Cancer News Headlines

HAVANA (Reuters) - More than a week after former leader Fidel Castro was quoted in Cuban media as saying Venezuela's cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez was "much better," the Communist Party newspaper published a different, toned down version of his comments on Tuesday. The transcript in Granma, said to have been "reviewed …

Shares of Ziopharm Oncology Inc. climbed Tuesday morning after the drug developer said it will go ahead with data analysis from a late-stage trial of its lead product, the potential cancer treatment palifosfamide.The ...

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 11 on Mars Time, in Which I Give Myself Cancer

If you had surgery at New York City’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center—one of the top cancer centers in the world—you may not see your surgeon for your post-surgery exam. More and more, it’s likely to be a “surgical assistant,” someone who’s completed years of training and may have even been a member of the surgical …

In this, the second in our month-long series on the disparities and inequities of cancer in the U.S. and beyond, we look at the millions of currently uninsured Americans and the burden they bear if they have the misfortune to develop the disease:

Elizabeth Smith, an 8-year-old girl from Erlanger, Ky., was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of 6. Two years later, she's still fighting the deadly disease—and competing in swim meets. WLWT-TV reports that Smith raced at a swim meet on Sunday and finished first in her 100-meter heat and third overall. She also finished …

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday that the French drugmaker Sanofi, its partner on a recently approved cancer drug, intends to buy more shares of Regeneron stock.The Tarrytown, N.Y., company said ...

Celgene Corp. said its bone marrow cancer treatment Revlimid has received approval from China's State Food and Drug Administration.The Summit, N.J., drug developer said Monday that Chinese regulators approved ...

(Reuters) - Celgene Corp on Monday said its drug Revlimid won full regulatory approval in China for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that starts in the plasma cells in the bone marrow. Multiple myeloma is the second most commonly diagnosed blood cancer. There are an estimated 750,000 …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor G.W. Bailey shared the spotlight Sunday as celebrity king of the Bacchus parade — one the biggest in the run-up to Mardi Gras — with more than two dozen child cancer patients from across the country.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor G.W. Bailey will share the spotlight Sunday as celebrity king of the Bacchus parade — one the biggest in the run-up to Mardi Gras — with more than two dozen child cancer patients from across the country.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Two months have passed since Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez climbed the stairs of the presidential jet, blew kisses to his supporters and flew to Cuba to undergo his fourth cancer-related surgery.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition leaders derided another currency devaluation by President Hugo Chavez's government as evidence of economic incompetence, while some anxious Venezuelans hit the shops on Saturday in fear of price increases. Although Chavez has not been seen in public since cancer surgery two months ago in Cuba, …

You would never guess that the woman in a photo who is smiling and swishing a pink tulle gown in front of the Eiffel Tower underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy and five surgeries when she was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago. You would...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition leaders derided another currency devaluation by President Hugo Chavez's government as evidence of economic incompetence, while some anxious Venezuelans packed stores in fear of price increases. Though unseen in public since cancer surgery two months ago in Cuba, government ministers said Chavez …

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators have approved a new drug from Celgene Corp for patients with multiple myeloma whose disease has worsened after being treated with other cancer drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it approved the drug, Pomalyst, also known as pomalidomide, for the most difficult-to-treat …

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it approved a new drug from Celgene for patients with hard-to-treat multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood.The agency approved the pill Pomalyst for cases ...

(Reuters) - IBM's Watson supercomputer has beaten expert "Jeopardy" quiz show contestants, and its predecessor defeated a world chess champion. Now, doctors hope it can help them outsmart cancer. Oncologists at two medical groups have started to test IBM's Watson's supercomputer system in an effort to improve speed and …

(Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said a mid-stage trial of its experimental lung cancer drug showed that 95 percent of the patients experienced a reduction in the size of their tumors, sending its stock up as much as 38 percent. Shares of the company, with a market value of about C$279 million ($273 million) as of Thursday …

Shares of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. jumped Friday after the company said its drug Reolysin shrunk the tumors of almost all the patients in a small clinical trial.The company said 20 patients were treated ...

Cancer isn't really an equal opportunity disease. It is the second-biggest killer of Americans (after heart disease), but your gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and more have a big impact on whether you get cancer, when you develop it, and what your chance of survival is.

People who are stressed out by their jobs can let out a sigh of relief: It's unlikely all that job stress increases your risk of cancer, reports a new study from Europe.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Just minutes before showtime, the neophyte models fidgeted nervously as helpers rushed to put the final touches on makeup and adjust the clothes.