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More than half of end-stage cancer patients receive chemotherapy during the last few months of their life, and those who received such treatment were more likely to die in a hospital intensive care unit, hooked to a ventilator, rather than at home as they would have preferred, says a new study Patients were also less likely to have discussed their ... (more)

By Tracy Simons, Silver Cross Hospital According to the American Cancer Society, in 2013 an estimated 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed among women, as well as an estimated 62,570 new cases of carcinoma in situ will be diagnosed this year.

Jorge Wong, a radiation oncologist with Central Care Cancer Center, was not negligent when he gave radiation treatments to a patient who may or may not have had cancer, a jury decided Friday.

Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced its fourth quarter and full year 2013 operational and financial results.

Fifteen years ago, a handful of poorly constructed, clearly biased studies purported to show that prayer was a legitimate medical tool.

Before Deborah Cohan settled into her second round of chemotherapy, she dunked her brown ringlets in water and was fitted with a tight, silicone and neoprene cap that would cool her head to just above freezing.

A Lewiston woman's husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer seven months ago; she said when they found out it was too late.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common and undiagnosed cancers. Knowing what to look for and when to get screened can make a monumental difference.

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"When working with a client that is experiencing cancer, it is of the utmost importance to choose products that are safe and free of chemicals," said .

Roche announced today that William Pao, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Head of the Hematology-Oncology Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the US, will join Roche Pharma Research and Early Development as Global Head of the Oncology Disease and Translational Area , effective 1 May 2014.

Texas Oncology-Paris physicist Dana Rosencranz , Ph.D, DABR, recently received the Medical Dosimetry & Physics Award, a prestigious award for outstanding achievement in radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging from Texas Oncology/McKesson Specialty Health.

A new study says middle-aged people who eat a diet high in animal proteins from milk, meat and cheese are more likely to die of cancer than someone who eats a low-protein diet.

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Cellmid Limited advises that The British Journal of Pharmacology has recently published a special edition dedicated to midkine including 16 research papers by various authors.

Health First oncologist/hematologist Simon Vinarsky can't help but be concerned about the recent upheaval in Ukraine.

Sleep disturbances and fatigue are among the top quality of life complaints for patients with cancer, yet the issues are rarely discussed during oncology visits.

Dr. Schreiber is an expert the field of tumor immunology and co-inventor of significant elements of Heat's ImPACT Technology platform, with over 10 years of laboratory experience and ingenuity in the discovery of novel therapeutic immuno-oncology compounds.

For women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer, yoga may improve quality of life beyond treatment, researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found.

Chemotherapy can leave a long-lasting epigenetic imprint in the DNA of breast cancer patients' blood cells.