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| December
19, 2003 |
More Screening Needed for Childhood Cancer
Survivors, Many Early Breast Cancer Patients Not Getting Needed
Chemo, New Promise in Treating Kidney Cancer, Avoiding the Flu, Prostate
Cancer Treatment Effects Cognition, Kids with Cancer Visit Santa, Caring
for the Caregivers, New Rights Against Spammers, Have a Question? ASK OUR
RN!
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| December
5, 2003 |
Exercise is Good For Cancer Patients Too,
Watchful-Waiting Down, Younger Women Hard Hit By Breast Cancer Diagnosis,
Saving the Voice Box in Throat Cancer, New Prostate Cancer Drug Gets Nod,
Radiation Impt Treatment in Ductal Cancer, Medicare Reform and Cancer
Care, Screening Older Americans, Virtual Colonoscopy, Cancer Info on Web
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| November
21, 2003 |
Reducing Breast Cancer Recurrence, Higher
Risks in Appalachia, Kicking the Habit, Larger Breast Cancers On the Rise,
Psoriasis-Lymphoma Link, Skin Cancer and Other Cancers, Remissions
Prolonged with Rituxan, Dangers of Dehydration, Prescription Drug Bill,
Keeping Insurance After Cancer, Holiday Chat
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| November
7, 2003 |
Eat the Whole Tomato, Silicone Breast
Implants, Home Health Care Services Quality Examined, Medicare Adds
Coverage for Colon Cancer Screening Test, Cancer Myths, New Research Into
Preventing Cancer, Levels of Evidence Explained, Are You A Moon
Gazer?
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| October
31, 2003 |
Prompt Surgery for Bladder Cancer, Advance
Directives Need Clarification, More Animal and Lab Studies into Green Tea
and Ginger, Higher Salaries - Higher Drug Costs, Bad Joke Lands Student in
Hot Water, Treating Mets to Liver, Where the Candidates Stand,
Cancer CAM Update, Online Medical Dictionary
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| October
24, 2003 |
Needless Worry Caused By Mammograms?, Relief
From Bone Pain, Mistletoe, Green Tea, Surgery Benefits in Lung
Cancer Questioned, Medicare Reform and Cancer Care Debate, Should You Buy
Drugs Online?, Radiation or Reconstruction First?, Understanding Estrogen
- A Primer.
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| October
17, 2003 |
Anemia Treatment Could Worsen Outcome, New
Treatment for Lymphedema?, Thumbs Up for Silicone Breast Implants, Tour of
Hope Rolls Into Washington, Cancer and the Environment, Guidelines for
Controlling Nausea and Pain, SCOTUS Says Docs Can Talk About Pot with
Patients
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| October
10, 2003 |
Latest Cancer News, Advance in Breast
Cancer Treatment, Tour of Hope, Cancer and Aging, Clinical Trial
Participation , Kids Resources Online
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| October
03, 2003 |
Mono and Lymphoma, High-dose Chemo Right
for Some Kids with Leukemia?, FDA Going After Drug Imports, Sunscreen Only
Partial Protection Against Cancer, Obesity and Tamoxifen, New
Guidance for Survivors, Get Some Sleep, CAM Online Chat, Schieffer
Cancer-free.
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| September
12, 2003 |
Moderate Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk, US
Says NO to New Skin Cancer Therapy, Prostate and Breast Cancer -
Common Link with Bad Protein, Public More Concerned About Cost of Health
Care Than Terrorists, Virtual Colonoscopy Not Ready for Prime Time,
Leukemia Drug on Fast Track, Sibling Connection Important in
Prostate Cancer, Doctor's Day is Here, Drug Re-Importers Targeted, Beware
of Blood Clots
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| September
05, 2003 |
Bigger Centers Better In Ovarian Cancer
Treatment, Age Bias in Breast Cancer Treatments, Age No Barrier in Lung
Cancer Treatment, Cancer Incidence Rates Remain Stable, Testicular
Cancer and Environment, Parental vs. State Rights in Cancer Treatment,
Managing Side Effects Help, Sexuality and Cancer, Illuminating Hope
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| August
29, 2003 |
Phony Insurance Companies Scamming Americans, Vitamin D and Prostate
Cancer Treatment, Institute of Medicine Report on Childhood Cancer
Survivors, Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro With Cancer, Talking Before The
Crisis, Meeting Up with Other Cancer Survivors, Lymphedema Info
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| August
22, 2003 |
Improving Chemo Outcomes for Some Leukemia Patients, Coping with Treatment
Side Effects, High PSA No Bar for Prostate Surgery, Erbitux Back at FDA
for Review, Better Lung Cancer Drugs?, Is There a Breast Cancer Virus?,
Beating the Odds, Survivors' Opinions Sought, How Did the Fundraiser Do?
