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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Patrick Swayze, Sheryl Crowe, cyclist Lance Armstrong and dozens of other celebrities "stood up" to battle the disease in a charity television fund-raiser on Friday.
MINNEAPOLIS — Batman has always been a hero to Anna and Eric Baker. Not the comic book variety, but a furry, 38-pound, bat-eared one who patiently lets their toddler climb all over him.
A galaxy of stars and the three major networks in the U.S. united in a rare televised fundraising event to "stand up" to cancer.
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) announced that Amrubicin has been granted Fast Track product designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of small cell lung cancer after first-line chemotherapy.
When Andrea Francis learned she had breast cancer in 2005, her doctors in Buffalo and at the Cleveland Clinic recommended a lumpectomy for the non-invasive ductal carcinoma, stage 0, medium grade.
HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. Some of these genetic changes were previously unknown and could provide new leads for improved diagnosis and therapy for these devastating cancers.
AstraZeneca's antipsychotic drug Seroquel is one of 20 medications being investigated for potential safety problems, federal regulators said Friday.
WASHINGTON — The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.
in gene therapy and promising alternatives to debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatment. It also promoted early detection programs, including a short "Simpsons" cartoon about Homer Simpson having a colonoscopy.
By Jill Serjeant
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