American Cancer Society seeks volunteers for prevention study The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers to enroll in a cancer prevention study.The study will stretch over the next 20 to 30 years. Volunteers interested in participating should be between 30 and 65 years old and never have been diagnosed with cancer, except for basal or squamous cell July 17, 2013 - Contra Costa Times
RNA diagnostic test from paraffin improves lung cancer diagnosis over routine microscopic evaluation ( University of North Carolina Health Care ) Scientists at the Universities of North Carolina and Utah have developed a histology expression predictor for the most common types of lung cancer: adenocarcinoma, carcinoid, small cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. This predictor can confirm histologic diagnosis in routinely collected paraffin samples of patients' tumors and can complement ...
July 16, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Mariners 3B coach Jeff Datz, recovering from cancer, hopes to return soon Mariners third-base coach Jeff Datz unfortunately is familiar with skin cancer. He’s had it before, and knows not to be too optimistic about his recovery. Yet the 53-year-old, who was diagnosed with Level 2 squamous cell cancer in April and received six weeks of radiation treatment, is hoping to return to the field sometime after the All-Star break, he told reporters this week. Datz reportedly ...
July 11, 2013 - seattlepi.com