http://www.mail.com/subjects/502-cancer.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/502-cancer.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089800-hot-press-heard-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: YOUNG STARS SUAREZ, IRVINE GET HONORED FOR PROMISE: The Cannes Film Festival is all about old-school charm and glamour, but it knows the importance of nurturing its younger talent. So on Thursday night, Chopard, in conjunction with the festival, gave ... Fri, 17 May 2013 12:56:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089800-hot-press-heard-cannes.html 2013-05-17T12:56:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088722-details-jolies-breast-treatment-revealed.html Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday. Jolie, 37, revealed on Tuesday that she carries a defective BRC... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:37:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088722-details-jolies-breast-treatment-revealed.html 2013-05-16T00:37:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's the latest peak in Jolie's turn-around from hedon... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html 2013-05-15T14:58:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085860-jolie-admired-bravery-mastectomy-revelation.html NEW YORK (AP) — "I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer. But amid the accolades for the film star's courageous revelation, doctors and genetic counselors were careful to note that her medical situ... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:41:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085860-jolie-admired-bravery-mastectomy-revelation.html 2013-05-14T21:41:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083546-angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times (http://nyti.ms/17o4A0f ) under the he... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083546-angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy.html 2013-05-14T20:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085040-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html CHICAGO (AP) — One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful." Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she h... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:33:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085040-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html 2013-05-14T17:33:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083602-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html CHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. It has le... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:52:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083602-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html 2013-05-14T13:52:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications u... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:12:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html 2013-05-13T07:12:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073696-drugmakers-health-groups-bring-poor-girls-vaccine.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two multinational drugmakers are teaming up with top global health groups to protect millions of girls in the world's poorest countries from deadly cervical cancer. Starting with pilot programs in eight Asian and African nations, the ambitious project ultimately is intended to inoculate more than 30 million girls in more than 40 count... Thu, 09 May 2013 13:04:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073696-drugmakers-health-groups-bring-poor-girls-vaccine.html 2013-05-09T13:04:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2072302-denvers-karl-named-nba-coach-year.html DENVER (AP) — Selfless and starless. These were the staples of the exhilarating Denver Nuggets' NBA franchise-record 57-win regular season. George Karl kept with that theme Wednesday, sharing the credit far and wide after being named the league's Coach of the Year for the first time in his quarter century as an NBA head coach. Karl thanked everyone from h... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:00:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2072302-denvers-karl-named-nba-coach-year.html 2013-05-08T21:00:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. The new test, which goes on sale Wednesday, joins another one that recently came on the market. Both analyze multiple genes in a biopsy sample and give a score for... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:57:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html 2013-05-08T13:57:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066758-correction-tanning-beds-fda-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 6 about proposed regulations for tanning beds, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an FDA proposal would not require warnings on tanning beds themselves, but on related promotional materials. The proposal, if finalized, would require warning labels on tanning beds within a year of taking effect. A corrected vers... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066758-correction-tanning-beds-fda-story.html 2013-05-07T21:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2067298-woman-accused-faking-rape-faces-fraud-case.html DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan woman whose alleged trail of lies led to the release of a man convicted of raping her was charged Monday with fraud after investigators said she tricked an insurance company and sympathetic supporters into believing she had cancer. It was Sara Ylen's second criminal case in just a few days. The 38-year-old Lexington resident also... Tue, 07 May 2013 00:38:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2067298-woman-accused-faking-rape-faces-fraud-case.html 2013-05-07T00:38:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2023136-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prize.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three scientists at universities in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oregon whose research has helped transform cancer treatment will share one of the richest prizes in medicine and biomedical research. Dr. Peter Nowell of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Janet Rowley of the University of Chicago and Dr. Brian Druker of Oregon Health and ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:31:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2023136-3-cancer-scientists-awarded-500k-ny-medical-prize.html 2013-04-16T15:31:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the multibillion-dollar biomedical industry and U.S. research in the fight against diseases like breast and ovarian cancer. Justices argued not only about snipping DNA strands but also about chewing the leaves... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:42:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html 2013-04-15T20:42:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2012620-severe-us-flu-season-helped-roches-q1-sales.html GENEVA (AP) — Strong sales of new cancer drugs and a severe U.S. flu season helped lift first-quarter revenue at Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG by 6 percent. The world's biggest manufacturer of cancer drugs said Thursday that sales rose to 11.56 billion Swiss francs ($12.4 billion) during the first three months of the year, up from 11.03 billion francs ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:07:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2012620-severe-us-flu-season-helped-roches-q1-sales.html 2013-04-11T11:07:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2006736-boy-with-cancer-scores-big-with-cornhuskers-fans.html LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Standing barely chest-high to his Nebraska teammates, 7-year-old Jack Hoffman was the star of the Cornhuskers' spring game this weekend after taking home the title of leading rusher. And now his 69-yard touchdown, along with his story about fighting brain cancer, is attracting millions of fans. Video of Jack dressed in a full Nebraska... