WASHINGTON
(AP) - A form of arsenic once used as insect poison won Food and Drug
Administration approval Tuesday as a leukemia treatment after studies found
small doses helped patients with a rare but deadly form of the
disease.
"Booster" Doses Of Radiation Shown To Reduce
Breast Cancer Recurrence
(ACS NewsToday) - "Booster" doses of
radiation after standard radiotherapy following breast cancer surgery can
substantially reduce the chances of a recurrence in women treated for
early stage breast cancer, according to authors of a study presented
at the annual conference of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology
and Oncology.
(ACS NewsToday) - The world is watching the 2000 Olympics
unfold in Sydney, Australia - the country with the highest rates of
skin cancer in the world.