Tumor

Driven by Love, a Step Forward for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Jessica Wapner | Posted 06.06.2013 | Science

When Elena Gitelson began experiencing back pain toward the end of 2012, she did what any hospital doctor might do: took herself to get a CT scan.

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Hope Does Bring Strength

Alysia Baldwin Ferro | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact

Read More: Johnson and Johnson, Global Motherhood, Ronald McDonald House, Brian Tumor, Brain, Tumor, Surgery, Brain Surgery, Neurology, Radiation, Impact News

I thought to myself that if Bobby, a senior in high school, a young man with his whole life in front of him, wasn't asking "why," then I had no right to do so. Instead, I told myself I would find a purpose, a purpose for this brain tumor.

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556-Pound Man With 70-Pound Tumor Faces 2 Risky Surgeries

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.06.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Thyroid Cancer, Pendleton, Tumor, Healthy Living News, Scot Jacobson, Gastric Bypass, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Problem, Health Insurance, Obesity, Oregon, Healthy Living News

Scot Jacobson, a 556-pound Oregon man, has a 70-pound tumor he calls "Wilson," after the volleyball featured in the movie "Cast Away." It's just somet...

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Bizarre Tumor Found In 1,600-Year-Old Corpse

Posted 01.22.2013 | Science

Read More: Video, Necropolis, Bones, Daily Discovery, Tumor, Romans, Ancient Tumor, Corpse, Spain, Roman Corpse, Teratoma, Teeth, Archaeology, Science News

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 01/22/2013 07:00 AM EST on LiveScience In a necropolis in Spain, archaeologists have found th...

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Cancer Is About Relationships -- Get Personal

Joaquin M. Espinosa | Posted 12.15.2012 | Science

Read More: Cancer Research, Targeted Therapy, Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Tumor, Personalized Medicine, Science News

In order to succeed we will also have to radically change the way we practice medicine. Matching macroscopic symptoms with standardized drugs just won't do. Each cancer patient is a new scientific problem.

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Tell Your 12-Year-Old He's Dying?

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 07.25.2012 | Parents

Read More: Steroids, Tumor, Adam Lewis, England, Chemotherapy, Brain Tumor, Terminal Illness, Batman, Radiation, Childhood Cancer, Brain Tumors, Death, Parents News

The parents of a 12-year-old boy with terminal cancer believe they found the remedy for him to enjoy his short time left. They never told him he was d...

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WATCH: Miami Docs Save Baby's Life In Medical First

Posted 06.27.2012 | Miami

MIAMI -- Jackson Memorial Hospital surgeons report that they have performed the world's first removal of an oral tumor from a baby in utero. At a p...

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Astoria Characters: The Survivor Who Speaks Her Mind

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.27.2012 | New York

Read More: Tamoxifen, Astoria, Vietnam War, Tumor, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, P.S. 122, Chemotherapy, R.J. Reynolds, Ukraine, Shareing & Careing, Mammogram, Purple Heart, Anna Kril, Ny Impact, Cancer, New York News

An unexpected lump in Anna Kril's left breast gave her a crash course in cancer survival. Spunky and savvy, she was appalled at the lack of resources in Queens for breast cancer sufferers like herself.

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Night And Weekend Workers Have Greater Feelings Of Social Isolation: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.14.2011 | Business

When workers pull evening and weekend shifts, it can be great for a company's bottom line. But it's often not so good for the workers themselves. E...

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In the Chemo Room: Out With a Tumor

Robert Schwab | Posted 01.23.2012 | Denver

Read More: Colorectal Cancer, Cancer, Tumor, Denver News

The tumor grew in my throat while I was enrolled in a clinical trial testing a drug that had mild-to-moderate side effects and held most of the rest of the many tumors in my lungs and chest in check during the test.

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Our Scars: Life's Badges Of Honor

Lea Lane | Posted 12.02.2011 | Fifty

Read More: Scars, Cancer, Catharsis, Benign-Tumor, Acne, Tumor, Skin Cancer, Memories, Psychological Scars, Fifty News

Like our age (and weight and income), we may try to hide our scars. But like badges of honor, they show that we have lived and that we have endured and survived pain and difficulty.

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Vietnamese Man With 176 Pound Tumor Asks For Your Help

Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Weird Vietnam, Red Cross, Tumor, Amputated, Giant Tumor, Vietnamese, Da Lat, Genetic Mutation, Vietnam, Growth, Anatomical Wonders, Slidepollajax, Nguyen Duy Hai, Video, Weird News News

The tumor on Nguyen Duy Hai's right leg is bigger than his leg itself, rendering him unable to walk, and now he is begging the world for help. The ...

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Doctors Remove 54-Pound Tumor

AP | VICENTE L. PANETTA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Tumor, Giant Tumor, Argentina, Gandulfo Hospital, Oscar Lopez, Medicine, World News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something tha...

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Baldness 'Could Be Good For Your Health' Say Scientists

BBC News | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Baldness, Hair Loss, University of Washington School of Medicine, Cancer Epidemiology, Tumor, Prostate Cancer, Health, Testosterone, Healthy Living News

Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine studied 2,000 men aged between 40 and 47. They were able to link high levels of the ma...

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Michael Brooks' Community Rallies Together To Raise Money For The 12 Year Old 's Cancer Treatment

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Read More: Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Health Insurance, Michael Brooks, Tumor, Health Care, Chemotherapy, Impact News

For his 12th birthday, Michael Brooks had an unusual birthday party -- attended by hundreds of people, many of whom he had never met. The celebration ...

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Carolina Sifuentes Sheds 250 Pounds After Doctors Remove Tumor

CBS 4 Denver | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Weight Loss, Tumor, 250-Pound Tumor, Carolina Sifuentes, Denver News

A Denver woman who had a massive tumor removed from her body is vowing to work at staying healthy after living through years of embarrassment. Caro...

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'Tumor' Turns Out To Be Baby (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Video, Harry Smith, Alice Eve Cohen, Tumor, Tumor Baby, Tumor Baby Video, Home News

Author Alice Eve Cohen spoke with Harry Smith about the surprise of her life, when what she thought was a tumor turned out to be a baby. Watch: Watc...

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40-Pound Tumor Removed From Woman By German Doctors

AP | RACHEL NOLAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: German Doctors Tumor, Tumor, Germany, Health, 40-Pound Tumor, 40 Pound Tumor, World News

BERLIN — A German doctor said Friday that surgeons have successfully removed a 40-pound (18 kilogram) malignant bone tumor from a Saudi Arabian ...

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"Sister Soldier: A Chronicle of Life After Iraq" - Part I

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: 101st Airborne, Germany, Soldiers, Military, Tumor, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, Cancer, Chaplain, Mosul, Politics News

My sister Fran's cancer appeared at the beginning of January. She felt tired, bloated, and had an unusual feeling of fullness, and immediately thought her term in Iraq was the culprit.

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