health - "cancer"

AP - As a doctor, Ron Davis knew what it meant when he got a diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer earlier this year.

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - A group of investigators from the UK sought to estimate the risk of bladder cancer (BCa) after childhood cancer, and explore whether cases were originally treated with cyclophosphamide (CPM) or radiotherapy. The analysis used the British Childhood cancer Survivor Study (BCCSS), which consists of 17,981 individuals diagnosed with cancer 5years. Ascertainment of BCa was through the National health Service Central Register.

Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell announced today that his doctors have told him he is cancer-free. A cancerous spot was found on his right lung last August.

Our body has a better way of protecting itself against cancer than previously recognised. Inflammatory proteins help to prevent the progression of a benign tumour to a malignant one. This is reported by Dr. Daniel Peeper and his colleagues from the Netherlands cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI-AVL) in the June 13 issue of the prominent scientific journal Cell.