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Angelina Jolie's mastectomy news reverberates in South Florida
When Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had both breasts removed to cut her risk of cancer, experts across South Florida predicted the Hollywood superstar saved more lives than her own. In the age of genetic testing, more women with cancer-...Tags: Human Interest, Insurance, Genetics, Chemotherapy, Judaism
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Bristol-Myers shares jump ahead of melanoma trial data
ReutersBy Doris Frankel and David Gaffen CHICAGO/NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Shares of drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co rose to a ten-year high on Wednesday ahead of results of an early stage trial for its new melanoma treatment, with heavy betting in the...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Skin Cancer
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Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that...Tags: Heart Disease, Drugs and Medicines, Women's Health, Breast Cancer, National Institutes of Health
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Bristol melanoma drug combo marks new advance in immunotherapy
Reuters(For more stories on new cancer data, see ) By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - Melanoma patients treated with two Bristol-Myers Squibb drugs fared much better than those who received either of the medications individually, a new advance...Tags: Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Renal cell carcinoma, Medical Research, Merck & Company Incorporated
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Roche immunotherapy shows response over range of cancers
ReutersBy Bill Berkrot May 15 (Reuters) - An experimental Roche Holding AG drug that helps the immune system attack tumors was well tolerated and demonstrated an impressive effect against a variety of cancers, according to preliminary trial results released on...Tags: Litigation, Drugs and Medicines, Lung Cancer, Science and Technology, Renal cell carcinoma
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Experimental Gilead drug effective in early-stage leukemia trial
ReutersBy Deena Beasley May 15 (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Gilead Sciences Inc shrank tumors in half of leukemia patients whose cancer had returned, according to an early-stage trial that represents a new foray into oncology by the world's biggest...Tags: Sports, Chemotherapy, Ice Hockey, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology
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HPV-related throat cancers multiplying
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or no history of smoking, said Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Biotechnology, Throat Cancer, Drugs and Medicines, Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy
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Decoding Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy and BRCA genes
Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy may seem like a shocking move to some. But for many women who have dangerous hereditary risks coded into their genes, this kind of surgery before cancer strikes serves...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Tamoxifen (drug), Mastectomy, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie can afford to save her own life; many women can't
This post has been corrected, as noted below.I’d like to raise the teensiest red flag on Angelina Jolie’s laudable decision Tuesday to go public about her health struggles in order to help other women benefit from her experience. In an essay published Tuesday in the New York Times,...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, The New York Times, Mastectomy, Ovarian Cancer
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Star's preventive surgery sparks breast cancer debate
Angelina Jolie's announcement Tuesday that a genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer led her to undergo a preventive double mastectomy has raised both awareness about the procedure and concerns among physicians and other experts. The actress...
Tags: Breast Cancer, The New York Times, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Internists, Psychologists
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Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer
Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Women's Health, Franklin Square Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Breast Cancer
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Roche banks on new drug data to defend cancer business
Reuters* GA101 data seen boosting hopes of Rituxan follow-on * Data due this week ahead of ASCO meeting May 31-June 4 * Drug part of strategy to see off biosimilar threats By Caroline Copley ZURICH, May 15 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche hopes data...Tags: Sports, Arthritis, Drugs and Medicines, Ice Hockey, Science and Technology
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