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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News, Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:26 AM PDT Actress Kathy Bates has double mastectomy http://my.news.yahoo.com/actress-kathy-bates-double-mastectomy-172649325.html LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Kathy Bates said on Wednesday she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer, nine years after a bout with ovarian cancer. Bates, 64, the Oscar-winning star of 1990 thriller "Misery," told People magazine that doctors had given her a good prognosis following the recent surgery. "After much consideration, I underwent a double ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT Oncolytics expands enrollment for cancer drug late-stage trial http://ca.news.yahoo.com/oncolytics-expands-enrollment-cancer-drug-stage-trial-122009936--finance.html (Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said it expanded enrollment in a late-stage study testing its head and neck cancer drug to determine its effects on two distinct patient groups. The company, which is testing the drug, Reolysin, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, doubled the number of patients enrolled in the trial to 160 following discussions with the U.S. FDA. Oncolytics said it ... The Florida Times-Union, Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:14 AM PDT Women recommended not to get routine screenings for ovarian cancer http://jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2012-09-11/story/women-recommended-not-get-routine-screenings-ovarian-cancer A federal government task force recommended Monday that women not get routinely screened for ovarian cancer because doing so can put them at increased risk for unnecessary harm, such as major surgery. See more health stories that match your keyword at: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?fr=yalerts-health&c=&p=cancer+%2bcat%3ahealth&ei=utf-8 Visit Yahoo! Health: http://health.yahoo.com/ You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use http://us.rd.yahoo.com/alerts/b/email/unsubscribe/*http://alerts.yahoo.com/unsubscribe.php?id=HKDwuwEuNLNThF1GbClXgz5qZGEo1qllDE6FyjA4J_38R4yZD9lefcxufpCy5e4c3XoSc02UzWo8.sG2IPxwGhw04bnBiH8ZISRZ to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.done=http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount . To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, please read our privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ . Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.