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:05:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2006736-boy-with-cancer-scores-big-with-cornhuskers-fans.html 2013-04-08T23:05:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1995102-eberts-cancer-recurrence-fewer-film-reviews.html CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert will be writing fewer of his famed movie reviews because of a recurrence of cancer, but the movie critic promises his illness will give him other topics to write about. The Pulitzer Prize winner announced on his blog that he is undergoing radiation treatment for cancer that was discovered after he fractured his hip last year. He... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:57:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1995102-eberts-cancer-recurrence-fewer-film-reviews.html 2013-04-03T22:57:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1996514-study-dementia-tops-cancer-heart-disease-cost.html Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail. The biggest cost of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia isn't drugs or other medical treatments, but the care that... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:12:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1996514-study-dementia-tops-cancer-heart-disease-cost.html 2013-04-03T21:12:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1994330-feds-man-stole-us-cancer-data-to-study-china.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — When three vials of a possible cancer-fighting compound disappeared recently from a professor's desk at the Medical College of Wisconsin, suspicion quickly fell on a research assistant who had been working in the scientist's lab. Security video showed Hua Jun Zhao, who studied in China and whose wife lives there, was the only person who e... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:13:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1994330-feds-man-stole-us-cancer-data-to-study-china.html 2013-04-03T01:13:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1990134-drug-maker-novartis-loses-india-patent-battle.html NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions of lifesaving medicines. Novartis had argued that it needed a patent to protect its inve... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:27:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1990134-drug-maker-novartis-loses-india-patent-battle.html 2013-04-01T13:27:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1984090-john-green-contributes-to-book-cancer-victim.html NEW YORK (AP) — Young adult author John Green has written an introduction for a book about the teen cancer victim to whom he dedicated his best-selling novel "The Fault in Our Stars." Penguin Young Readers Group announced Thursday that it will publish "This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl" in early 2014. Along with Green's intro... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1984090-john-green-contributes-to-book-cancer-victim.html 2013-03-28T17:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1982502-scientists-find-gene-markers-cancer-risk.html NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer, scientists reported Wednesday. It's the latest mega-collaboration to learn more about the intricate mechanisms tha... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:23:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1982502-scientists-find-gene-markers-cancer-risk.html 2013-03-27T21:23:13Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1976744-reds-third-base-coach-mark-berry-cancer.html GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Mark Berry's conversation with his sister Michelle may have saved his life. The Cincinnati Reds third base coach has been diagnosed with cancer on his tonsils and neck lymph nodes. The 50-year-old traveled to Cincinnati on Wednesday to have a biopsy of his lymph nodes, which was positive. "I first noticed in earl... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:18:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1976744-reds-third-base-coach-mark-berry-cancer.html 2013-03-25T02:18:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1973944-apnewsbreak-fla-to-probe-2nd-sweepstakes-chain.html ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Fresh off a nearly $300 million racketeering case involving a veterans' charity that benefited from simulated gambling at Internet cafes, Florida regulators will investigate a children's cancer group connected to a sweepstakes network that is four times bigger. The new probe comes in response to Associated Press inquiries about ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:32:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1973944-apnewsbreak-fla-to-probe-2nd-sweepstakes-chain.html 2013-03-23T00:32:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1974160-fla-marine-vet-fights-cancer-government.html SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Marine veteran Tom Gervasi has spent the last 10 years fighting cancer and the U.S. government. The 76-year-old Sarasota man has a rare form of breast cancer that he believes is due to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where he trained in the mid-1950s. On Friday, Gervasi went into the hospital so doctors... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:46:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1974160-fla-marine-vet-fights-cancer-government.html 2013-03-22T21:46:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1955766-report-nc-base-toxic-water-to-1948.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Drinking water contamination at North Carolina's sprawling Camp Lejeune military base could date to 1948, five years earlier than researchers had reported previously, a federal report indicates. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry plans to release a report Friday on the contamination that has led to a long-running dis... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:14:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1955766-report-nc-base-toxic-water-to-1948.html 2013-03-15T01:14:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1952994-study-radiation-breast-cancer-harm-hearts.html Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts for decades, doctors found. Patients shouldn't panic — radiation has improved cancer survival, and th... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:34:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1952994-study-radiation-breast-cancer-harm-hearts.html 2013-03-13T21:34:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1950686-grieving-husband-pushes-bill-unproven-remedies.html LONDON (AP) — After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to have breakfast. And even now, Lord Maurice Saatchi describes his wife's cancer treatment as "medieval." A member of Parliament, he's proposing a bill that would allow doctors to use experimental t... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:33:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1950686-grieving-husband-pushes-bill-unproven-remedies.html 2013-03-13T14:33:12Z