http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cancer/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:24:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418577/posts The Tasmanian devil, the spaniel-size marsupial found on the Australian island of Tasmania, has been hurtling toward extinction in recent years, the victim of a bizarre and mysterious facial cancer that spreads like a plague. Now Australian scientists say they have discovered how the cancer originated. The finding, being reported Friday in the journal Science, sheds light on how cancer cells can sometimes liberate themselves from the hosts where they first emerged. On a more practical level, it also opens the door to devising vaccines that could save the Tasmanian devils. “It’s a great paper,” said Katherine Belov, a geneticist... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418577/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:24:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417973/posts Pro wrestling great Steve "Dr. Death" Williams died on Tuesday night at age 49. He has been battling cancer in recent years. PROWRESTLING.NET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417973/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:25:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417377/posts Mina Bissell will never forget the reception she got from a prominent scientist visiting Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she worked. She gave him a paper she had just published on the genesis of cancer. “He took the paper and held it over the wastebasket and said, ‘What do you want me to do with it?’ Then he dropped it in.” That was 20 years ago, and ever since, Dr. Bissell and a few others have struggled for acceptance of what seemed a radical idea: Gene mutations are part of the process of cancer, but mutations alone are not enough.... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417377/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416652/posts US researchers have found an antibody that hunts down prostate cancer cells in mice and can destroy the killer disease even in an advanced stage, a study showed Monday.The antibody, called F77, was found to bond more readily with cancerous prostate tissues and cells than with benign tissue and cells, and to promote the death of cancerous tissue, said the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). When injected in mice, F77 bonded with tissue where prostate cancer was the primary cancer in almost all cases (97 percent) and in tissue cores where the cancer... PhysOrg | AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416652/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:35:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416028/posts CHILD cancer patients with damaged immune systems are being placed in filthy, rundown isolation rooms at one of the State's premier hospitals. In some rooms in the oncology ward of Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick, airconditioning vents are filled with thick dust, mould is growing in bathrooms and meals are placed in the same cupboard as bedpans. Todd Leach, the father of six-year-old Hailey Ryan Leach, who has just undergone a bone-marrow transplant for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, took photographs in Ward 2 West, where Hailey was supposed to be in isolation for 100 days to protect her compromised immune system. UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416028/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415393/posts In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer. The study, led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, shows for the first time that three proteins, called E2f1, E2f2 and E2f3, play a key role in the transition stem cells make to their final, differentiated, state. These proteins help stimulate stem cells to grow and proliferate. But... Ohio State University Medical Center via biologynews.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415393/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:39:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414370/posts Despite his inability to walk or even talk, a young man still obtained an honor typically reserved for the elite. GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- The few, the proud, the Marines - it's a badge of honor many strive for, but only a few achieve. But for one young man fighting for his own life, he never lost his dream of fighting for his country. Despite his inability to walk or even talk, this young man still obtained an honor typically reserved for the elite. Ernie Stumbo is like most dads -- proud of his son's achievements and eager to... WSAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414370/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:15:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413963/posts BOSTON (AP) - Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer and will undergo a new form of radiation treatment next month. The 71-year-old wife of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is urging younger women to keep undergoing mammograms despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce the frequency of the tests. WOODTV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413963/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:50:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413610/posts BOSTON -- Teresa Heinz, the wife of the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, says she is being treated for breast cancer. Heinz, 71, said she found out in late September that she had cancer in her left breast after having her annual mammogram and doctors later discovered a lump on her right breast. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413610/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411474/posts TEHRAN -- Ruhollah Solook, a retired electrician living in Santa Monica, Calif., was in a desperate bind. He urgently needed a kidney transplant, as well as a series of radiation therapy diagnoses and treatments. The nuclear medicine was available in the United States, but the kidney was not. Solook, 78, an Iranian Jew who emigrated decades ago, never expected to find both in his native country. But there he was this month, recovering in an isolated room in Tehran's oldest hospital with a new kidney donated by a friend. "They have saved my life here," he said. "Now I hope... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411474/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2409504/posts I've seen in the past how Freeper prayers work, as I think you all prayed my Dad back from the brink a few years ago, but now my Mom is sick in the hospital with a severe kidney infection. She only has one kidney (having lost the other to cancer in 1965 when she was in her 20s), she seems not to be responding to the antibiotics (she's allergic to most antibiotics anyway), and now she's severely short of breath. The docs don't seem to be all that sure of what's causing this to be so resistant to treatment so... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2409504/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409012/posts cientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care. Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot tumours far earlier, they will also yield new drug targets, say the Wellcome Trust team. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409012/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:03:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409220/posts Scientists from University of Strathclyde have devised a novel way to harness natural vitamin E extract that would kill tumours within 10 days.Using a new delivery system, the research team could mobilise an extract from Vitamin E, known ton have anti-cancer properties, to attack cancerous cells. In the study conducted over skin cancer, the researchers found that tumours started to shrink within 24 hours and almost vanished in ten days. They believe the tumours might have been completely destroyed if the tests had continued for longer. When the tumours regrew, they did so at a far slower rate than previously.... