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» A man paid over $11,000 in vet bills for his cat's cancer treatment
Published 08/10/2007 in Pet Cancers | Unrated
man vet bills cat cancer treatment

Interesting "My Turn" feature this week in Newsweek about a man who paid over $11,000 in vet bills for his cat Fritz's cancer treatment.
» Help canines with cancer and also advancing knowledge about human cancer
Published 08/6/2007 in Pet Cancers | Unrated


The Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, is aiming to help canines with cancer while also advancing knowledge about human cancer.
» Hero rescue dog dies of cancer
Published 08/5/2007 in Pet Cancers | Unrated


He's was an unconventional hero but a hero nonetheless.
» Protect your body from viruses in order to prevent cancer
Protect your body from viruses in order to prevent cancer

Discoveries have linked certain viruses to cancer growth. The hepatitis B virus is related to liver cancer. Women who develop cervical cancer have had a human papilloma virus (HPV) infection but not all women with HPV infection will develop cervical cancer. Stomach ulcers are likely caused by Helicobactor pylori, or H. pylori a bacteria and the ulcers can grow into cancer. Viruses attack cells in the body and once these cells are corrupted they begin to grow uncontrollably, eventually leading to cancer.
» Happy or sad World Cancer Day?
Happy or sad World Cancer Day?

I guess the concept is happy -- the public urging for our world's policy makers to make cancer a top priority -- but the fact that becomes all too apparent on this World Cancer Day is quite sobering. More than seven million people die from cancer and close to 11 million new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. In 2006, cancer killed more people than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.


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