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In a Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, Karen Handel speaks to reporters in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) 

Komen exec quits after funding flap

The vice president of public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure who backed the breast cancer charity's move to strip Planned Parenthood of funding resigned Tuesday, saying she stands by the now-abandoned decision that set of a storm of controversy.

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    FDA clears Pfizer kidney cancer drug

    The Food and Drug Administration approved the company's drug Inlyta as a secondary option for patients with renal cell carcinoma that hasn't responded to

    "Mammovan" to tour rural Wyoming

    Wyoming ranks low among states for breast cancer screenings for women 40 and over.

    Roswell may have found a cancer vaccine

    Roswell Park Cancer Institute is now testing a possible vaccine, one that could wipe out cancer cells and prevent them from coming back.

    Cancer patients smoke after diagnosis

    According to new data, researchers have found a large number of colon and lung cancer patients did not give up smoking, even though they knew it was not good

    Roswell to do experimental therapy

    A Buffalo cancer center is set to announce development of an investigational vaccine that has the potential to destroy cancer cells and prevent relapses.

    Loose tobacco may get bigger tax in NY

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo would close a loophole that allows loose tobacco to sell for less than cigarettes in an enforcement effort applauded by anti-smoking

    Radioactive tissue boxes removed from stores

    Metal tissue holders contaminated with low levels of radioactive material may have been distributed to Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in more than 20 states

    Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death

    For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often

    Child cancer cluster sites to be tested

    Environmental investigators plan to test soil, air and water samples at dump and manufacturing sites just south of Lake Erie where at least 35 children have

    Annual PSA test doesn't save lives

    Scientists followed 76,000 men for 10 to 13 years and found annual screening for prostate cancer led to more diagnoses but didn't result in less deaths from

    Testing of kidney cancer drug in Asia

    Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, has entered an agreement with drug developer SFJ Pharma Ltd. II to conduct a late-stage trial in Asia of

    H.S. team donates to Roswell Park

    The Girls Varsity Basketball team is “Shooting For A Cure,” at Pembroke High School.

    Cancer deaths lower

    "Our data on cancer causation and cancer prevention tells us that we could have done a lot better," said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the

    Avastin may help stall ovarian cancer

    The two studies found that adding Avastin to chemotherapy treatment can stall the growth of cancer by almost four months. However, it is still unclear if it

    The 40-year war on cancer

    This year, more than 500,000 Americans will die of cancer. Obviously, this is a war not won, and it is appropriate to ask: What have we gotten from this

    France may remove risky breast implants

    French health authorities are considering recommending mass surgery to rid the country of a type of breast implant that investigators say was secretly made

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    FDA approves drug tested at Children's

    Buffalo's medical community played a major role in developing and testing a …

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    Mammography - Age, Education, Ethnicity

    In 2005, 186,467 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 41,116 women died …

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