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409220/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:42:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408929/posts In 1949, John Gunther published his famous piece remembering his son and their family’s fight against cancer. Using a line from a Donne sonnet, he excoriated cancer as a villain who accomplished nothing. “Death,” he wrote, “Be not proud”. artorius castus blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408929/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408099/posts Radiation doses from computed tomographic (CT) scans are higher than previously thought and vary widely, even among the same types of examinations, two studies showed. Radiation from medical tests is generally measured in units called millisieverts, or mSv. One mSv is equivalent to the estimated dose of background radiation the average American absorbs in a year. In the first study, based on information from four San Francisco-area hospitals, median effective doses ranged from 2 mSv for a routine head scan to 31 mSv for a multiphase abdomen and pelvis scan, according to Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman of the University of California... ABC NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408099/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407425/posts A liberal Web site is trying to enlist celebrities to persuade a top breast cancer research group to dump Sen. Joe Lieberman's wife as its "global ambassador," saying Hadassah Lieberman's health care lobbying work and her husband's opposition to the so-called public option make her unfit for the role. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407425/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406352/posts FRAZEE, Minn. -- Some young men like to talk sports. Tyler Shipman's favorite topic is a car model that last rolled down an assembly line three years before he was born. "I got my first one when I was 15," says Tyler about the Pontiac Fiero with which he fell in love after seeing one on the internet. "They were something different ... they drive really sweet." General Motors pulled the plug on the sporty mid-engine two-seater in 1988 after a four year run. Quality issues dogged the car from the start. Tyler didn't care. In August, before starting his... KARE11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406352/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406086/posts TESTS have revealed that men who drink beer may reduce their chances of developing prostate cancer, say scientists. Heraldsun.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406086/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405848/posts BYRANT GUMBEL'S LUNG CANCER IS FALSE: News anchor’s friend disputes reports Sean Cassidy says condition would be 'much more aggressive' than what Gumbel had By Chris Richburg (December 10, 2009) *News of Bryant Gumbel’s battle with lung cancer may have been premature, according to a friend of the television personality who says Gumbel donesn't have the condition. Despite Gumbel’s admission to going under the knife, Sean Cassidy revealed the former “Today Show” host’s situation would have been more serious had he actually been a lung cancer victim. "A tumor was removed from his chest cavity. It was malignant. It was... EURweb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405848/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:13:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404323/posts Bunches left this prayer request in the Spurgeon chapel today: "Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:06:25 PM · 2 of 3 bunches to alpha-8-25-02 I respectfully request prayers from my Freeper friends. I have breast cancer and am undergoing a mastectomy tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. (Arizona time). I believe it is Stage II but it is also in the aggressive category. I read FreeRepublic daily and think the world of all the folks I have met here. If you could think of me tomorrow morning and say a prayer, I would be most grateful. Bunches." Please hold our dear bunches up... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404323/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:42:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404118/posts TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Dec. 9, 2009 – Air Force Col. Michael Stapleton has come a long way since being diagnosed with cancer in 2006 while serving as 43rd Fighter Squadron commander here. Air Force Col. Michael Stapleton, diagnosed with cancer in 2006, is back flying in F-22 Raptors and T-38 Talons at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. U.S. Air Force photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Now the 49th Fighter Wing Operations Group commander at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Stapleton recalled that he didn’t realize at first that his illness was serious. "I had what appeared... Face of Defence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404118/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:33:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404053/posts Oliver L. North, host of FOX News Channel’s documentary series "War Stories," is temporarily off the air while he undergoes treatment for prostate cancer, POLITICO has learned. North’s prognosis is excellent, according to sources. North, the Iran-contra figure, became a popular conservative radio host and U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia in 1994. “War Stories” bills itself as profiling “the wars and warriors that shaped American military history.” When he visits military bases, soldiers and Marines scramble for the autograph of the man they call “Colonel North” but who introduces himself with a breezy, “Ollie North.” From North’s biography on FoxNews.com:... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404053/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403456/posts Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to two new studies, coffee and exercise may be the keys to men beating prostate cancer. The first study was carried out by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, and was led by Kathryn M. Wilson. The study focused on data from 50,000 men to get an idea as to the rate at which prostate cancer was being diagnosed, and whether or not coffee would help in any way. Over a 20-year period from 1986 to 2006, there were nearly 5,000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed out of the 50,000 men. What they found... Smart About Health http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403456/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 04:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402725/posts Researchers Say More Cancers Are Being Detected Early or Prevented Through Screening WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Dec. 7, 2009 -- New cancer cases and the cancer death rate continue to fall in the U.S., driven largely by declines in lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers in men and breast and colorectal cancers in women. For all types of cancer, new cases declined by nearly 1% a year between 1999 and 2006. During much of the 1990s cancer incidence rates were stable, after increasing steadily from the mid-1970s. The cancer death rate -- the best predictor of progress... WebMD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402725/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:43:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401183/posts ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D (http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2008-mchi/4904.html) in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (http://www.mayoclinic.org/non-hodgkins-lymphoma/)was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. The results will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (http://www.hematology.org/) in New Orleans. "These are some of the strongest findings yet between vitamin D and cancer outcome," says the study's lead investigator, Matthew Drake, M.D., Ph.D., (http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/13726218.html) an endocrinologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. "While these findings are very provocative, they are preliminary and need to be validated in other studies.... Mayo Clinic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401183/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:16:13 GMT