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The dining room at Alinea is a rare and special place where dark-suited waiters glide past tables, carrying trays laden with fantastical creations.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to treat multiplemyeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, may also be a treatment forthe chronic autoimmune disease lupus, German researchers report.

LONDON (Reuters) - Velcade, a drug used to treat cancer, might also work against the chronic autoimmune disease lupus, German researchers said on Sunday.

AP - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage.

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive cancer Center have modified a common chemotherapy drug to create a new probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET), an advance that will allow them to model and measure the immune system in action and monitor response to new therapies.

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Professor Witjes pointed out that bladder cancer incidence is much higher in Europe than in the US. He reviewed the AUA guidelines for T1G3 TCC. BCG with maintenance should be given and cystectomy should be considered an option. This is similar to the EAU guidelines. The rationale for BCG is the potential impact on disease progression is maintenance therapy is given.

When 'wicked old man cancer' set a deadly pace for Christopher Mauritz, the 57-year-old NASCAR fan fought it with his 'pit crew' of family, friends, and doctors to help him become a survivor.

NEW YORK (AP) -- When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage....

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Mother and DaughterPhoto by Linda Bartlett/National cancer InstituteBeing diagnosed with breast cancer is hard, and telling family members is difficult, too - but telling your children may be the hardest...