Cancer Treatment Today

Cancer victim’s deathbed image sends message to smokers – Tue, 05 Jul 2011 PST
For American smokers, her portrait is a glimpse of a future perhaps too frightening to ponder: an unsparing photograph of a person scarcely recognizable as a woman, her body wasted by cancer, her hair gone, her blue eyes fixed in a thousand-mile stare. She was Barb Tarbox, and she died on May 18, 2003, of lung cancer at the age of 42. From October 2002, two months after she was diagnosed, to the …
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Non-smokers’ lung cancer may be different
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 6 (UPI) — Lung cancer patients who never smoked have tumors that show greater genomic instability, researchers in Canada said.
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Reno group organizes prom-themed benefit to raise money for cancer research.
Local Miche Bag distributors are organizing a prom-themed benefit in Reno to raise money for cancer research. The Miche Bag Dream Team, the distributors, hope to raise at least $ 25,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute, said Lorraine Bagwell, a member of the group.
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‘She’s a survivor’: Westbrook woman to represent breast cancer survivors at race
Nicole Landry, 33, of Westbrook, is a breast cancer survivor. She will be sharing her story as the honorary member of “Team New Balance” at the 5K Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Portland on Sept. 11. (Staff photo by Mike Higgins)
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Question by bubblygirl101: what are the statistics to surviving cancer to to the uterus?
My friend recently was re-diagnosed with cancer to the uterus.I hope she survives. She has two young kids whom she loves very much. She is getting chemotherapy and everything but I have no idea if she can pull through again. What are the statistics to re-beating cancer to the uterus and the statistics to being cancer to the uterus the first time? Thanks!

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Answer by Denisedds
There is no way to answer you based on the information provided. Survival is based primarily on stage, but we also need to know her age, the type of cancer, the grade, the hormone receptor status and what treatment she has had. This cancer rarely occurs in women young enough to have young children. Most uterine cancers occur in postmenopausal women which often aids in early diagnosis, overall 75% are diagnosed at stage 1-1C with a 5 year survival rate of 95-70%.

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Chavez vows to win ‘battle’ against cancer
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is rallying a crowd of thousands of supporters vowing to win a “battle for life” after undergoing cancer surgery.
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As months add up cancer-free, times go down for Shanteau
Passionate and energetic responses come quickly when Eric Shanteau is asked about his new training program, being a newlywed and life as a cancer survivor. Only one question during a recent interview gave Shanteau pause: What are…
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Breast cancer stories online for the first time
The shock of a new diagnosis; the challenge of treatment; and the relief of survival make for powerful viewing in a new series of web videos exploring Kiwi experiences of breast cancer.
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biOasis Announces Transcend Vector Results With a Therapeutic Antibody That Targets Metastatic Breast Cancer
VANCOUVER, B.C. — biOasis Technologies Inc. today announced results from two studies designed to assess the therapeutic potential of its Transcend vector in treating metastatic breast cancer.
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Litterers Anonymous, with Derryn Hinch
This morning cancer-stricken veteran journalist Derryn “Human Headline” Hinch went under the knife to receive a life-saving liver transplant. As a tribute to Hinch’s good health, Crikey presents this hilarious “litterers… Read more on the blog…
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Docs: Colon Screenings Saving More Lives
Fewer people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It shows that the number of cases slipped 3.4% from 2003 to 2007, an annual decrease of about 66,000.
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Charlie Peters, 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor, Is Lucky Charm For USC Gamecocks
Charlie Peters, a 13-year-old cancer survivor, has become a good luck charm for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
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‘Cowboy Chris’ stops in Phillipsburg with horses on trek from Dallas to New York
Chris Blethen, a cancer survivor, is raising awareness and money for Heroes for Children.
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No clear evidence mobile phone use causes cancer – experts
Despite a recent move to classify mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic, the scientific evidence increasingly points away from a link between their use and brain tumors, according to a new study on Saturday.
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Top-Selling Breast Cancer Drug Avastin Not Effective: FDA
A panel of federal cancer experts says the best-selling cancer drug in the world should no longer be approved to treat breast cancer because it is ineffective and causes dangerous side effects.
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Survivor Claire scores two wins against cancer
When she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, doctors told Claire Daniels that she would never have children.
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Grady Memorial Hospital programs
Cancer survivors and their families are invited to join a Cancer Support Group. The group provides information, education and emotional support in a warm, positive atmosphere. Call Vicki Maggard at (740) 615-2402.
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Women with Breast Cancer Anxious as FDA Revokes Approval for Avastin
The FDA held hearings over whether to revoke the authorization for Avastin, a drug manufactured by Genetech, to treat women with advanced stage breast cancer. The decision, to withdraw approval, has roused passions among patients and doctors alike.
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Question by denise: What are my odd of getting cancer when on both sides of the family?
My fathers side of the family has all died of lung cancer, brain tumors, or another type of cancer. My dad is alive and healthy. My mom was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and a brain tumor.

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Answer by ivy
cancer is not inherited. has nothing to do with wether or not your family has it.

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Question by xixsarah19: How do chemotherapy drugs interact chemically with cancer to kill the cancerous cells?
I have to give a chemistry project tomorrow in class and I need to have a basic understanding of what goes on chemically between chemotherapy drugs and the cancerous cells. Like what element interacts with what and how the chemo drugs stop the cancer cells from replicating. If anyone even has a most basic chemical explanation as to what occurs I would really appreciate it.

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Answer by peter r
A nice article on your topic …

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