Oncology News

Pasco Clerk of Court Paula O'Neil, who had always emerged healthy during routine mammograms, got the diagnosis.

The Angelina effect: Some doctors have been asked by patients, a few of whom have been treated for breast cancer earlier, to consider performing mastectomies on them.

"All I could think of in the immediate future is my kids. I need to be here for them," the 43-year-old Clinton woman recalled thinking after her December 2011 test.

Eli Lilly and Company is heading straight for a patent cliff. Zyprexa lost patent protection in most major markets in 2011.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center are each seeking state approval for projects involving positron emission tomography scanners, imaging units used to help identify cancerous cells.

Nanticoke's Cancer Care Services has been granted a three-year re-accreditation by The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

AVEO Oncology Drops as Astellas Pharma Inc. Will Not Seek Nod for Kidney Cancer Drug Staying up-to-date has never been simpler.

Hundreds of cancer patients, caught in the middle of a payment dispute over Addington Hospital's state-of-the-art radiation machines, were expected to resume treatment today after an announcement that the machines would be switched on.

University of Colorado Health's northern oncology program received a $56,496 Komen for the Cure grant to provide financial assistance to patients with breast cancer.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced the initiation of an international phase 3 clinical trial evaluating once a week MLN9708 in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are not candidates for transplant.

Chemotherapy, radiation and cancer medications save peoples' lives, but take a toll on their bodies.

Location misery: Andrea Seymour, 52, and her daughter Emma, left, are worried Ms Seymour will not be approved for a property transfer by Housing New Zealand.

Scientists at Duke Cancer Institute said the investigational therapy, known as PVSRIPO, uses an engineered form of the virus that is harmless to normal cells, but attacks cancer cells.

Under conditions of oxygen starvation often encountered by tumors, the epidermal growth factor receptor gums up the cell's miRNA-processing machinery, an international team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered.

Cenix BioScience, a leading preclinical contract research provider and technology developer specialized in RNAi-, miRNA- and high content-driven pharmacology, and Debiopharm Group , a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, including oncology and ... (more)

So, as a reminder to wear your sunscreen, 69 News continues our year-long series "More Than Skin Deep." Now, we focus on basal cell carcinoma.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

Actress Manisha Koirala, who announced last week that she is now free of cancer, said she intends to use her celebrity status and personal story to inspire others who are battling the dreaded disease.

Support system: Cancer survivor Melida Cortez points to her name on the survivor tree at Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

A Sarasota high school senior has been honored by the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for a computer tool she has developed to help doctors diagnose leukemia.