health - "cancer"

Two months after learning she was pregnant with her second child, San Mateo mother Mara Langer was diagnosed with her second bout of breast cancer.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Yankees outfielder and broadcaster Bobby Murcer has died from brain cancer, the Yankees said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's former press secretary Tony Snow, known for his genial jousting with reporters, has died of cancer, the White House said on Saturday.

Scientists have developed a system which can pinpoint potential 'biomarkers' of early forms of cancer, by looking at structures of specific sugar molecules which are attached either to proteins of cancerous cells or to proteins involved in the host response. The availability of such cancer biomarkers could also allow disease progression and response to therapy to be monitored more easily and accurately than is currently possible.

Television presenter Trisha Goddard has told how she was approaching the fight against breast cancer in the way she treated an exercise session.

The accuracy of predicting one's chances of developing breast cancer do not seem to improve even with the recent findings of some genetic markers for the disease, a new report says.

Melanoma cases of skin cancer increased by 50% in younger women, urging the need of more educational campaigns for younger people to help them understand how dangerous skin cancer is and what to do to protect themselves from the disease.A team of researchers from National cancer Institute examined data from government cancer statistics for the period between 1973 and 2004. Data from about 20000 skin cancer aged from 15 to 39 was examined in the study.read more

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other diseases in residents, according to a new study....

Former Bush Press Secretary Tony Snow has succumbed to his long battle with cancer. According to Fox News, Snow died early Saturday morning at Georgetown University Hospital. He was 53....

BioAlliance Pharma SA (Euronext Paris - BIO), the specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections in cancer and HIV, announced the launch of its lead product Loramyc® on the British, German and Danish markets. 'This simultaneous product launch in three European countries crowns the efforts of our teams and marks another concrete step in the internationalization of our business.