Diagnosis and Treatment

Fran on Anderson - Fran Talks About Her Cancer Misdiagnosis

On the April 16, 2004, episode of ANDERSON, Fran opened up to Anderson Cooper about her battle with cancer, saying she was misdiagnosed by eight doctors in a two-year period. "By the grace of God I was still in stage one. I was misdiagnosed for a peri-menopausal condition that I didn't have because at uterine cancer's earliest stage, it kind of mimics that. I was lucky because uterine cancer is a very slow growing cancer," Drescher explained.

Nanostars Deliver Cancer Drugs Direct To Nucleus

Scientists at Northwestern University in the US have developed a simple, specialized, star-shaped gold nanoparticle that can deliver drugs directly to the nucleus of a cancer cell. They write about their work in a paper published recently in the journal ACS Nano.

Senior author Dr Teri W. Odom, said in a statement released on Thursday:

"Our drug-loaded gold nanostars are tiny hitchhikers."

Cancer: New Science on How to Prevent and Treat It—A Report from TEDMED

CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE HAS LOST THE BATTLE WITH CANCER. But that doesn’t mean the war is over. Let me explain why we may finally be heading in the right direction.

I just returned from TEDMED, an extraordinary gathering of brilliant minds from science, medicine, business, and technology—a veritable intellectual orgy. During the conference, there was a theme that emerged: Synthesis.

Brain-cancer device now FDA-approved

Brain tumors may soon encounter a new weapon. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device that uses electrical energy to kill brain cancer cells. The device, approved for those who have malignant tumors known as glioblastoma multiforme, adds a potential new alternative to chemotherapy for patients with advanced brain tumors.

Yearly Mammograms from Age 40 Save 71 Percent More Lives, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2011) — A new study questions the controversial U.S. Preventative Service Task Force recommendations for breast cancer screening, with data that shows starting at a younger age and screening more frequently will result in more lives saved.

Cancer Costs Predicted to Skyrocket to $158 Billion by 2020

Karin Gaines of Rockford, Ill., is battling breast cancer for the second time in her life. She's taking two different medications to treat her disease, which also has spread to her bones.

Breast Cancer Risk: A Screening 3 Times Better Than Mammograms

Breast cancer screening should be individualized depending on breast density.

Blood Test May Be Able to Spot Lurking Cancer Cell

A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office.

J&J Seeks to Market New Cancer Screening Device

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is teaming up with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital to market a microchip-based test that could detect cancer cells in blood, a potentially revolutionary initiative for cancer patients. 

The deal is reportedly worth about $30 million, depending on certain benchmarks, according to reports by the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press.

Breast Cancer Screening Program Reopens for Low-Income Californians

On Wednesday, California's Every Woman Counts breast cancer screening program for low-income women reopened enrollment for women age 40 and older, HealthyCal reports (Weintraub, HealthyCal, 12/1).

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