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13-year-old lacrosse player overcomes brain tumor
Fox 5 SportsSAN DIEGO -- Marshall Cotta plays piano and lacrosse, but he shouldn't be able to do either. Frankly, the teenager shouldn't be here. Cotta started walking at 10 months. Then three months later, he couldn't walk, or even stand because of a brain tumor in...Tags: Sports, Cancer, Health, MRI (imaging), Surgery
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Surgeons remove half of man's pelvis to save leg
SAN DIEGO -- A 62-year-old delivery driver who faced the loss of his leg during surgery for a rare type of bone cancer still has both his lower limbs and can walk with help, UC San Diego Health Sciences officials announced Monday.
Carlos Ortiz was...Tags: Cancer, University of California, University of California, San Diego, Health, Surgery
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Edwards brings dose of reality to breast cancer
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterElizabeth Edwards' death Tuesday from breast cancer highlights the reality of the disease, according to local oncologists. Edwards, wife of prominent Politian and former Presidential candidate Senator John Edwards, died Tuesday morning after a long...Tags: Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Physical Therapists, Health
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Pioneering cancer surgery performed at UCSD Med Center
FOX 5 San Diego StaffDoctors at UC San Diego Medical Center performed a pioneering surgery on a cancer patient whose kidney and ureter were removed and bladder reconstructed via a small incision in the navel, it was announced today. It was the second time the minimally...Tags: Cancer, Kidney, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of California, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Fertility on hold
For parents of young children diagnosed with cancer, looking ahead can be at once terrifying and consoling. Now, a burgeoning field of research allows those parents to consider their pre-pubescent child's ability to someday bear children — and to...
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, The Pennsylvania State University, Hospitals and Clinics
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Successful blood cancer therapy identified
A new treatment regimen can help some patients who have blood cancer to live disease-free longer, University of Florida researchers and colleagues have found. Low doses of a drug called lenalidomide can help hold off the return of multiple myeloma...Tags: Cancer, Thalidomide (drug), Medical Specialization, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Doctors grapple with prostate cancer screening guidelines
For years, the PSA test has been the standard method for early detection of prostate cancer, which strikes one in six men.
But recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a federal advisory panel, said the test that checks for prostate-specific...Tags: Cancer, Erectile Dysfunction, Medical Research, Lung Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests
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June programs planned in ongoing cancer series
SOUTH BEND — RiverBend Cancer Services announces June dates for the ongoing series “Living Well with Cancer.” Free programs will be held at RiverBend Wellness Center, 919 E. Jefferson, South Bend; Michiana Hematology Oncology Advanced...Tags: Cancer, Medical Specialization, Health, Human papillomavirus
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Nurse manages her pain and young cancer patients one song at a time
Barbara Britt has a song in her head, a campfire tune that she learned years ago.
I'm a little piece of tin.
Its silliness, she knew, would keep her upbeat for the appointment she had with James Lee, the 12-year-old with a tumor in his brain stem....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Chemicals, Human Interest, Rentals, Hospitals and Clinics
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May 13: Author - Terry Thompson, A New Strategy for the War on Cancer
WGN NewsTerry Thompson To purchase a copy of the book: A New Strategy For The War On Cancer: Finally! A New Force Is Entering the Fight and Its Success Depends On Us The traditional strategy of exclusive conventional cancer treatment has not worked....Tags: Cancer, Medical Specialization, Health, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy
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Aberdeen: Art exhibit at Avera St. Luke's
The Lily Oncology on Canvas art exhibit, a display of art created by people affected by cancer, will be on display Wednesday and Thursday at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in the southeast lobby. The art is from the 2010 Lily Oncology on Canvas competition....Tags: Cancer, Medical Specialization, Health, Arts and Culture, Arts
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When mishaps on the road become life-saving
HealthWhen mishaps on the road become life-saving...
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