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Mickelson’s wife has breast cancer

Phil Mickelson has suspended his PGA Tour schedule immediately after announcing yesterday that his wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Mickelson withdrew from the Byron Nelson Championship, which starts today, and is expected to miss next week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, where he is the defending champion. Mickelson’s management company, Gaylord Sports, said [...]

Farrah Fawcett Still Battling Anal Cancer

It grieves us all to see long beloved t.v, movie, & stage icons stricken with disease; if it can happen to our beloved idols, it can happen to us. Farrah Fawcett was diagnosed with a rare anal cancer in September of 2006. She taped her first visit to the oncologist as a means of remembering what [...]

Michael Jackson waiting for cancer OK

Michael Jackson must wait a week to find out if he needs radiation therapy to treat his alleged skin cancer. The ‘Thriller’ singer reportedly had cancerous growths removed from his nose and chest in a shave biopsy operation in Beverly Hills yesterday (21.05.09). Jackson, 50, now faces an agonising wait to find out if the surgery was [...]

Statins Alter Prostate Cancer Patients’ PSA Levels

ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2009) - Beyond lowering cholesterol, statin medications have been found to have numerous other health benefits, including lowering a healthy man’s risk of developing advanced prostate cancer, as well as lowering his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. But a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital finds that statins also can lower PSA [...]

Study bolsters hopes for prostate cancer vaccine rejected by FDA

The vaccine, Provenge, extended life an average of four months, nearly twice as long as the best available chemotherapy, researchers say. By Thomas H. Maugh II April 29, 2009 A controversial prostate cancer vaccine that previously had been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration improves survival of patients with the advanced form of the disease more than [...]