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Help Cure Cancer Without Supporting Abortion – And ResponseThe ChattanooganRoy Exum points out the “Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure” Foundation has a tangled financial relationship with Planned Parenthood, a pro-abortion group. Fortunately, other cancer help groups do not choose to share their money with abortion providers.Internet Fury Spurs Komen ReversalBloombergAbortion politics and [...]
The Associated Press
Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testingThe Associated PressTo many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see. Those clinical breast exams are …Amid Komen flap, a [...]
USA TODAY
Outcry Grows Fiercer After Funding Cut by Cancer GroupNew York TimesThe nation's leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its own ranks and a roiling anger on the …Komen gives new explanation for cutting funds [...]
Los Angeles Times
Komen breast cancer charity severs ties with Planned ParenthoodLos Angeles TimesSusan G. Komen for the Cure says it will stop funding Planned Parenthood centers. Many suspect the move is a result of political pressure by antiabortion activists. An estimated 45000 people participated in the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure in …Susan [...]
Health Newstrack
Genentech drug to fight common skin cancer gets OKSan Francisco ChronicleMitch Rolin, an Alameda cancer patient who took part in the clinical trial, says his improvement was "absolutely amazing." Federal regulators Monday approved the first drug for people with advanced forms of basal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of …FDA approves Erivedge for [...]
NewsNet5.com
Drug to combat common form of skin cancer approvedSan Francisco Chronicle(01-30) 15:49 PST SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Federal regulators today approved the first drug for people with advanced forms of basal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of skin cancer as well as the most common cancer in general in the United States.Roche Skin Cancer [...]
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FDA approves Roche skin cancer drugReuters(Reuters) – US health regulators on Monday approved Roche's pill to treat an advanced form of the most common form of skin cancer, known as basal cell carcinoma. The drug, Erivedge, which was co-developed by Curis Inc, was given a green light by the …FDA Approves Vismodegib for Advanced Basal [...]
USA TODAY
CDC report: U.S. breast cancer screening below national targetsThe State ColumnIn a report released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute, cancer screening among Americans remains lower than national targets. While cancer is a growing issue in the US, some Americans …CDC: Too few Americans [...]
USA TODAY
US Cancer Screening Below National TargetsMedical News TodayThe percentage of people screened for cancer in the US remains below national targets for 2020, with rates lower among Asian and Hispanic Americans than other groups, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and …CDC: Too few Americans getting [...]
USA TODAY
CDC: U.S. cancer screening remains below national targetsThe State ColumnIn a report released on Thursday, cancer screening among Americans remains lower than national targets. While cancer is a growing issue in the US, some Americans are neglecting to screen for colon, breast, and cervical cancers. According to the CDC, …CDC: Too few Americans getting [...]
Los Angeles Times
Cancer screening in US lags goals, ethnic disparities revealedLos Angeles TimesResearchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that percentages of Americans receiving recommended screenings for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer in 2010 did not reach targets — with racial …CDC: Too few Americans getting screened [...]
Los Angeles Times
Avastin May Help Fight Early Breast CancerWebMDBy Brenda Goodman, MA Jan. 25, 2012 — Don't count out the drug Avastin as a breast cancer treatment just yet. But don't count it in, either. In November, the FDA took the unusual step of nixing Avastin's approval for advanced breast cancer, …Studies Reignite Debate over [...]
Palm Beach Post
Mum-to-be takes to catwalk after five-year cancer battleWalesOnlineby Jessica Flynn, South Wales Echo But after five years' treatment which led to fears she would never have children, the former patient is now five months pregnant. The store manager says losing one of her breasts at such a young age was difficult but …Tiffany [...]
RTT News
New Drug For Advanced Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise In TrialMedical News TodayAn experimental drug for advanced colorectal cancer that available approved treatments have failed to halt has shown promise in a clinical trial, says Bayer HealthCare, the company that makes it. The results of the phase III trial show that compared to …New colorectal [...]
ABC News
Cancer patient pioneers first stem cell trachea transplantThe State ColumnChristopher Lyles, 30 years old, underwent an experimental procedure, involving stem cells to treat his trachea cancer. A trachea connects the nose and mouth to the lungs, serving a crucial function for life. Lyles represents the first US stem cell …First US Patient Gets Stem [...]
Daily Mail
'I'm going further everyday': Cancer patient's joy after pioneering stem cell …Daily MailBy Hannah Roberts A cancer patient, who had despaired after running out of treatment options, has become the first US recipient of a pioneering windpipe transplant that uses his own stem cells. Doctors told Christopher Lyles, 30, of Abingdon, Maryland, …First US [...]
BBC News
Processed meat 'linked to pancreatic cancer'BBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden. They said eating an extra 50g of processed meat, approximately one sausage, …Study links processed meat with increased risk of [...]
ABC News
Routine Prostate Cancer Screening Doesn't Reduce Risk of DeathABC NewsBy KIM CAROLLO (@kimcarollo) Routine prostate cancer screening doesn't lower the risk of dying from the disease, according to new study results. (Getty Images) Routine screening for prostate cancer does not lower the risk of dying from the disease, …PSA screening doesn't prevent cancer deaths: [...]
Xinhua
No cancer found in Argentine presidentXinhuaBUENOS AIRES, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer as tests showed no presence of any cancerous cells in the tissue of her thyroid gland, authorities said Saturday. The surgery to remove the gland went well, …Argentine President Christina Fernandez never have cancer, tests showNew York [...]
CBC.ca
Argentina's Fernandez sent home, never had cancer |ReutersBy Hugh Bronstein and Maximiliano Rizzi | BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer despite being diagnosed with the disease last month and having her thyroid gland removed on January 4, her spokesman said on …Argentine leader's thyroid wasn't cancerous after all; now she [...]