Cancer Society Updates Prostate Cancer Guidelines
The American Cancer Society is urging doctors to make clearer to men that the test used to screen for prostate cancer has limits and may lead to unnecessary treatments that do more harm than good.
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America’s First Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
Last Thursday the Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Provenge is the first therapeutic vaccine to be approved in the U.S. for cancer treatment, ushering in what may be a new era in immune-based cancer treatments. Approval marks the successful conclusion of a 20-year odyssey with some remarkable twists and turns. My part of the story …
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Cancer Concern Center in Point Pleasant Beach offers support, hope
POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Mary Evanchik of Brick says she will never forget the day a doctor told her she had late-phase colon cancer.
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