Cancer

Cancer

• FDA expands approval of J&J prostate cancer drug

  The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer pill Zytiga for men with an earlier stage of the ... 

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  Venezuela's Chavez says cancer back, plans surgery

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Saturday night that his cancer has returned and that he will undergo another surgery in Cuba. Chavez, who ... 

• Doctor gets 20 years in Miss. cancer center fraud

  A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi ... 

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  Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba treatment

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived back home early Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba, but his failure to attend a regional ... 

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  Father: Sick girl safe and being treated in Mexico

  The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a sick girl with leukemia deepened Wednesday after her father said his 11-year-old daughter is being ... 

• Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

  Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 ... 

• Calhoun reveals he had cancer surgery in May

  Former Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun revealed on Monday that he had surgery in May to remove an apparent cancerous growth from his lungs. 

• Court to decide if human genes can be patented

  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the ... 

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  Gilda's Club name change insult to late comedian?

  Remember Roseanne Roseannadana? Or Emily Litella? Or Baba Wawa? Younger generations might not recognize the characters popularized by comedian Gilda ... 

• Reeling Texas cancer agency OK'd faulty $11M award

  Leaders of Texas' embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort approved an $11 million grant to a biomedical company even though the proposal wasn't ... 

• Family: NFL great Jack Pardee ill with cancer

  Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, has been diagnosed with gall bladder ... 

• Hugo Chavez heading to Cuba for more treatment

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to travel to Cuba as early as Tuesday for more medical treatment after spending much of the past 18 ...