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http://news.yahoo.com/cancer/ Get the latest cancer news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking cancer news, including analysis and opinion on top cancer stories.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 17 Aug 2012 19:11:51 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/cancer/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aPMul.fRYA2Cq9Hkt0FP4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-17T231151Z_1_CBRE87G1SFX00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" align="left" title="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago&#039;s Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George had cancerous cells removed from his kidney and liver this week, six years after he underwent surgery for bladder cancer, the diocese said on Friday. George, who oversees 2.3 million Catholics in the nation&#039;s third-largest diocese after Los Angeles and New York, had a procedure on Wednesday removing the cancerous cells in his kidney and a nodule on his liver. He discussed a course of treatment with his doctors, the archdiocese said in a brief statement on its website. George, a former president of the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 19:11:51 -0400Reuterschicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aPMul.fRYA2Cq9Hkt0FP4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-17T231151Z_1_CBRE87G1SFX00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" align="left" title="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago&#039;s Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George had cancerous cells removed from his kidney and liver this week, six years after he underwent surgery for bladder cancer, the diocese said on Friday. George, who oversees 2.3 million Catholics in the nation&#039;s third-largest diocese after Los Angeles and New York, had a procedure on Wednesday removing the cancerous cells in his kidney and a nodule on his liver. He discussed a course of treatment with his doctors, the archdiocese said in a brief statement on its website. George, a former president of the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as children continued to have a higher-than-normal risk of thyroid cancer more than 50 years after radiation exposure, according to a new study. The thyroid gland, located at the front of the neck, releases hormones that help regulate the body's metabolism. The gland works particularly hard during times of fast growth and development in kids and teens. ...http://news.yahoo.com/thyroid-cancer-risk-persists-decades-radiation-181520912.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:15:20 -0400Reutersthyroid-cancer-risk-persists-decades-radiation-181520912NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Years after they were first diagnosed, childhood cancer survivors - along with their brothers and sisters - missed twice as many school days as other kids, according to a new study. Researchers found that childhood cancer survivors and their siblings missed - on average - 10 days of school during the 2009 academic year, while other students in the same school district missed an average of five days. ...http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-survivors-siblings-miss-more-school-days-190110666.htmlThu, 16 Aug 2012 15:16:17 -0400Reuterscancer-survivors-siblings-miss-more-school-days-190110666A controversial TV ad tying Mitt Romney to a woman?s cancer death aired today for the first time in Ohio, apparently in error, according to the pro-Obama super PAC that produced it. ?Station error is all,? explained Priorities USA Action senior strategist Bill Burton.??Kind of...http://news.yahoo.com/ad-tying-romney-cancer-death-airs-error-013344706--abc-news-politics.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 21:33:44 -0400ABC OTUS Newsad-tying-romney-cancer-death-airs-error-013344706--abc-news-politicsThe Romney campaign is questioning President Obama's character in a stinging new ad, which calls out an advertisement by a pro-Obama super PAC that linked Romney to the death of a woman.http://news.yahoo.com/romney-team-assails-obama-character-over-cancer-ad-063737481.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 02:43:22 -0400National Journalromney-team-assails-obama-character-over-cancer-ad-063737481(Reuters) - Taking aspirin daily may help protect against cancer but the effect seems weaker than previously thought, according to a U.S. study that included a decade's worth of data from more than 100,000 people. "News about the cancer potential of aspirin use has been really encouraging lately," said Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society, who worked on the study that appeared in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. "Things are moving forward, but it is still a work in progress," he said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/study-daily-aspirin-help-ward-off-cancer-004826523--finance.htmlSun, 12 Aug 2012 20:48:26 -0400Reutersstudy-daily-aspirin-help-ward-off-cancer-004826523--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/daily-aspirin-help-ward-off-cancer-205125602.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O3G.9Uv9wu7AkIODAnayAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-10T205125Z_1_CBRE8791LXS00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="WRAPPED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF BAYER AG CHEMICAL COMPANY IN LEVERKUSEN." align="left" title="WRAPPED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF BAYER AG CHEMICAL COMPANY IN LEVERKUSEN." border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study bolsters the case that daily aspirin may help protect against cancer, although the effect seems weaker than previously thought. And the final chapter on the popular but controversial drug has yet to be written, experts say, because like earlier research the new work has considerable limitations. &quot;News about the cancer potential of aspirin use has been really encouraging lately,&quot; said Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society, who worked on the study. &quot;Things are moving forward, but it is still a work in progress.