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Cancer in the News
Finding Ways to Help Children With Cancer (New York Times)
A research coordinator, acupuncturist and chef talks about working with children with cancer at Columbia University Medical Center. (more...)
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Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer-fighting pill Iressa works as well as chemotherapy as a second-line treatment for lung cancer, researchers report. (more...)
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Cancer deaths higher in Britain than EU (UPI)
LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A British study suggests as many as 11,000 people in Britain die of unnecessarily of cancer each year because it takes too long for them to be diagnosed. (more...)
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Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. (more...)
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Man Credits Dog for 'Sniffing' Out Deadly Cancer (Fox News)
A man from England has credited his dog with “sniffing out” a life-threatening form of cancer, the BBC reported. (more...)
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Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP via Yahoo! News)
Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy. (more...)
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