Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 61 percent of cancer patients use complementary therapies such as prayer, relaxation, meditation and massage, researchers from the American Cancer Society report.

Vitamin C injections slow cancer in mice: study (AFP)

AFP - High doses of vitamin C injections reduced the size of tumors and slowed cancerous growths by about 50 percent in laboratory mice, according to US research.

Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complementary Medicine (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 61 percent of cancer patients use complementary therapies such as prayer, relaxation, meditation and massage, researchers from the American Cancer Society report.

Study Links Agent Orange to Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Vets (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Vietnam veterans exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange have a significantly greater risk of prostate cancer, especially the most aggressive form of the disease, a new study contends.

Study Offers Portrait of Complementary Therapy Use Among Survivors (American Cancer Society)

American Cancer Society - A paper by American Cancer Society researchers published this week in Cancer, one of the Society's peer-reviewed journals, offers one of the largest and most detailed portraits of complementary and alternative therapy use among cancer survivors in the United States.

Salmonella Is Tested to Fight Cancer Cells

While most of the country is trying to avoid salmonella, Dr. Neil Forbes is embracing the bacteria to help fight cancer. His work, and others like it, highlights the intense search for treatments that target cancer cells without causing debilitating side effects common with radiation and chemotherapy.