&quot; Medical guidelines in the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/daily-aspirin-help-ward-off-cancer-205125602.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 16:51:25 -0400Reutersdaily-aspirin-help-ward-off-cancer-205125602<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/daily-aspirin-help-ward-off-cancer-205125602.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O3G.9Uv9wu7AkIODAnayAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-10T205125Z_1_CBRE8791LXS00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="WRAPPED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF BAYER AG CHEMICAL COMPANY IN LEVERKUSEN." align="left" title="WRAPPED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF BAYER AG CHEMICAL COMPANY IN LEVERKUSEN." border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study bolsters the case that daily aspirin may help protect against cancer, although the effect seems weaker than previously thought. And the final chapter on the popular but controversial drug has yet to be written, experts say, because like earlier research the new work has considerable limitations. &quot;News about the cancer potential of aspirin use has been really encouraging lately,&quot; said Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society, who worked on the study. &quot;Things are moving forward, but it is still a work in progress.&quot; Medical guidelines in the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Taking aspirin once a day reduces a person's risk of dying from cancer, but the benefit may not be as great as was previously thought, a new study says.http://news.yahoo.com/aspirins-effect-cancer-death-risk-stirs-questions-203146107.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 16:31:46 -0400LiveScience.comaspirins-effect-cancer-death-risk-stirs-questions-203146107Pfizer said Friday that its drug Torisel failed to help patients with a form of advanced kidney cancer when combined with Roche's drug Avastin.http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-says-torisel-avastin-failed-cancer-study-160218371--finance.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 12:02:18 -0400Associated Presspfizer-says-torisel-avastin-failed-cancer-study-160218371--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roves-crossroads-cancer-white-house-153705919--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sjorB0qHq9uw2P6fQBdpkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/gty_karl_Rove_at_event_thg_120801_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Cancer&#039; in the White House" align="left" title="&#039;Cancer&#039; in the White House" border="0" /></a>Karl Rove?s Crossroads USA takes a cut from disgraced former President Richard Nixon?s infamous White House recordings to fashion an ominous coda to its latest web video. ?We have a cancer within ? close to the presidency, that?s growing,? we hear White House lawyer John...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/roves-crossroads-cancer-white-house-153705919--abc-news-politics.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 11:37:05 -0400ABC OTUS Newsroves-crossroads-cancer-white-house-153705919--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roves-crossroads-cancer-white-house-153705919--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sjorB0qHq9uw2P6fQBdpkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/gty_karl_Rove_at_event_thg_120801_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Cancer&#039; in the White House" align="left" title="&#039;Cancer&#039; in the White House" border="0" /></a>Karl Rove?s Crossroads USA takes a cut from disgraced former President Richard Nixon?s infamous White House recordings to fashion an ominous coda to its latest web video. ?We have a cancer within ? close to the presidency, that?s growing,? we hear White House lawyer John...</p><br clear="all"/>When it comes to eating meat, a guy's choice of what he eats and how it is cooked may affect his risk of having advanced prostate cancer, a new study says.http://news.yahoo.com/pan-frying-red-meat-asking-trouble-prostate-cancer-121552018.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 08:15:52 -0400LiveScience.compan-frying-red-meat-asking-trouble-prostate-cancer-121552018ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said a new study of cancer drug Avastin showed it significantly extended progression-free survival of people with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The Phase III AVAglio study met one of its main targets of improving progression-free survival in people with glioblastoma, Roche, the world's largest maker of cancer drugs, said in a statement on Friday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/roches-avastin-boosts-survival-brain-cancer-patients-052207184.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 02:30:51 -0400Reutersroches-avastin-boosts-survival-brain-cancer-patients-052207184<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nice-seeks-more-roche-cancer-pill-231319125--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k74ndbeQAWE.ZKRRdg3_Gg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T232555Z_1_CBRE8781T3900_RTROPTP_2_ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz" align="left" title="Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s healthcare cost agency said on Friday it needed more information from Roche before it could decide whether to recommend the Swiss group&#039;s new melanoma pill Zelboraf for use on the state health service. