Women uses humor, past experiences to cope with breast cancer By Rebecca Hertz The Killeen Daily Herald Margo Coster of Killeen appreciates a positive attitude and the healing properties of humor. Coster was diagnosed in 2003 with a rare form … Continue reading →

The connection between breast and ovarian cancer By Jody Chapin SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Women need to be pro-active when it comes to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and September was Ovarian … Continue reading →

SEC commissioner manages a high-profile job, her health, too By Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Elisse Walter landed the job of her dreams last year when President George W. Bush appointed her to the Securities and Exchange Commission, capping … Continue reading →

The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance has been working on your behalf to make it easier for women with ovarian cancer to access needed Social Security benefits. The Social Security Administration will now recognize that late stage ovarian cancer will automatically … Continue reading →

By Julie Steenhuysen – Mon Oct 26, 2009 CHICAGO (Reuters) – The federal government’s push to control health costs through comparative effectiveness research could threaten strides in personalized medicine, in which medicines are tailored to an individual’s genetic makeup, the chief of … Continue reading →

American Cancer Society Stands by Its Screening Guidelines; Women Encouraged to Continue Getting Mammograms Statement of Otis W. Brawley, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society in Response to New York Times Article on Cancer Screening Atlanta – October 21, … Continue reading →

Preventing Future Cancers by Testing Women With Ovarian Cancer for BRCA Mutations Kwon JS, Daniels MS, Sun CC, Lu KH. Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, M. D. … Continue reading →

Experts issue call to reconsider screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer – the most diagnosed cancer for women and men – have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from … Continue reading →

Unused cancer meds can be donated, law says Montana to develop repository where cancer drugs can go to those in need HELENA, Mont. – Wendy Gwinner’s work brings her in contact with people still reeling from a cancer diagnosis. The … Continue reading →