cancer

Multi-network cancer telethon donations top $100M (AP via Yahoo! News)
Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.

Queen's researchers shine a light on bowel cancer (BBC News)
Queen's researchers develop a new method of diagnosing bowel cancer using 'light'.

Commentator Novak describes cancer treatment (CNN.com)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Since being diagnosed with brain cancer, Robert Novak has lost partial vision and undergone surgery to remove a tumor, the conservative political commentator wrote in a column published Saturday.

Swayze shows up at cancer fundraiser (UPI)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Actor Patrick Swayze made an unexpected yet very welcome appearance at a Los Angeles fundraiser to fight cancer, attendees say.

MRIs Don't Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive an MRI after a new diagnosis of breast cancer not only delay the start of treatment, but they are also more likely to have a mastectomy, as opposed to breast-conserving surgery.

Cancer more complex than thought (TVNZ)
Cancer experts who probed every gene in tumours from two of the hardest-to-treat cancers found that cancer is much more complicated than anyone thought - and say they found why a cure is so unlikely after a tumour has spread.

Plan for £20m city cancer clinic (BBC News)
Plans are unveiled for a new £20m cancer clinic in Hampshire.

Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than women who have only a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.

Man walks 120 km over weekend for breast cancer (CTV British Columbia)
One man is so committed to today's Walk to End Breast Cancer event that he's flying thousands of kilometers to walk 120 km in both Vancouver and Toronto this weekend.

Obese more likely to develop cancer 8 Sep 2008, 0051 hrs IST,PTI (The Times of India)
LONDON: Here's yet another reason why you should cut the flab -obesity could give you cancer. A new research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, has found that overweight people are at a significantly higher risk of developing a range of common cancers.

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