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Doctor Kylie: Minogue honored for cancer work Published: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 Kylie Minogue has received an honorary doctorate for her philanthropic work toward raising breast cancer awareness. Read More
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Ginger Spices Up Health Published: Mon, Jun 7, 2010 Ginger does more than just add a snap of flavor to foods and beverages. For centuries, the root of the plant has been used as a remedy for a variety of illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer. Read More
FDA probes diabetes risk with prostate cancer meds Published: Tue, May 4, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is looking into data suggesting a group of prostate cancer drugs increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. The drugs are used to suppress the hormone testosterone, which fuels the growth of prostate cancer tumors. Occasionally the drugs are used by women... Read More
A sister's story Updated: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 Editor's note: November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Following is a letter from an Oklahoma City resident who has seen the devastation caused by the disease. November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. I was the caregiver for my twin sister who was diagnosed in September 2005 as having pancreatic... Read More
Patient, poet shares life with readers Updated: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 Jim Chastain and his family are living under a pretty dark cloud. Over the past eight years, Jim has given ground in a courageous but losing battle against cancer. It started with a small lump in his right arm — a type of sarcoma known as a malignant fibrous hystiocytoma. It was 2001, and Jim was just 37. He... Read More
Wayman Tisdale plans return to the road in January Updated: Thu, Dec 18, 2008 Wayman Tisdale knew his cancer was bad the day the music stopped. Even though the basketball legend is identified in these parts mostly for his sport, his first love was music. Long before he became a high school phenom at Tulsa Washington, a college superstar at Oklahoma or a stalwart big man in the NBA, he was a... Read More
Jim Chastain Updated: Mon, Dec 1, 2008 NORMAN — Last August, Jim Chastain went home after a doctor’s appointment and told his family he had cancer — again. Read More
Cancer treatments Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Cancer treatments have progressed as understanding of the disease’s foundation has evolved. The classic way of doing things has been to remove the tumor and then blast the patient with radiation, chemotherapy or both to kill stray cells. Now, some drugs attack cancer at its molecular soft spots, an... Read More
Cancer Resources Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 When an Oklahoman is diagnosed with cancer, all too often the patient, friends and family turn to health care organizations outside the state. For the latest clinical trials and treatments, Oklahomans often drive south or north or any other direction but home. And while not well-known, the beeline to some of... Read More
Kady Pletcher Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Kady Pletcher’s right upper right arm hurt after playing softball in summer 2004. When the pain resumed after school started, her mom and stepdad, Susan and Scott Meacham, took her to a doctor. The prognosis was sobering: She had bone cancer. Read More
Robi Morris Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Robi Morris had no history of cancer in her family. She ate a healthy diet, exercised regularly, and had no reason to believe she wasn't the picture of health. A year ago the 45 year old nurse from Choctaw was diagnosed with colon cancer, and April 16, 2007, she had surgery. She then went through 12 sessions of... Read More
New techniques aid lung cancer treatments Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Advances in imaging and tumor removal are allowing doctors to treat lung cancer more effectively. PET (positron emission tomography) scanning detects the metabolic activity of tumors rather than showing anatomical structures such as X-rays and CT scans. Cancers grow rapidly, adding blood vessels and burning... Read More
Tonya Hughes Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 “Of course it’s very scary because the first thing that you think is that you’re going to die,” Tonya Hughes said before excusing herself from the phone in a breaking voice to close her office door. Read More
Fredde Gentry Published: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Fredde Gentry found out she had liver cancer on Christmas Eve, 1992. Tests revealed she had a tumor the size of a cantaloupe. Physicians subsequently removed the tumor but were puzzled because they were unable to determine the specific type of cancer she had. Their prognosis: cautiously optimistic. Read More
Sen. Kennedy preparing to 'do battle,' son says Updated: Mon, Jun 9, 2008 SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy enjoyed the Father's Day weekend surrounded by family at his home and preparing to "do battle," undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments for his brain cancer, said his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy. The Rhode Island congressman told The Associated Press... Read More
Wayman Tisdale treated for cancer Published: Fri, Mar 30, 2007 TULSA -- Former University of Oklahoma basketball All-American Wayman Tisdale says he is being treated for cancer and expects "a complete recovery." A malignant mass was found below his right knee after he fell down a flight of stairs and broke his leg Feb. 8 at his home in Los Angeles, said Tisdale, who... Read More
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