboard her boat Capriccio of Rhu, which cannot win the Sydney to Hobart, as it is entered in the cruising division.
December 26, 2006 – 3:43 pm
A common asthma drug slowed pancreatic cancer tumour growth in mice and made standard chemotherapy more effective, scientists said, indicating a possible new way to fight the deadly disease.
December 25, 2006 – 10:29 am
FRIDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) — Losing weight may reduce the risk of prostate cancer, says an American Cancer Society study of nearly 70,000 men. The study also found that obesity increases the risk of more aggressive prostate cancer.
The men in this study were enrolled in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. The men […]
December 25, 2006 – 10:29 am
Drug developer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said Friday it will sell its HIV and cancer development programs to Ardea Biosciences, formerly Intrabiotics Pharmaceuticals.
Under the agreement, Valeant will retain an option to reacquire rights to commercialize the HIV program outside the U.S. after Ardea completes its main clinical trials. Ardea is required to pay Valeant for achieving […]
December 25, 2006 – 10:28 am
WOMEN diagnosed with breast cancer while working at the ABC’s Brisbane studios might pursue a class-action lawsuit, a lawyer says.
ABC management ordered the closure of the building at Toowong on Thursday after an independent study found female employees reported breast cancer at a rate of up to 11 times higher than the general working community.
December 25, 2006 – 10:28 am
Canadian breast cancer cases dropped six per cent in 2003, CBC News has learned.
Similarly, researchers in the U.S. announced last week that rates in the U.S. declined over the same period, which they tied to reduced use of hormone replacement therapy, or HRT.
December 22, 2006 – 8:41 am
Every year, more than 10,000 Americans are diagnosed with a specific type of cancer, called chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This leukemia is tough to get rid of and when patients become resistant to the treatments offered, there’s not much left doctors can do. A new treatment is changing everything.
December 22, 2006 – 8:40 am
A new study suggests smoking could trigger this deadly form of cancer in people who are at high risk of developing the disease. Researchers from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, studied 826 people with pancreatic cancer, of whom 30 had at least one close relative who had also had the disease.
