This page will bring you the latest news and information on cancer from diagnosis, treatment, prevention to events and people. I hope you find them helpful.
Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys Has Cancer
July 27, 2009
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys announced Monday, by way of a homemade video placed without fanfare on the band’s Web site, that he would be receiving treatment for cancer and that as a result the group would cancel some future shows and push back the release of a new album. Read more
Sen. Jim King’s Cancer Spreads, Moved To Hospice
July 27, 2009
Florida State Sen. James King, former Senate President, is not expected to recover from pancreatic cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a statement released Saturday by his wife.
King, 69, has reportedly been moved to a hospice. He had been diagnosed with a pancreatic cancer in May. More than a month ago, King had announced after surgery to remove cancerous tumors that a CAT scan had showed that he was cancer free. Read more
Why is breast cancer more deadly for African American women?
July 13, 2009
African American women who get breast cancer are more likely to die from it than white women. But that difference isn't fully explained by the quality of care given or by the cancer's susceptibility to hormones, according to two new studies in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Read more.
Despite cancer, Frisco boy always found the strength to go on
July 13, 2009
The Frisco boy with cancer in his body stood the tallest on top of Diamond Head State Monument in Honolulu that day.
Connor Cruse got up the mountain on the shoulders of a family friend. They looked out over the Pacific Ocean, and then Connor announced that he would walk down on his own. Read more.
Sheryl Crow rocks St. Louis for cancer awareness
July 13, 2009
On a midsummer night under a grand and glowing Arch, Sheryl Crow came out with Elvis Costello for an unexpected second encore and a trembling sea of baseball fans went wild. Among them leaning against the stage right in front was local resident Diane Huddleston, holding up a large sign. Read more.
North Korea leader Kim has pancreatic cancer: report
July 13, 2009
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer and the illness is life-threatening, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday based on information gathered by Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.
Kim's health is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the reclusive communist state. Kim, 67, was widely thought to have suffered a stroke last year, but there has never been official confirmation. Read more.
Mass. mom pleads not guilty to denying son meds
July 7, 2009
A woman accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son by not filling prescriptions and misleading his doctors pleaded not guilty Monday to an attempted murder charge in the 9-year-old boy's death. Read more.
Alimta Approved as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Lung Cancer
July 7, 2009
The drug Alimta (pemetrexed) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent progression of certain types of advanced or metastatic (spreading) lung cancer, the agency said Monday. Read more.
Chemotherapy Drug Gains New Approval
July 7, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration approved Alimta, an Eli Lilly & Co. drug, as the first maintenance treatment for advanced lung cancer.
Traditionally, patients with advanced lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body are treated with four to six rounds of chemotherapy, and then treatment is stopped in patients whose tumors either stop growing or shrink. Read more.
Social networking causes cancer, heart attacks, lupus, dementia...
July 6, 2009
There's mounting evidence that Facebooking, Twittering, and other "social networking" activities can kill you.
A study (PDF) published in Biologist, the journal of the British Institute of Biology, details how face-to-face contacts with friends and family are being replaced by face-to-screen isolation, and how the lack of real-world social interaction can increase your susceptibility to cancer, dementia, heart disease, diabetes, influenza, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus - even the common cold. Read more
Mom indicted, arrested for denying son cancer care
July 6, 2009
A 37-year-old Salem woman, who allegedly withheld life-saving cancer treatment from her dying son, was arrested tonight, two days after she was indicted on charges stemming from the death of the autistic child.
Kristen LaBrie, whose 9-year-old son, Jeremy Fraser, died of leukemia in March, was indicted by an Essex County Grand Jury on Friday. Read more
Cancer Survivor Recruits Walkers For "Relay For Life"
July 5, 2009
More than 940 people are now signed up for the American Cancer Society's "Relay For Life" in Sioux Falls. The honorary chairwoman of this year's event says early detection of her Cancer saved her life and she's urging you to get involved. Read more
Therapeutic cancer vaccines show promise July 5, 2009
It's a deceptively simple idea: What if doctors could recruit the body's own immune system to fight cancer? The complexities of the immune system have kept this from becoming reality, until now. Three cancer vaccines -- for prostate cancer, melanoma and lymphoma -- have achieved positive results in so-called Phase 3 clinical trials -- the kind of studies that the Food and Drug Administration requires for a medicine to gain approval. Read More