Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, March 04, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Times of India, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:55 AM PST Doctor hangs self inside hospital in Kanpur http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EtX0X5BJt1vV/story01.htm A doctor allegedly committed suicide on Sunday by hanging himself inside premises of JK Cancer hospital here, police said. MedCity News, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:54 AM PST Attack of the acronyms: PCORI and IPAB may doom new treatments http://www.medcitynews.com/2012/03/attack-of-the-acronyms-pcori-and-ipab-may-doom-new-treatments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attack-of-the-acronyms-pcori-and-ipab-may-doom-new-treatments The battle against skin cancer just became a bit more complicated. Researchers found that Zelboraf â€" a promising new drug that attacks advanced-stage metastatic melanoma â€" may speed the development of a different but more easily treatable form of cancer. And then, there are the cost considerations. The drug lengthens patients’ lives â€" but also carries [...] The Wenatchee World, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:53 AM PST Hugo Chavez says new tumor was cancerous http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/mar/04/hugo-chavez-says-new-tumor-was-cancerous/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) â€" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same type of cancer as a baseball-sized growth extracted from that part of his body about seven months ago. In his first TV appearance in nine days, Chavez said the surgery and follow-up tests showed the tumor was "a recurrence of the initially diagnosed ... WestportNow, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:52 AM PST SpinOdyssey Spins Off for Breast Cancer Research http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/37247/ An estimated 440 spin bikers. riding in alternating time slots on 215 bikes, participated in today’s 13th annual SpinOdyssey breast cancer fund-raiser at Intensity, 490 Westport Ave., Norwalk. Summit Daily News, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PST Welcome Home … all of you pink visitors and guests http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120303/REALESTATE/120309945/1001&parentprofile=1001 Cancer survivor Heather Dreesen. A house is just a house. but a home, it has its habitants. Old, young, big, small, short, tall, family and friends and the story never ends. The hero's and villains â€" ok let forget the villains and focus on the heros. Summit Daily News, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PST Elevated Living: Romp to Stomp Breast Cancer in Frisco today http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120303/REALESTATE/120309946/1001&parentprofile=1001 The Tubbs Romp to Stomp in Frisco is the largest snowshoe event in the county and some 23,000 people have been introduced to the sport and raised $1,800,000 since the program's inception. Sarnia Observer, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:49 AM PST RIDE TO CONQUER CANCER: 200-kilometre, two-day pedal http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3490646 Lambton Outdoor Club members Kim Smith and Chris Richmond have plenty of experience hiking and cycling, but they’ve never done anything like this.[...] Summit Daily News, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:48 AM PST Survivors and supporters arrive by the thousands to ‘stomp out breast cancer' http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120304/NEWS/120309926/1001&parentprofile=1001 Participants in the 10th annual Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer slowly make their way through the Frisco Nordic Center Saturday morning. Nearly 2,500 snowshoers took part in the event to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Chicago Tribune, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:47 AM PST Venezuela's Chavez confirms cancer recurrence http://chicagotribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622812/s/1d231c1a/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Cnews0Cnationworld0Csns0Ert0Eus0Evenezuela0Echaveztre8230Afb0E20A120A30A40H0A0H50A519110Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez confirmed on Sunday that he had suffered a recurrence of cancer, saying he would need radiotherapy treatment after the removal of another tumor even though there was no evidence of metastasis. AFP News via Yahoo! Malaysia News, Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:40 AM PST Chavez cancer has returned, more treatment needed http://my.news.yahoo.com/chavez-cancer-returned-more-treatment-needed-173842306.html Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez admitted publicly for the first time Sunday that a lesion removed last week in Cuba was a recurrence of cancer and said he would need more radiotherapy treatment. 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