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3 hrs ago | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Saying no to chemotherapy, surgery or radiation

A mammogram and biopsy in Tampa confirmed stage two breast cancer in her right breast last year.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Life, Food, Nutrition, Home Gardening, Home

7 hrs ago | CNN

Dishonest doctors: Why physicians lie

Editor's note: CNN conditions expert Dr. Otis Webb Brawley is the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, a world-renowned cancer expert and a practicing oncologist.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Fri Feb 10, 2012

KWCH

Disputed breast cancer-abortion link in state bill

Kansas state lawmakers heard testimony this week saying there is a link between abortion and breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society

Southland Times

Family defends fund appeal

Money raised through public donations for a nine-year-old Nelson boy with a rare form of cancer will be used for surgery abroad if treatments in New Zealand are no longer available, says his mother, Renea Pidduck.

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Related Topix: New Zealand Travel, Travel, Oceania, New Zealand, World News, Medicine

Daily Mail

Breast cancer mother and twins survive after she refuses abortion and has chemo instead

It doesn't have to be a death sentence: Breast cancer mother and twins survive after she refuses abortion and has chemo instead Zoila Leiva was four-and-a-half months pregnant and looking forward to having twins when she received some terrible news - she had breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Fountain Valley, CA

WAPI-AM Birmingham

Treating Cancer Doesn't Mean Terminating Pregnancy, Studies Find

Chemotherapy for breast cancer can be safe during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, according to a new report in The Lancet .

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer

Newswise

Curry Spice Component May Help Slow Prostate Tumor Growth

Newswise - PHILADELPHIA-Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy , a study from researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center suggests.

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Related Topix: Curcumin, Supplement, Turmeric, Prostate Cancer, Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Medicine, Urology

Monster.com

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Related Topix: Medicine, Marketing

The Guardian

Chemotherapy on pregnant women is safe for babies, finds study

Researchers followed the progress of 70 children whose mothers had chemotherapy while they were in the womb and found the treatment had not harmed the children's development.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health

Thu Feb 09, 2012

KPLC-TV Lake Charles

For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible

Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant.

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Canada.com

The fast track to treating ovarian cancer

Oncologist Lucy Gilbert, head of the McGill University Health Centre's gynecological division, and her research team have honed a testing method that detects high-grade serous malignant cells before they spread to the ovaries - in relatively healthy women.

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Related Topix: Ovarian Cancer, Health, Medicine

EDGE

N.H. Guardsman Urges House Republicans to Stop Defending DOMA

A New Hampshire guardsman with terminal cancer traveled to Capitol Hill on Thursday to urge House Speaker John Boehner to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Frank Guinta, John Boehner, US National Guard, US Military, Gay/Lesbian, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

Fox News

FDA panel votes against wider use of Amgen drug

An advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that U.S. health regulators reject the use of Amgen Inc's drug Xgeva to delay the spread of prostate cancer to the bone, dimming the chance of a wider use for one of the company's key growth drivers.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Amgen, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Prostate Cancer, Health, Hematology

AdelaideNow...

Men with cancer taking road less travelled

MORE than half of men diagnosed with cancer in Australia are turning to complementary and alternative medicine for a cure, or to improve their health, according to research from the University of Adelaide.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Fitness, Yoga, Health, Acupuncture

Fleetwood Today

Good news but the battle is not over

The pioneering proton beam therapy, which eight-year-old Molly tavelled to America for, has shrunk the tumour to half its original size.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Medical News

ASTRO creates guideline on radiotherapeutic, surgical management for brain metastases

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, University of Southern California, Health

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Forbes.com

The Cure For Komen: Real Research, Real Drugs

Here's what really gets me about Susan G. Komen's PR fiasco: the breast cancer charity managed to shoot itself in the foot just as it was starting to really make a scientific difference.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Healthcare Industry

Science Daily

Fasting weakens cancer in mice

The study in Science Translational Medicine , part of the Science family of journals, found that five out of eight cancer types in mice responded to fasting alone: Just as with chemotherapy, fasting slowed the growth and spread of tumors.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Biology, University of Southern California, Science, Ovarian Cancer

Portsmouth Daily Times

For the fifth year in a row, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded the Southern Ohio Medical Center Cancer Center with funding to support the Hands of Hope grant program.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Bio IT World

Laying the Foundation for Next-Gen Cancer Diagnostics

This summer, Foundation Medicine will launch what could be described as the next generation of cancer diagnostics.

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Related Topix: Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Startups, Financial Services, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Investment Services, Medicine, Pathology

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