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1 hr ago | The Morning Call

Angelina Jolie's decision to get double mastectomy isn't unusual in Lehigh Valley

Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Fountain Hill, PA, Genetics

5 hrs ago | The Guardian

I discovered I had colon cancer while I was pregnant

At 31, Matilda Tristram was looking forward to having her first baby. Then she discovered she had cancer.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, Health, Medicine

9 hrs ago | SouthCoastToday.com

Saint Anne's Hospital and Hawthorn Oncology join forces

Hawthorn Oncology Center has been acquired by Saint Anne's Hospital Regional Cancer Center, the hospital announced Friday, combining more than 100 staff members to service patients in Dartmouth and Fall River.

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Related Topix: Medicine

13 hrs ago | WTMA-AM North Charleston

Men Struggle with Wives' Breast Cancer

Seventy two hours after Elissa Bantug's mastectomy, she felt broken. She was only 25 years old, but she had lost both breasts and her strawberry blonde hair to cancer.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Human Sexuality, Women's Health

15 hrs ago | The Times

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery

New approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether it's to treat cancer or to prevent it.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Surgery, Breast Cancer

19 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Bristol-Myers Squibb drug study showed effectiveness against advanced melanoma cancer

Two drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. shrank tumors in as many as half of patients with advanced melanoma, according to early research that may pave the way for cocktails that trigger the immune system to destroy cancer.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Bloomsbury Publishing, Publishing, Media, Medarex, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmaceuticals

Fri May 17, 2013

The Guardian

Angelina Jolie and the bravery of choosing not to have ovaries removed | Masha Gessen

To understand just how brave Angelina Jolie is, consider what she did not write in her op-ed in The New York Times: her decision to have a mastectomy and forgo, at least for now, an oopherectomy , goes against common medical practice in the US and, most likely, against most of the advice she received.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer

Iol.co.za

Second cancer doc quits Addington

A second top oncologist has quit in the wake of the KwaZulu-Natal health department's failure to keep two state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines operational at Durban's Addington Hospital, Sapa was told on Friday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, South Africa, World News,

WTLV

Tamoxifen: Are docs changing to 10 years?

Some women don't have a bit of trouble taking Tamoxifen, the well-known cancer drug for estrogen positive receptor breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

The Orlando Sentinel

Joey Sciacca: 'Superhero' boy valiantly fought cancer for years

Despite unceasing pain from neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer he battled for four years, Joey managed to summon strength every day to lift the spirits of his family, friends and caregivers.

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Related Topix: Clermont, FL, Orlando, FL, Medicine, Lake County, FL

Newkerala.com

Neuro Oncology facility inaugurated in BIACH&RI

Hyderabad, May 16 : For the first time in Andhra Pradesh, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital Research Institute has set up Neuro Oncology facility in its premises.

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Related Topix: Medicine, World News, Vietnam, India, Balakrishna

KUOW-FM Seattle

The Latest News In Biotech And Comedian Paul Reiser

New News In Biotechnology The American Society of Clinical Oncology conference is convening in two weeks.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Mad About You, Science / Technology, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Paul Reiser, Medicine

Thu May 16, 2013

KHGI

McCook Hospital Breaks Ground on New Radiation Oncology Center

Officials with McCook's Community Hospital broke ground for a new Radiation Oncology Center on Tuesday, even as temperatures reached into the triple digits.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health

Marin Independent Journal

Marin oncologist honored for his care of women with breast cancer

Dr. David Gullion, an oncologist at Marin Specialty Care/Marin Cancer Institute, has been singled out for recognition by Zero Breast Cancer, a San Rafael nonprofit.

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Related Topix: Medicine, San Rafael, CA, Mill Valley, CA

KFVS12

Fitness in middle age may help shield men from cancer later

Men who are physically fit in middle age have a lower risk of developing and dying from certain cancers, new research indicates.

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Related Topix: University of Vermont, Colorectal Health, Medicine, Prostate Cancer

KFVS12

New drug may help immune system fight cancer

An experimental drug that taps the power of the body's immune system to fight cancer is shrinking tumors in patients for whom other treatments have failed, an early study shows.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Yale University, Health, Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Immunology, Biology, Science

Business Wire

Clovis Oncology Announces Clinical Data to be Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting 2013

Data contained in the published abstracts was current as of the submission deadline of February 5th, 2013.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Pharmacology

Reuters

New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo

After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other harsh treatments.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Genetics, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Breast Cancer

Wed May 15, 2013

Cancer Treatment

FDA Approves New Prostate Cancer Drug

Today the US Food and Drug Administration is announcing that it has approved Xofigo to treat men with symptomatic late-stage, castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to bones but not to other organs.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Prostate Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Medicine, Hematology

Cornish Guardian

WBMiles published Truro breast cancer specialist urges in calm in wake of news of...

A breast cancer specialist from Truro is urging calm amongst women in Cornwall following the news that film star Angelina Jolie is to have her breasts removed in a double mastectomy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer