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Republican party presidential candidate John McCain is a survivor of melanoma – a deadly form of skin cancer.
Earlier this week, a spot in his right cheek was removed as part of a routine check-up. Following biopsy results have showed that McCain is cancer-free.
Presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who has a history of dangerous melanomas, […]
Amgen has recently been told by the FDA to reword the labeling of its flagship anemia drugs - Aranesp and Procrit - to further restrict their use in treating cancer patients.
The move, which the F.D.A. announced on Wednesday, represents the first time the agency has invoked authority under a 2007 law that empowered it […]
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute has received a $250,000 multi-year grant from the J.P. McCarthy Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to benefit its J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank.
The grant, which will be given in $50,000 increments over five years, will help enhance the collection area and expand the capacity to […]
I found a very nice read today, pointed out to me by Mike Street of Reader’s Digest Online: an article entitled 31 Simple Ways to Prevent Cancer. Some very practical tips presented in a sorta funny way but with a big ring of truth into it.
Besides, before we all get rattled by the recent cancer […]
I’m having a very rainy Sunday and a gloomy weekend altogether. Since I haven’t done Cancer Commentary links for quite sometime, here’s today’s edition:
1. In Calgary (Canada), the city is turning pink today to fight breast cancer.
The Weekend to End Breast Cancer kicks off its second day today, with 1,400 men and women back on […]
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 is the day the UPMC Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Director Dr. Ronald Herberman is to issue an advisory (pdf file link of the memorandum) on the possible health risks of cellphone use.
“Recently I have become aware of the growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use […]
It must be difficult to be Steve Jobs. Rumors that his cancer might be back pulled down Apple’s stock to as much as 12 percent on Tuesday.
Then, just reports that Steve Jobs has told associates he is cancer-free — shares of Apple jumped nearly 3 percent the very next day!
According to reports, Jobs is having […]
This report has been causing a stir earlier this week. The good in the evil tobacco? So reports are saying. Okay before we all get too excited…the tobacco plants used are genetically engineered.
To make the vaccine, researchers took a sample of a patient’s tumors, which in this trial were made up of B cells (white […]
A Hearty Life hosted this month’s Channel Theme Day, the topic is all about independence - in lieu of this month’s Fourth of July celebration in the U.S.
Each blog’s entry is all a good read.
However, for the cancer-related entry I particularly recommend Karen Lynch’s personal independence day entry at Pink Ribbon Review. Karen is a […]
It looks like Patrick Swayze is fighting a good fight with his pancreatic cancer — which is really great news to hear.
All over the news are the following words this weekend by Patrick Swayze that is hopeful:
“…a miracle, dude.”
I don’t know why. I am juicing every day along with other treatments and all I can […]
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