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| August
01, 2003 |
New Treatment for Kidney Cancer, Breast Cancer
Screenings Have Significant Impact, Advancement in Lung Cancer Treatment,
New Anti-Nausea Drug Approved, Cyclists Cycle for Research, Swimmers
Swim for Research, Travel Assistance for Cancer Patients and Their
Families, Are There Carcinogens in Your House?
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| July
25, 2003 |
Problems with PSA Test, Stomach Surgery Ups
Cancer Risk, Secondary Cancer in Hodgkin's Survivors, More Pizza Please,
Opening Borders to Cheaper Drugs, Laetrile Promoter Convicted, Seasilver
No Cure, President's Challenge To Fitness, You Are Not Alone in
cancerpage.com Support Group Chats
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| July
18, 2003 |
Medicare Reform and Cancer Patients, Reducing
Prostate Cancer Risk, Moving Against Counterfeit Drugs, Promising
Treatments Against Brain Tumors and Colon Cancer, Black Cohash, The
Couric Effect, Portion Sizes - Obesity and Cancer, Cancer Drug Center
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| July
11, 2003 |
Treating DCIS, Too Much Hormone Therapy with
Early Prostate Cancer?, Winning the War on Cancer, Screening Intervals for
Cervical and Colon Cancer, Fertilehope.org Gets Facelift, Americans
Not Overwrought About Health Care Concerns, Medicare Reform Again, Finding
A Medicare Doc
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| June
27, 2003 |
Medicare Drug Benefit Calculator,
Participating in Clinical Trials, Who's Doing What in Cancer
Research, Breast Cancer and Pregnant Women, FDA Blasts Procrit Ads,
Preventing Prostate Cancer and more....
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| June
20, 2003 |
Prostate Screening Frequency Discussed,
Non-Invasive Test To Find Prostate Cancer's Spread, Breast Cancer Vaccine
Trouble, Advocating for More Blood Cancer Research, Focusing on
Hispanics/Latinos and Genetics, Medicare Reform and Prescription Drugs
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| June
13, 2003 |
Cancer Spread Earlier, Better Chemo Combo
for Hodgkin's Disease, Lumpectomy and Older Patients, Rise in
Melanoma Eye Cancer in Men, Getting Mammogram Appointment, Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy, Advocating For Blood Cancers on Capitol Hill
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| June
06, 2003 |
Exercise and Feel Better, Exercise and Prevent
Cancer, Confusion in US About Cancer Prevention, New Cancer Drugs, Danger
of Night Shifts, Plant Estrogens and Hot Flashes, Beware the Miracle
Cures, Faster Track for Cancer Drugs, Pharma Websites, Ask our RN and AOL
Users
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| May
23, 2003 |
Doxorubicin and Heart
Disease Risk, Supreme Court Rules on State Effort to Control Drug Costs,
Worldwide Anti-Smoking Pact Adopted, Gleevec Approved for Some Kids with Cancer,
"Sniffing out" Cancer, Banning Asbestos, Beware of the Hype, Myeloma
Webcast Coming Up.
