Weston family marks decade-long commitment to Daffodil Days

… has raised more than $240 million in gross revenue to support the American Cancer Society's mission to eliminate cancer as a life-threatening disease. …

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Thomas Goetz: Cancer Is a Preventable Disease — So Why Don’t We Prevent It?

Thomas Goetz: Cancer Is a Preventable Disease — So Why Don’t We Prevent It?
Cancer is perhaps the most frightening of all diseases we face. And the thing is, it’s very often entirely preventable. If we simply made some different decisions, earlier, many cancers would never happen.

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Dying Woman wish: funds for cancer society

Even as she spoke, the cancer was invading more organs. In December, three days before Christmas, an oncologist delivered the news bluntly: The disease was …

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Asians differ when it comes to rates of disease

Asians differ when it comes to rates of disease
Scientists for decades have lumped Asians into one homogenous group when studying conditions like breast cancer and heart disease, leading to false conclusions that don’t take into account the health disparities among different nationalities, researchers now…

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Successfully Preparing for Cancer Chemotherapy Using Your Subconscious Mind A Guided Imagery and Subliminal Program

The Cancer Guided Imagery DVDs are programs that will help reduce stress and relieve side effects of Cancer treatments. The programs can be used before, during, and after Cancer treatments and include easy-to-follow directions. The DVDs are watched by patients at the University of Texas MD Anderson CenterHospital on closed circuit TV. And, they are [...]

OSI Pharma's Cancer Drug Gets Positive Opinion From CHMP – Update

"Advanced lung cancer is an aggressive disease and when the cancer grows or spreads the health of patients deteriorates rapidly. By giving Tarceva earlier …

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Tobacco Usage Affects Risk of Metastases of HPV-related Oropharynx Cancer

… reported that current tobacco users with advanced, human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer are at increased risk of disease recurrence. …

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theGrio: Colon cancer does not discriminate

theGrio: Colon cancer does not discriminate
A recent study found that people who ate the most red meat were more likely to develop colon cancer. Although a diet with less red meat is not one commonly found in the African American community, small changes in diet could help fight the disease.

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Relay for Life Spotlight

He will be the first to tell anyone that cancer is a wretched disease, but today he fights for those lost and those who survive. …

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The Chemotherapy Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Get Through Treatment

ISBN13: 9781572246218
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description The first and second editions of this best-selling guide have already helped thousands of people understand chemotherapy and prepare themselves or their loved ones for treatment. The book is used as the primary chemotherapy patient education tool in outpatient clinics nationwide. This new [...]