New facts from the annual Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 provide survival statistics for cancers that are not among the big four – colon, lung, breast and prostate – and report age, gender, and state rates. In 2009, there will be an estimated 98,200 new cancer cases in Texas. The one-year survival rate for [...]
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Tune-in to Discovery Health Channel… Sunday, July 26, 2009 8 a.m. CST American Cancer Society Chief Medical Officer Otis Brawley, M.D., will be a featured faculty member/panelist on a television program spotlighting prostate cancer awareness. The program is scheduled to re-air on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 7 a.m. On the “Discovery Health CME: [...]
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The American Cancer Society and Medical City Children’s Hospital gave 39 Dallas/Fort Worth area children ages 7 to 16 a first-class send-off for their week at Camp Discovery. The children left for camp on Sunday, July 12 from Medical City in Dallas. The kids will enjoy a fun-filled week (July 12-18) at Camp Discovery, [...]
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