Cancer

...routine screening - primarily for people who don't have a family history of a particular cancer or other risk factors: Breast cancer: - American Cancer Society: Mammograms yearly beginning at age 40; breast exam by doctor at least every...

In this article: Hysterectomy, Barium, Enema, Cervical cancer, Breast cancer, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Cancer Society

Columbus, Ohio -- The wife of former Lions star Chris Spielman has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. WBNS radio in Columbus, where Chris Spielman co-hosts a show, says 42-year-old Stefanie Spielman died Thursday at the family's home...

In this article: Chris Spielman, Lions, Ohio State, WBNS, ESPN, and Buffalo Bills

...pregnant in 1998 when she detected a lump in her breast. She later miscarried and discovered she had cancer. She survived four bouts with cancer before a fifth recurrence in March. Chris Spielman was playing linebacker with the Buffalo Bills...

In this article: Chris Spielman, Breast cancer, Ohio State, Detroit Lions, NFL, and Ohio State

Antigenics Inc <AGEN.O> said an advisory committee of European health regulators formally rejected its application to market a potential cancer vaccine, Oncophage, and that it would withdraw the filing. However, the company said it...

In this article: European Union, European Medicines Agency, Melanoma, Nasdaq, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Bangalore

...featured information about the American Cancer Society services Thursday night in the Holmes Student Center Galleria. Colleges Against Cancer kicks off Relay For Life Thursday night By KATIE PETERS For those affected by cancer, Relay...

In this article: NIU, American Cancer Society, and Illinois

...in my right breast. When I found no corresponding lump in the other breast, I decided to check with my doctor. Despite the odds against cancer, my doctor referred me to a surgeon, who ordered a mammogram and sonogram. Both were negative. The...

In this article: Breast cancer, Waste, Mastectomy, Biopsy, Washington, and Pennsylvania

...data tell us that women know about these limitations and accept them as the price to pay for finding breast cancer early. Studying cancer deaths among women in their 40s reveals some important trends. Death rates were dropping slightly in...

In this article: Breast cancer, American Cancer Society, Biopsy, and Anxiety

...in a telephone interview. He said several studies have begun to show that opiate-based pain drugs stimulate cancer cell growth and foster the spread of cancers. A key study in 2002 showed that cancer patients who were given morphine...

In this article: Morphine, Methylnaltrexone, Opiate, Lung cancer, Wyeth, Constipation, and Pfizer Inc

...for people where all other options have run out. It is particularly hard for people with liver cancer given that treatments for many other advanced cancers have been given the green light by Nice. "People with liver disease often face stigma...

In this article: Bayer, EU, Europe, Italy, and UK

...they found those who got folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements had a higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer, of dying from cancer and of dying from any other cause. "These findings were mainly driven by increased lung cancer...

In this article: Vitamin B12, Lung cancer, Journal of the American Medical Association, B vitamin, Amino acid, Homocysteine, and Spina bifida