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NEWS ABOUT: lymphoma

lymphoma stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - After decades of false starts, doctors are tapping the immune system to help stave off cancer, USA Today reports. Using proteins from patients' tumors, American researchers have created a vaccine that can put off lymphoma relapses by 14 months. In one study, a cocktail of the vaccine and two other... More »

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cancer • cancer vaccine • lymphoma • study • immune system • tumors

(Newser) - A Minnesota judge ordered today that a teen with cancer must receive an X-ray despite his family’s religious views, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “Daniel Hauser is a child in need of protection,” the judge said, citing state law requiring parents to provide “medically necessary care.... More »

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cancer • lymphoma • Minnesota • Hodgkin's disease • court order • Daniel Hauser • religious beliefs

Lester Scores Victorious Return

After battling cancer, lefty makes taking down Indians look easy

Jul 24, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his first big-league start since being diagnosed with cancer last year, Boston lefty Jon Lester allowed only five hits in six innings on his way to a 6-2 win last night in Cleveland. The Sox staked the 23-year-old to a four-run lead, and Coco Crisp's four-run night helped secure... More »

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lymphoma • Boston Red Sox • Manny Ramirez • New York Yankees • AL East • Jon Lester • Terry Francona • anaplastic large cell lymphoma • Coco Crisp • J. D. Drew • Grady Sizemore • Manny Delcarmen

Thompson Discloses Cancer

Could-be candidate
says he had lymphoma in 2004, but is in remission

Apr 12, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson has non-Hodgkins lymphoma—but it's in remission, the senator-turned-TV star said yesterday. Strategists see the surprise revelation as a sign that Thompson is preparing to enter the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. A new Los Angeles Times poll, conducted just before the announcement, puts him in second... More »

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cancer • Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Fred Thompson • lymphoma • Election 2008

How We Fight: In Public and
In Private

Jonathan Alter relives his own struggle with cancer

Apr 2, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fit and under fifty when diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma, Newsweek reporter Jonathan Alter talks about his own battle with cancer in the wake of a week of high-profile recurrences. Now in remission, as Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow were until last week, Alter  describes managing the fear... More »

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cancer • health care • Elizabeth Edwards • health • Tony Snow • lymphoma • disease

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