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| May
16, 2003 |
Price Gouging on Generics?, CANCERQUEST, Breast
Cancer Screening Guidelines Updated, Warning for Testicular Cancer
Survivors, Genetics and Endometrial Cancer, New Myeloma Treatment
Approved, Eating and Drinking and Colorectal Cancer, Improving Breast
Cancer Outcome
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| May
9, 2003 |
Cancer Pain in Children, Predicting
Prostate Cancer Recurrence or Spread, Better Chemo Regimen for Multiple
Myeloma, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Controversial Drug Approved by
FDA, Kids Cancer Camps, Life After Cancer, Stopping Spam, Health
Illiteracy
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| May
2, 2003 |
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Home
Health Care, Internet Health Fraud - Protect Yourself, Fabulous Fiber,
Pesticides and Cancer Risk, Faith Discussed in the "Group
Room"
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| April
25, 2003 |
Pesticides and Breast Cancer, Mammography
Redux, Sun Safety, Tanning Beds, Prostate Cancer - Like Father Like
Son?, National Minority Cancer Awareness Month, Obesity and Cancer,
Colon Cancer Masquerade Ball, Kick the Habit
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| April
11, 2003 |
E-pharmacies, Different Healings Paths,
Pain Killers and Preventing Cancer, Estrogen Patch and Prostate Cancer,
New Patient Protections from HIPAA, End of Life Resources
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| April
4, 2003 |
Cancer Rates Worldwide Could Jump,
Seniors Needed for Clinical Trials, Taking Tamoxifen to Prevent Cancer,
HPV Test Approved by FDA, Warning on New Osteoporosis Drug, New Info
Tools on Cancerpage, Defeating Fatigue, Screening for Head and Neck
Cancers, CAM Conference Next Week
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| March
28, 2003 |
Cancer Vaccines, Thalidomide and Prostate
Cancer, Nicotine and Lung Cancer, Spanish Audio Glossary of Medical
Terms, Upcoming CAM Conference, Black Women and Cancer, Ask Our RN,
Please!
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| March
21, 2003 |
HRT, Hard to Detect Breast
Cancer on Rise, Age and Prostate Treatment Decisions, Lung Cancer Risk
Tool,
Making Medicare Appeals Harder, Cancer Vaccines, Indoor Tanning,
The Ribbon Project
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| March
14, 2003 |
Fake Procrit Alarm, Americans Not Very
Healthy, FDA Moves on Supplements, Asbestos Anxiety, Even You Can
Prevent Medical Errors, Melanoma Survivors, Blood Test for Colon Cancer,
More $$ Help with Prescriptions, Healthy Web Surfing, Living Longer
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| March
7, 2003 |
Caloric Intake and Prostate Cancer,
Cancer Risk - A Weighty Issue, Aspirin - the Wonder Drug, Abortion - No
Impact on Breast Cancer Risk, Environmental Cancer Risks to Children,
Uninsured Americans, Teaching Boys Testicular Self Exams, Help on the
Line
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| February
28, 2003 |
Mammograms and Older Women, Reading
Mammograms, Colon Polyps and Follow-up, Nuclear Workers' Cancer Risk,
What's Hot on Capitol Hill, March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Month, Humor Therapy, Weight and Cancer
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| February
20, 2003 |
Soy and PSA Levels, Most Accurate
Mammograms, Smoke Filled Screens, Online Support Beneficial, Maryland's
MEDBANK, Fever and Neutropenia, Gleason Grading System Explained
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| February
14, 2003 |
Dense-Dosing/Better Survival?, More Benefits of Exercise, What to Tell Kids with
Cancer, Fertility & Ovarian Cancer, Clickable Cancer Survival Toolbox,
Pregnant with Cancer, Call to Artists
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| February
7, 2003 |
After the Hospital, Older
Patients and Chemo, New Screening Guidelines for Colon Cancer, Cancer
Survivors and Organ Donation, Newly Diagnosed, Reducing Medical Errors,
How Good is That Search Engine?, For Your Loved One and Cancer Research.
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| January
31, 2003 |
Best Treatment Options for
Prostate and Ovarian Cancer, Medicare Patients on Their Own, Promising
Procedure Against Kidney Tumors, Fried Foods and Cancer Updated, New
Brachytherapy Advance, Pennies for Patients
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| January
24, 2003 |
ACS 2003 Cancer Projections,
Help with Insurance Problems, Artwork Sought by Gov't, IVF-Eye Cancer
Link?, Chemo & Older Women, Agent Orange & Leukemia ,
Controlling Infections During Chemo
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| January
17, 2003 |
Deadly Anthrax & Cancer,
HRT, Cancer Treatments for Kids, Cancer Trial Passes Safety Review,
Pediatric Cancer Advocate Appointed to Gov’t Panel, Travel Assistance,
Moving Stories and Experiences
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| January
10, 2003 |
Best Medicine But Not Necessarily Best Care in US, Cancer Docs and Clinical Trials, Eating to Avoid Stomach Cancer, Childhood Cancer Survivors, New Prostate Therapies - Less Sexual Dysfunction, Best Practice Treatment Guidelines, New Botanicals Web Site
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