Tag: Cancer
St. Jude hits donation milestone to fight childhood cancer
NEW YORK — For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, even the sky is no longer the limit.
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Milan CEO Gazidis has cancer, expected to make full recovery
MILAN — AC Milan chief executive Ivan Gazidis has been diagnosed with throat cancer, the club announced Tuesday.
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Alabama teenager donates his hair for children with cancer
Kieran Moïse’s afro was a splendid 19 inches, a huge part of his personality. But after six years of growth, the 17-year-old Alabamian knew...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
‘Next big wave’: Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells
Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that delivers radiation directly to tumor cells.
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Pill shows benefit in certain hard-to-treat breast cancers
A pill has been shown to help keep certain early-stage, hard-to-treat breast cancers at bay after initial treatment in findings being reported early because...
Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed...
FDA OKs 1st targeted drug for common lung cancer mutation
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — U.S. regulators have approved the first medicine for patients with the most common type of lung cancer whose tumors have...
US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise
Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., a new study finds,...
Americans urged to get colon cancer screening earlier
Americans should start getting screened for colon cancer earlier -- at age 45 instead of waiting until they’re 50, according to guidelines released Tuesday.
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