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Pfizer halts study of lymphoma drug unlikely to help survival
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was...Tags: Science and Technology, Lymphoma, Chemotherapy, Leukemia, Cancer
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El Paso cancer patient is glad Angelina Jolie raised awareness of double mastectomy
El Paso Times, TexasEl Pasoan Alice Chavez knows what it's like to be Angelina Jolie. At least when it comes to her health. Like, Jolie, Chavez has undergone a double mastectomy. She had cancer in her left breast, and a risk of cancer in the still-healthy one. "In...Tags: The New York Times, Cancer, Breast Examination, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments
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Health Technology Park In Connecticut Could Create Thousands Of Jobs
The Hartford CourantA $368 million health technology park — anchored by a cancer treatment center — could create as many as 2,500 jobs to north central Connecticut in the next five years, the project's developers say. The developers of ProTech Park said they...Tags: Research and Development, Medical Research, Radiation Therapy, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Technology
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Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study. "If you'...Tags: Medical Research, Internal Medicine, Heart Attack, Diabetes, Death
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Mother, daughter reflect on their experiences with cancer-causing gene mutation
The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.For More Information Those interested in more information about the BRCA mutation can contact the San Juan Regional Medical Center's Cancer Navigator at 505-609-6259. Additional information about support and resources available to those diagnosed with...Tags: Mammogram, Breast Reconstruction, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: University of Georgia, Goodwill Industries International, Human Interest, Natural Resources, ABC (tv network)
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Data show new Roche leukemia drug may improve on Rituxan
Reuters(Reuters) - An experimental leukemia treatment that Roche Holding AG hopes will improve upon its best-selling cancer drug Rituxan delayed disease progression twice as long as chemotherapy, according to preliminary trial data released on Wednesday....Tags: Roche Holding AG, Medical Research, Trials, Heart Disease, Cancer
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Angelina Jolie's decision to get double mastectomy isn't unusual in Lehigh Valley
Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie. The actress and sex symbol took the public by surprise last week with the announcement that she had her healthy...
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Radio, The New York Times, Mammogram, Allentown
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Surgeon and patient: Jolie decision right
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.WVU Hospitals Interim Chief of Surgical Oncology Hannah Hazard said a double mastectomy is something doctors counsel patients to undergo if they have the same genetic trait that led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo the procedure. Hazard performs...Tags: Family, Angelina Jolie, Vaccines, Mammogram, Ovarian Cancer
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Letters: Jolie's choice
Re "Why Jolie's surgery? It's for the kids," Column One, May 15 My story is similar to Angelina Jolie's, though there are some differences. Ten years ago, at the age of 43, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy because I was the single mother of two...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer, Mastectomy, Medical Specialization, Autism
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Cancer cover girl rallies to launch fashion line
In a playroom at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, a frail, bald-headed 13-year-old girl is between takes for “omg! Insider,” a TV celebrity-gossip show, talking about her new fashion line. Talia Joy Castellano of Oviedo — her...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Venezuela, Chemotherapy, Leukemia
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Supporters, Survivors Rally at Relay for Life
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.More than 44 teams set up tents at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Friday afternoon to participate in the 2013 Relay for Life of Lewis County, which is scheduled to continue through 4 p.m. today. Faye Mullins, of Onalaska, started a team last...Tags: Human Interest, Relay for Life, Medical Specialization
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