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) previously rejected the drug in a preliminary ruling in June. While Roche has submitted additional analysis on the cost effectiveness of the drug since then, NICE said it needed further clarification. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nice-seeks-more-roche-cancer-pill-231319125--finance.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 19:13:19 -0400Reutersnice-seeks-more-roche-cancer-pill-231319125--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nice-seeks-more-roche-cancer-pill-231319125--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k74ndbeQAWE.ZKRRdg3_Gg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T232555Z_1_CBRE8781T3900_RTROPTP_2_ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz" align="left" title="Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s healthcare cost agency said on Friday it needed more information from Roche before it could decide whether to recommend the Swiss group&#039;s new melanoma pill Zelboraf for use on the state health service. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) previously rejected the drug in a preliminary ruling in June. While Roche has submitted additional analysis on the cost effectiveness of the drug since then, NICE said it needed further clarification. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-says-fired-daughters-cancer-treatment-203410146--abc-news-money.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IYD7o7nQakjBI2OW9vIZSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ht_Yovany_Gonzalez_Mackenzie_nt_120810_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Florida Man Says He Was Fired for Daughter&#039;s Cancer Treatment" align="left" title="Florida Man Says He Was Fired for Daughter&#039;s Cancer Treatment" border="0" /></a>Florida Man Sues Wells Fargo, Alleging He Was Fired For Daughter&#039;s Cancer Care</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-says-fired-daughters-cancer-treatment-203410146--abc-news-money.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 16:34:10 -0400ABC Newsflorida-man-says-fired-daughters-cancer-treatment-203410146--abc-news-money<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-says-fired-daughters-cancer-treatment-203410146--abc-news-money.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IYD7o7nQakjBI2OW9vIZSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ht_Yovany_Gonzalez_Mackenzie_nt_120810_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Florida Man Says He Was Fired for Daughter&#039;s Cancer Treatment" align="left" title="Florida Man Says He Was Fired for Daughter&#039;s Cancer Treatment" border="0" /></a>Florida Man Sues Wells Fargo, Alleging He Was Fired For Daughter&#039;s Cancer Care</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/watch-inspiring-beauty-tutorials-12-old-cancer-patient-135840811.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5XzNdNtX1ArEbjVLMWWVYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/capture_d_aoe_c.8a7a8112445.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A shot from the &quot;Day2NightGreenSmokeyEye(;&quot; tutorial by Talia Joy Castellano" align="left" title="A shot from the &quot;Day2NightGreenSmokeyEye(;&quot; tutorial by Talia Joy Castellano" border="0" /></a>In the sometimes shallow world of beauty tutorials, 12-year-old YouTube vlogger Talia Joy Castellano has inspired over 100,000 followers with her impressive make-up tutorials and brave online posts about her battle with cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/watch-inspiring-beauty-tutorials-12-old-cancer-patient-135840811.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 09:58:40 -0400AFP Relax Newswatch-inspiring-beauty-tutorials-12-old-cancer-patient-135840811<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/watch-inspiring-beauty-tutorials-12-old-cancer-patient-135840811.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5XzNdNtX1ArEbjVLMWWVYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/capture_d_aoe_c.8a7a8112445.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A shot from the &quot;Day2NightGreenSmokeyEye(;&quot; tutorial by Talia Joy Castellano" align="left" title="A shot from the &quot;Day2NightGreenSmokeyEye(;&quot; tutorial by Talia Joy Castellano" border="0" /></a>In the sometimes shallow world of beauty tutorials, 12-year-old YouTube vlogger Talia Joy Castellano has inspired over 100,000 followers with her impressive make-up tutorials and brave online posts about her battle with cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Amgen Inc halted a late-stage trial of an experimental drug for pancreatic cancer after independent reviewers concluded that it was unlikely to significantly help patients. Amgen said the trial of ganitumab, also known as AMG479, did not raise any safety concerns. The company said it would also stop a separate mid-stage trial of the drug. RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Yee said he had not expected the study to succeed. ...http://news.yahoo.com/amgen-pancreatic-cancer-drug-lacks-effectiveness-trial-ends-203437809--finance.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 17:39:13 -0400Reutersamgen-pancreatic-cancer-drug-lacks-effectiveness-trial-ends-203437809--financeBexarotene, Approved for Skin Cancer, Reversed Alzheimer's in Micehttp://news.yahoo.com/alzheimers-disease-doctors-prescribe-skin-cancer-drug-213852909--abc-news-health.