Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy due to cancer fears May 14th, 2013 - 08:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy after finding out she had a gene mutation that leads to a sharply higher risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. Jolie, writing in ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : angelina, jolie, double, mastectomy, cancer, fears, Top Keywords

U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says cancer has returned Apr 3rd, 2013 - 21:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says he is battling cancer again and that he will scale back his writing by taking a "leave of presence" from his more than four-decade career. Ebert, 70, known for his rhetori... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : film, critic, roger, ebert, says, cancer, returned, Top Keywords

Ebert: Cancer returns, taking 'leave of presence' Apr 3rd, 2013 - 15:10h (CET +01.00) CHICAGO (AP) - Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert said he's been diagnosed with cancer again and that he will scale back his prolific writing of movie reviews while undergoing radiation treatment. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : ebert, cancer, returns, taking, 'leave, presence', returned, Top Keywords

Pfizer gets new rebuff from NICE for cancer drug Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:10h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer suffered a second rejection in two days from health cost watchdog NICE as its new kidney cancer drug Inlyta was turned down for use on the state health service. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pfizer, gets, rebuff, nice, cancer, drug, returned, Top Keywords

NICE rejects Novartis breast cancer drug Mar 21st, 2013 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Novartis drug Afinitor, expected to be a big seller for the Swiss group, has been rejected by Britain's health cost agency NICE due to uncertainty over its survival benefits in breast cancer. Novartis said it was "extreme... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nice, rejects, novartis, breast, cancer, drug, returned, Top Keywords

Cancer-stricken Valerie Harper not saying good-bye Mar 11th, 2013 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - She has incurable cancer, but Valerie Harper says she's not ready to say good-bye and she's keeping herself open to a miracle. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cancerstricken, valerie, harper, saying, goodbye, drug, returned, Top Keywords

Valerie Harper to discuss cancer on 'The Doctors' Mar 8th, 2013 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Valerie Harper plans to discuss her brain cancer with some television doctors. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : valerie, harper, discuss, cancer, 'the, doctors', returned, Top Keywords

Valerie Harper, TV's Rhoda, has brain cancer: People Mar 6th, 2013 - 15:10h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Valerie Harper best known as wise-cracking neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern on television's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, People magazine reported on Wednesday. Docto... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : valerie, harper, tv's, rhoda, brain, cancer, people, Top Keywords

Report: TV star Valerie Harper has brain cancer Mar 6th, 2013 - 14:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern on television's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda," has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : report, star, valerie, harper, brain, cancer, people, Top Keywords

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies from cancer Mar 6th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous, divisive rule that won him passionate support from the poor but the hatred of business leaders and wealthier Venezuelans. Th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : venezuela's, hugo, chavez, dies, cancer, cancer, people, Top Keywords