January 29, 2007 – 4:29 pm
The percentage of U.S. women ages 40 and older who reported receiving a mammogram declined from 76.4% in 2000 to 74.6% in 2005, according to a report published in the Jan. 26 edition of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Washington Post reports (Washington Post, 1/26).
January 29, 2007 – 4:25 pm
RYE BROOK, N.Y. — Dozens of people got their hair cut or their nails done at a fancy salon on Sunday while benefiting a cancer victims’ support group named for Gilda Radner, the “Saturday Night Live” comedienne who died of ovarian cancer.
Forty-seven patrons paid for haircuts or manicures at the Germargot Salon to help Gilda’s […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:25 pm
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) feared that 84 million people may die till 2015 if action is not taken to stop spreading cancer, as cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide.
According to data collected by Online from WHO revealed that more than 70 percent of all cancer deaths in 2005 occurred in less developed […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:24 pm
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Leading cancer experts say key research could come to a halt because of proposed spending cuts to the National Cancer Institute.
President Bush has proposed cutting the institute’s budget for the second consecutive year. The cuts would reduce the NCI’s 2007 budget by almost 1%, or $36 million, to just over $4.7 […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:23 pm
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Marcia Wallace of “The Bob Newhart Show” fame was honored by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Saturday for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection and inspiring others through her 20 years as a breast cancer survivor.
Wallace, who voices schoolteacher Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons, said she keeps […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:12 pm
KUALA LUMPUR: As she was being wheeled into the operating room for her second cancer surgery, Goh Siew Fan made a promise to God.
“I promised that if I am cured, I would quit my job to be a full-time volunteer working with cancer patients,” she said in a strong voice, that belied her slight stature.
The […]
January 29, 2007 – 4:12 pm
RALEIGH — N.C. State University is celebrating the return of basketball legend Kay Yow. The head coach of the women’s team returned to the sidelines Thursday after a two-month break to focus on her battle against breast cancer.
Sunday hundreds of people gathered for a fundraiser to support everyone who struggles with the disease.
January 29, 2007 – 3:47 pm
Angelina Jolie, right, is joined by her mother Marcheline Bertrand, at a film premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 31, 2001.[AP]
LOS ANGELES - Marcheline Bertrand, actress and mother of Angelina Jolie, has died of cancer, her daughter said Sunday.
January 28, 2007 – 2:40 pm
Scientists have developed a new test to spot a blood cancer that is vulnerable to a promising type of experimental drug that promotes cancer cell death.
The test was developed by scientists at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Using the test, they found that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an “easy mark” for the […]
January 28, 2007 – 2:39 pm
Limiting who can administer certain cancer procedures not only saves lives, it can also keep spiraling health-care costs down, according to a study of health economics conducted at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University.
The study’s findings were reported Friday in the Health Economics, Policy and Law journal.