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 17:38:52 -0400Good Morning Americaalzheimers-disease-doctors-prescribe-skin-cancer-drug-213852909--abc-news-healthBiotech drugmaker Amgen Inc. said Wednesday that it is halting a study of an experimental drug for reoccurring pancreatic cancer due to disappointing results.http://news.yahoo.com/amgen-halts-pancreatic-cancer-drug-trial-213541885--finance.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 17:35:41 -0400Associated Pressamgen-halts-pancreatic-cancer-drug-trial-213541885--financeNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The worse outcomes among people with cancer who live in poor neighborhoods don't seem to be because they live in areas with fewer doctors and hospitals, according to a new study. Researchers found that poor neighborhoods in the U.S. seem to have just as many doctors and hospitals capable of screening for and treating cancer as wealthy areas. "So areas with a high amount of poverty had the same amount of care as areas with a low amount of poverty," said Dr. Elizabeth Lamont, the study's lead author from the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston. ...http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-care-services-dont-differ-neighborhood-204954000.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 16:49:54 -0400Reuterscancer-care-services-dont-differ-neighborhood-204954000A grieving widower in a new pro-Obama TV spot says his wife contracted cancer and died ?a short time after? Mitt Romney closed the steel plant that employed him and left ?my family? without health coverage. That?s not quite so. We find this ad from?Priorities USA Action to be misleading ? Morehttp://news.yahoo.com/romney-blame-cancer-death-203954570.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 16:39:54 -0400FactCheck.orgromney-blame-cancer-death-203954570A Texas medical examiner's office says cancer led to the death of actor Sherman Hemsley, who starred as George Jefferson in the hit television sitcom "The Jeffersons."http://news.yahoo.com/medical-examiner-actor-sherman-hemsley-had-cancer-203215643.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 16:33:00 -0400Associated Pressmedical-examiner-actor-sherman-hemsley-had-cancer-203215643<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-camp-wont-disavow-ad-tying-romney-womans-162254961--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oc2RvV7oEtv_FWNHtZ82gQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/ap_barack_obama_ohio_ll_120801_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama Camp Won&#039;t Disavow Ad Tying Romney to Woman&#039;s Cancer Death" align="left" title="Obama Camp Won&#039;t Disavow Ad Tying Romney to Woman&#039;s Cancer Death" border="0" /></a>Top Obama campaign officials have refused to disavow a controversial and misleading TV ad by the pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action, that suggests Mitt Romney had a role in a woman?s death. The ad, released Tuesday, features former GST Steel worker Joe Soptic of...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-camp-wont-disavow-ad-tying-romney-womans-162254961--abc-news-politics.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 12:22:54 -0400ABC OTUS Newsobama-camp-wont-disavow-ad-tying-romney-womans-162254961--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-camp-wont-disavow-ad-tying-romney-womans-162254961--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oc2RvV7oEtv_FWNHtZ82gQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/ap_barack_obama_ohio_ll_120801_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama Camp Won&#039;t Disavow Ad Tying Romney to Woman&#039;s Cancer Death" align="left" title="Obama Camp Won&#039;t Disavow Ad Tying Romney to Woman&#039;s Cancer Death" border="0" /></a>Top Obama campaign officials have refused to disavow a controversial and misleading TV ad by the pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA Action, that suggests Mitt Romney had a role in a woman?s death. The ad, released Tuesday, features former GST Steel worker Joe Soptic of...</p><br clear="all"/>Chemotherapy is one of the best known ways to kill cancer cells. Too bad it sometimes turns neighboring healthy cells into tumor-growing agentshttp://news.yahoo.com/chemotherapy-cancer-worse-092400059.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 05:24:00 -0400The Weekchemotherapy-cancer-worse-092400059TUESDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In a small study of patients with incurable cancer, drinking 8 ounces of grapefruit juice a day boosted the effect of a drug they were given during the study.http://news.yahoo.com/grapefruit-juice-may-boost-cancer-treatment-study-180446838.htmlWed, 08 Aug 2012 00:02:08 -0400HealthDaygrapefruit-juice-may-boost-cancer-treatment-study-180446838(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had approved the Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc drug Zaltrap for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer whose tumors have failed to respond to earlier treatment with chemotherapy. The infused medicine, to be taken in combination with standard chemotherapy, will compete with Roche Holding AG's Avastin and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's Erbitux. Industry analysts say they expect Zaltrap to win peak annual sales of perhaps $300 million to $400 million, well below the widely used older treatments. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fda-approves-sanofi-regeneron-colon-cancer-drug-194353820--finance.htmlTue, 07 Aug 2012 15:43:53 -0400Reutersfda-approves-sanofi-regeneron-colon-cancer-drug-194353820--finance

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