Washington D.C. (AHN) - A study has found that people who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for more than six months cut their lung cancer risk by 55 percent. A Veterans Administration study suggests that the same is applicable to smokers who took the drugs for four or more years thus cutting their lung cancer risk […]
Because Bob Carter watched two men in his family die as a result of prostate cancer, he got regular check-ups for the disease.
That caution might very well have saved his life.
Seated in his engineering office, Carter talked about his fight with prostate cancer with strength of character that should be noted.
April 19, 2007 – 11:24 am
Experimental Drug That Targets Tumors at Their Roots Also Shows Signs of Success
By Charlene Laino
April 18, 2007 (Los Angeles) — Researchers are reporting early success using gene-based therapies to combat cancers ranging from those of lung and skin to those of the breast and prostate.
Meanwhile, other scientists say that an experimental drug designed to put […]
April 15, 2007 – 10:09 am
WASHINGTON: When the current U.S. presidential candidates were children, the word “cancer” — the Big C, as actor John Wayne called it when he disclosed his — was something of a taboo.
As adults, these candidates are discussing their various cancer battles with almost matter-of-fact candor, chatting about PSA tests and lymph nodes and the like […]
The first therapy that would direct a cancer patient’s own immune system to attack tumors moved a step closer to approval Thursday when it was endorsed by a federal advisory committee.
The advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 13-4 that there was “substantial evidence” that the treatment was effective in men with […]
