Reuters - Lung cancer patients treated in a large
clinical trial with ImClone Systems Inc’s Erbitux and
chemotherapy lived about five weeks longer than patients
treated with chemotherapy alone, according to study results
released on Saturday.

Reuters - Acupuncture helped alleviate lingering
pain and decreased shoulder mobility in people who had surgery
for head and neck cancer, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.

AFP - A treatment combining Avastin, which stems the blood supply to tumors, with cell division blocker Taxotere slows the progression of advanced breast cancer, said an international clinical study presented Saturday.

Reuters - The narcolepsy drug Provigil can
alleviate severe cancer-related fatigue, according to new
research presented on Saturday at a meeting of the American
Society for Clinical Oncology.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) — Chemotherapy may reduce
fertility in breast cancer survivors, according to a study led by
researchers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) — Asthma inhalers that contain
the drug albuterol to relax the airways also contain chemicals that harm
the ozone layer. And these inhalers won’t be available after this year, so
U.S. health officials are urging patients to switch to alternative
inhalers now.

AP - Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year’s end ? and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.

Reuters - U.S. patients who use certain asthma
inhalers made with ozone-depleting propellants should talk to
their doctors now about alternatives ahead of a ban that starts
in January, health officials said on Friday.

AFP - European doctors said Friday they had identified a genetic characteristic that strongly worsens survival chances for women with breast cancer who are treated with a common form of chemotherapy.

Reuters - “I’m sorry. You don’t have breast
cancer,” the oncologist told Charmaine Atkenson.