Cancer Diagnosis In The News

Under a 'National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative' (NAEDI), launched by the Department of Health last week, work is already underway in the UK to improve public awareness and fast referral of cancer, with pilot schemes in 20 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) run by the Improvement Foundation. The Improvement Foundation is working with 20 PCTs in 60 specific communities.

BREAUX BRIDGE — Mike Mowad learned last year a cancer diagnosis usually leaves patients few options. That was the case last year when Mowad was suddenly absent from the Breaux Bridge High sideline.

Matt Krueger, 19, was recovering from his first colon cancer surgery on the day he confessed his dream to a hospital nurse. He wanted to get his 1999 Camaro Z28 out onto one of NASCAR's big tracks, to see if it would actually go the 155 mph promised on the speedometer. What Krueger didn't realize, was that his nurse knew somebody at a tire store, who knew somebody at the Carquest Corp., ...

Photo: Mary Burford got help from the Empty Stocking Fund to pay off some of her cancer-related expenses when she had a critical health event last year. She also had a tree fall on her house and power line in December, and a volunteer was sent over to clean up the wood and take it away.

Eleven years ago Christiane Brems got the news she had breast cancer over the phone.

If an X-ray machine were to study one of Nash Hyon's artworks, it would find all kinds of things underneath the waxy surface.

Sat, Nov 29, 2008 (12:09 a.m.) For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach as old as the Hippocratic Oath.

For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach.

Disparities in cervical cancer survival can be traced to differences in access to care for certain racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups, according to a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study of more than 5,300 Florida women.

For so long, and so many people, the word cancer was a death sentence. But thanks to a New Castle patient and doctor, new drugs and research have really taken off. It's taking breast cancer from "treatable" to beatable.