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Eating Habits for Cancer Patients Before, During and After Treatment

2012-04-20
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God's Miracles for Me a Cancer Patient/Parkinson's Care

2011-10-23
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Christmas Gift What Cancer Cannot Do Stainless Steel Necklace Cancer Patient

2011-09-23
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Auton St. Peregrine Patron of cancer patients vintage medal

2012-05-13
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A Primer on Prostate Cancer: The Empowered Patient's Gu

2011-10-23
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1982 Press Photo Cancer Patient Janice Meehan After Brain Tumor Treatment

2012-04-20
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NEW - New Cancer Therapies: The Patient's Dilemma

2012-04-20
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Understanding Cancer: A Patient's G..., C. Norman Colem

2012-03-21
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Ethical Issues in Cancer Patient Care (Cancer Treatment and Resear.. - Paperback

2012-04-20
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2012-05-13
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2012-05-13
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2012-05-13
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Intelligent Patient Guide to Prostate Cancer: All You N

2011-11-22
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NEW - Natural Strategies For Cancer Patients

2012-02-20
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Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Breast Cancer

2012-03-22
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A Nurse Practitioner-Driven Palliative Care Intervention Improves Cancer ... - Counsel & Heal

2012-05-19

Counsel & Heal

A Nurse Practitioner-Driven Palliative Care Intervention Improves Cancer ...
Counsel & Heal
Recent studies have shown that palliative care interventions aimed at addressing patients' emotional, spiritual and social needs have a significant impact on cancer patients' quality of life and may even improve cancer patients' overall survival.

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Majority of liver cancer patients are men - The Sun Daily

2012-05-20

Majority of liver cancer patients are men
The Sun Daily
KUALA TERENGGANU (May 20, 2012): Majority of the 2.5 million Malaysians detected with liver cancer are men, Malaysian Liver Foundation president, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said today. He said Sabah and Sarawak topped the list for hepatitis B in ...

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Healing Scarves project brings community together to help cancer patients - Alexandria Town Talk

2012-05-20

Healing Scarves project brings community together to help cancer patients
Alexandria Town Talk
"The idea is that these scarves will be taken and passed on and passed around at (the hospital's) discretion so that (cancer patients) will feel the love of the community. One woman once told me she wore a scarf every day for a year.


Fate of some patients hinges on Supreme Court - BusinessWeek

2012-05-17

Kansas City Star

Fate of some patients hinges on Supreme Court
BusinessWeek
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's health ...
Some patients' fate could hinge on Supreme CourtKansas City Star

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Vaccine may cut breast cancer recurrence risk in half - KPLC-TV

2012-05-19

abc7.com

Vaccine may cut breast cancer recurrence risk in half
KPLC-TV
The clinical trial involving about 200 breast cancer patients shows a vaccine may cut breast cancer recurrence risk in half. (Source: KPRC/NBC) HOUSTON (KPRC/NBC) - A new breast cancer vaccine has been shown to cut the risk of recurrence by nearly half ...
Cancer vaccine shows promiseksl.com
Hybrid vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent breast cancer recurrenceThe Cypress Times
A breast cancer breakthrough at MD Anderson? New vaccine helps prevent relapseCultureMap Houston
OTCEquity.com -The Pharma Letter
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Physician's photo project follows patients' emotional journey - Florida Today

2012-05-20

Physician's photo project follows patients' emotional journey
Florida Today
CHRIS KRIDLER/FOR FLORIDA TODAY Ray Baldino had a personal reason for wanting to take photos of breast-cancer patients and survivors for Baldino Studios' B Pink Project. “Over a year ago, my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, and we had gone ...


Elderly Cancer Patients Have Different Needs - dailyRx

2012-05-19

Elderly Cancer Patients Have Different Needs
dailyRx
Cancer is still primarily a disease of the elderly. By the time a person reaches their seventh decade, it's common for them to have other conditions, known as co-morbidities. That's why caring for elderly cancer patients requires a new pair of glasses.
Workshop on oral cancerIBNLive.com

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Pets at Duke program gives patients a boost - Durham Herald Sun

2012-05-19

Pets at Duke program gives patients a boost
Durham Herald Sun
By KEITH UPCHURCH Duke Hospital cancer patients who are having a bad day start to feel better fast when they get an infusion of puppy love. They've been getting regular doses from therapy dogs that are part of the Pets at Duke program, which has served ...

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Web-based video enhances patient compliance with cancer screening - Medical Xpress

2012-05-19

Web-based video enhances patient compliance with cancer screening
Medical Xpress
The study, presented at the 2012 annual Digestive Diseases Week meeting in San Diego, CA, found that among patients age 50 to 65 – the primary target for colon cancer screening – those who watched the video were 40 percent less likely to cancel an ...

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'Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant patients' - Newstrack India

2012-05-20

'Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant patients'
Newstrack India
Skin cancer is particularly common, but solid organ cancers including colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and lymphoma also occur. The increased rate of cancer in heart transplant recipients may be related to the immune suppression of the patient, ...

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'Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant patients'

2012-05-20
Bern, May 20 (IANS) Statins prevent cancer and reduce death from all causes in heart transplant recipients, independently of cholesterol levels, says a new study.

Long-term access solutions for cancer patients

2012-05-16
What access do/can cancer patients, survivors and conquerors have to long-term health care? What can they expect from government agencies, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), health care providers and health practitioners? What access solutions are in place and what are not?

Palliative Care Intervention by Nurse Practitioner Improves Life for Cancer Patients

2012-05-18
May 18, 2012 - Recent studies show that palliative care interventions aimed at addressing patients' emotional, spiritual and social needs have a significant impact on cancer patients' quality of life, and may even improve their survival.

Quilts to support Cancer Patients

2012-05-19
BAR HARBOR — Dozens of quilt patches are streaming in to Fabricate crafting store for a community project designed to help cancer patients and spread awareness of ovarian cancer. Fight Like a Quilter 2012 is a hands-on program in honor of friends and family who have fought ovarian cancer. The Healing Hands Guild of Mount Desert Island has teamed up with the store in the effort. All proceeds will ...

A nurse practitioner-driven palliative care intervention improves cancer patients' quality of life

2012-05-18
Recent studies have shown that palliative care interventions aimed at addressing patients' emotional, spiritual and social needs have a significant impact on cancer patients' quality of life and may even improve cancer patients' overall survival.

Dose of hope for patients

2012-05-17
CANCER patients need all the support they can get and the latest weapons to fight the disease such as a high standard of healthcare services.

Scanner up and running for public patients

2012-05-17
From today, public cancer patients in the south will be able to use a €3.8m PET/CT scanner at Cork University Hospital — but private patients will still be forced to travel to Dublin, Galway, or Waterford.

Cougars Care: Kutztown boy donates hair to cancer patients

2012-05-18
Kutztown 12-year-old Samuel Arnold wanted to help cancer patients, so he let his hair grow long, despite taunts from his peers.

American Cancer Society looking for volunteer drivers

2012-05-18
The American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery program is asking valley drivers to help drive cancer patients to and from treatment.

Accelerated chemotherapy given before surgery benefits patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer

2012-05-17
( Fox Chase Cancer Center ) For some patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, treatment may begin before they undergo cystectomy, or surgical removal of the bladder. They may be advised by oncologists to receive chemotherapy before surgery. A large randomized clinical trial published in 2003 demonstrated a survival benefit for neoadjuvant, or pre-surgical, MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine ...