| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health advisers said unanimously Tuesday that a follow-up study of the Roche drug Avastin failed to show meaningful benefits for breast cancer patients.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health scientists said Friday that follow-up studies of a Roche breast cancer drug show it failed to slow tumor growth or extend patient lives, opening the door for a potential withdrawal in that indication.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost under consumer rules the Obama administration unveiled Wednesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- More older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- An experimental drug designed to attack breast cancer cells caused by a particular genetic mutation appears to show some promise in arresting the growth of tumours, researchers say.
(USA TODAY) -- Half of breast cancer patients stop taking key medications ahead of schedule, a decision that can increase their risk of relapse and death, a new study shows.
(Associated Press) -- The doctors finally let Rosaria Vandenberg go home.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cancer survivors, better work up a sweat.
RINGTOWN, Pa. (Canadian Press) -- A 19-year-old man riding his bicycle across the country to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research was struck and killed by an SUV in New Mexico.
WIMBLEDON, England (USA TODAY) -- Through her decades in the public sphere, Martina Navratilova has been many things to many people -- tennis champion, fitness pioneer, gay rights activist, and now, cancer survivor.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.J. Soviero wanted the least treatment that would beat back her small, early-stage breast cancer, but her first doctor insisted she had only one option: tumor removal followed by radiation and chemotherapy.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn't afford it, according to a new study.
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's health watchdog on Thursday recommended against buying a breast cancer drug for patients with advanced disease.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an advance against prostate cancer, he wanted to know just one thing: "Is it a cure?"
(International Herald Tribune) -- For many women with early-stage breast cancer, treatment may become considerably less arduous, researchers say.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Cynthia Mulligan is being treated for breast cancer. When her blond hair began to fall out she had it cut and went shopping for a wig with her young daughters.
(USA TODAY) -- An experimental vaccine prevented breast cancer in genetically engineered mice, according to a preliminary study in the June 10 issue of Nature Medicine. The vaccine has not been tested in humans.
LONDON (AP) -- Genes that make women more susceptible to breast cancer don't have any link to lifestyle factors that also raise their risk, a new study says.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades, but expensive cancer drugs may not be the main reason why, according to a surprising new study.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As controversial as mammograms are for women in their 40s, some get them even younger -- and new research casts doubt on their usefulness.
SAN FRANCISCO (The New York Times News Service) -- University of California, San Francisco, researchers have found a way to predict whether women with the earliest form of breast cancer are likely to develop deadly tumors -- a significant discovery that might save women who aren't at high risk from getting life-altering and unnecessary treatment.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- With a few drops of blood, scientists are creating a way to tell who's absorbed dangerous radiation levels, part of the government's preparations against a terrorist attack -- and research that just might point toward new cancer care, too.
(Associated Press) -- Older women at higher risk for breast cancer now have two good drug options for preventing the disease, but they will have to weigh the trade-offs, a major study shows.
(USA TODAY) -- Martina Navratilova, who won 18 Grand Slam tournament singles titles and competed on the women's pro tennis tour until she was nearly 50, is being treated for breast cancer.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Are doctors over-treating breast cancer?
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- New research suggests that women with gene mutations that predispose them to breast cancer might not pay a huge price in survival if they choose to preserve their breast instead of having it removed.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Women who survive breast cancer and have children afterwards don't appear to be at any higher risk of dying from cancer, a new study says.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers at a conference on breast cancer said Thursday.
(USA TODAY) -- The cost of cancer treatment is "skyrocketing" -- both for individual patients and the nation, a new analysis shows.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.
LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.
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