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Archive for March 11th, 2011


Loyola Blakefield student loses battle with leukemia

… Loyola Blakefield freshman Joseph T. Gorman died March 9 after two years of battling leukemia. Gorman was a student at Loyola for four years and had just turned 15. …

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Mapping medicine’s horizon with your DNA

… clinical trial.” Another dramatic success in terms of survival rates is with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Bone marrow treatments used to be the best hope for combating the deadly disease. …

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Braving the shave for a good cause

… Primary School will brave the shave today, as the school raises funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. Melissa Robinson has raised $1059 for her shave while school principal Shane Hair …

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Watertown Middle School participates in Pennies for Patients to help find cure for cancer

… Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer in children and young adults under the …

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San Antonio researchers recognized nationally for cancer work

… Health Science Center at San Antonio will accept awards from the American Association for Cancer Research for their work fighting prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers. Health Science Center faculty members Ibtissam Echchgadda, Addanki Pratap Kumar, Pothana …

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The Top 7 Tips for Preventing Breast Cancer

… lack of vitamin D is linked to cancer and other diseases, so getting your daily … D is especially good for warding off breast cancer. Vitamin D has been found to …

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DCIS Patients Who Get Invasive Breast Cancer Have Higher Mortality

… Academic Journal Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 11 Mar 2011 – 13:00 PST …

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Cancer survivors in America at an all time high

… for Disease Control shows the number of cancer survivors in the United States has reached … percent of diagnoses were from female breast, prostate and colorectal cancers, with 60 percent of …

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Sanofi-aventis And Regeneron Report Top-line Results From Phase III Study With Aflibercept (VEGF Trap) In Second-Line Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

… Main Category: Lung Cancer Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug … in metastatic colorectal cancer and hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer are underway to determine the clinical …

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Hospitals With Robots Do More Prostate Cancer Surgery

… Hospitals With Robots Do More Prostate Cancer Surgery Chris Garlington for The New York Times Robots assist surgeons in performing prostate …

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