Harmony Hill Retreat Center
Harmony Hill cancer retreats modeled after well-known predecessor.
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www.ovariancancer.org
Ovarian Cancer Alliance launches social networking site.
A Force for Good
Gary Zollinger's legacy lives on through early detection research.
Blood Counts May Predict Survival
Blood counts predict leukemia survival and relapse.
Senate Committee Approval Advances the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act
Senate passes the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act for research funding.
The HRT Connection
Are breast cancer rates dropping because of the HRT decline, or are other factors at work?
Hot Flashes: What Are the Alternatives?
Breast cancer survivors look for alternatives to HRT to quell their hot flashes, including antidepressants, antiseizure medications, and integrative therapies.
Web Exclusive: Ongoing HRT Research
Five years after the results of the Women’s Health Initiative were announced linking combined hormone replacement therapy to an increased risk of breast cancer, research continues on its benefits and risks.
Prostate Cancer & MDS
Satraplatin's approval review deadline gets pushed back by the FDA and a large clinical trial shows Vidaza extends survival in patients with MDS.
Texans to Vote on $3 Billion Cancer Research Initiative
Texas may become the next state to self-fund cancer research.
Presidential Candidates Talk Cancer
Lance Armstrong, Robin Roberts, and Beverly Sills.
Colorectal Cancer Conference
The Colon Cancer Alliance hosts the 7th Annual Colorectal Cancer Conference October 12-14, 2008.
Diagnosis Delay
Delayed diagnosis too common.
50 Spiritual Classics
Tom Butler-Bowdon recounts 50 Spiritual Classics.
Bloch Cancer Survivors Parks
Cancer survivor parks provide inspirational playground.
Massive Research Study Under Way
American Cancer Society launches ambitious prevention study.
www.slrfl.org
Avatars walk for cancer in Second Life’s virtual relay.
Researchers and Advocates Make Progress in Multiple Myeloma
Brian Durie, MD, and Susan Novis, president of the International Myeloma Foundation, answer questions about the progress in multiple myeloma.
Cord Blood: A Unique Banking Opportunity
Companies and public banks collect and store blood from the umbilical cord and placenta for stem cell transplants to treat blood disorders such as leukemia or lymphoma.
Learning New Tricks
Surgeons learn new minimally invasive and robotic surgery techniques to remove and find early-stage tumors.
Ethics of Access
Terminal cancer patients whose tumors don’t respond to standard treatment have limited options, especially those with aggressive cancers that have become resistant to various treatment regimens.
Treating Tobacco-Related Lung Cancer
Therapies that preferentially target lung cancers harboring certain EGFR mutations can be effective in some lung cancers in never-smokers.
Web Exclusive: Other Cancers of the Lung
Although non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer, a handful of other primary cancers affect the delicate organ.
Kidney Cancer & Prostate Cancer
The FDA approves third kidney cancer drug and blood-clotting therapy while delaying review on a prostate cancer vaccine, and one drug edges another in a colorectal cancer clinical trial.
One Fewer Excuse To Not Have Genetic Testing
Genetic nondiscrimination bill on its way to becoming law.
Living Fully With and Beyond Cancer
The Anderson Network's Living Fully with and Beyond Cancer conference in Houston.
Politics and Cancer
Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow.
More Data on HPV Vaccines
A second HPV vaccine proves effective in preventing cervical cancer.
www.re-mission.net
Gamers take virtual shot at cancer.
Jimmy Fowkes: Bald and Biking
14-year-old brain tumor survivor Jimmy Fowkes turns shaved heads and a bike into cash for cancer.