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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Associated Press via Yahoo! Singapore News, Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:51 AM PDT Hanks, Roberts among stars on 'Stand up to Cancer' http://sg.news.yahoo.com/hanks-roberts-among-stars-stand-cancer-020408079.html Cancer is big, but so are the celebrities determined to help conquer it. Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:29 PM PDT Wasserman Schultz Says Obamacare Helps Breast Cancer Survivors: I Disagree http://news.yahoo.com/wasserman-schultz-says-obamacare-helps-breast-cancer-survivors-222900230.html FIRST PERSON | Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chairwoman, raved at the DNC how Obamacare helps breast cancer survivors. She says her position is one of a breast cancer survivor and her personal experience with the disease gives her a deep understanding of how important Obamacare is. I am undergoing treatment for breast cancer and I disagree with Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Reuters via Yahoo! India News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT Court rules for Cipla against Roche in patent case http://in.news.yahoo.com/india-court-rules-cipla-against-roche-patent-case-180714708--finance.html MUMBAI (Reuters) - Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of local drugmaker Cipla in a patent infringement case filed by Switzerland's Roche Holding AG over Cipla's cancer drug Erlocip, a senior executive of the company said. The court made the ruling a week before the Supreme Court is due to begin hearing a patent plea by another Swiss drugmaker, Novartis AG , over its cancer drug Glivec. That ... Reuters via Yahoo! News, Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT Peregrine drug doubles lung cancer survival in trial http://news.yahoo.com/peregrine-doubles-lung-cancer-survival-small-trial-155812114--finance.html (Reuters) - A small trial of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental drug, bavituximab, showed that it doubled the length of time lung cancer patients survived, supporting the company's plans to conduct a larger study. Investors cheered the news, sending shares of the drugmaker soaring 50 percent to $4.59 on the Nasdaq on Friday afternoon. The Phase 2 trial, involving 121 previously treated ... 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=uLRKPuAuNLM.umyXgGKEK_iB6cj6_ynP.MyoiaybksKooE0Mj6GsM_AU0AY.cBlSDwNJFJXaAHQOL0cWXSAVgI1GX7ZbzOYH3nKf 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.