Top Headliners

1. New Drug Approved for the Most Aggressive Form of Melanoma

2. Big Beer Drinkers at Big Risk for Stomach Cancer

3. FDA Approves Innovative Device for Brain Cancer Treatment

4. Some With Breast Cancer May Be Able to Skip Full Lymph Node Removal

5. Study of Breast Biopsies Finds Surgery Used Too Extensively

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News and Features from the American Cancer Society

Rates of Melanoma Deaths Differ by Education - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
A new study from the American Cancer Society found that declines in deaths from melanoma, a kind of skin cancer, are limited to those with the most education.

World Cancer Day 2012 - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
February 4th is World Cancer Day, a time when organizations and individuals around the world send a message: Ending cancer should be a global health priority.

Workshops Help Survivors Cope During and After Cancer Treatment - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
A new series of free workshops from Cancer Care offers survivors and their loved ones practical information to help them cope with the concerns that can arise after treatment ends.

Healthier School Meals on the Menu - Thu, 26 Jan 2012
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its nutrition guidelines for school lunches and breakfasts.

Fighting Cancer: A Team Effort - Wed, 25 Jan 2012
It may not be time for March Madness quite yet, but there are plenty of reasons to be excited about basketball season – especially when so many teams are helping fight cancer.

Study: Robotic Surgery Does Not Lessen Common Side Effects from Prostate Removal - Wed, 25 Jan 2012
A team led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital found that men were just as bothered by sexual and urinary side effects when they had robotic prostate surgery as when they had traditional surgery.

Gene Mutation Linked to Hereditary Prostate Cancer - Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Researchers studying why prostate cancer runs in families have found a genetic mutation that may begin to answer that question.

Radon Gas and Lung Cancer - Wed, 18 Jan 2012
Getting your home tested for radon can help protect you and your family from a key cause of lung cancer.

Cancer News from MSNBC

Planned Parenthood 'reeling' after charity grant loss - Wed, 1 Feb 2012
The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its financial partnerships with numerous Planned Parenthood affiliates.

Medical pot mouthspray could treat pain - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little potential for abuse, experts say.

FDA approves first drug for common skin cancer - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
The Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a drug to treat advanced cases of the most common skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, the agency announced.

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Vets push pets to help with cancer research - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Leading Texas veterinarians are mobilizing to enlist pets in the testing of experimental cancer therapies, a potential benefit to not just dogs and cats but people.

US clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer - Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after U.S. government regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.