Docs Grow New Jawbone for Cancer Survivor
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, researchers describe a man whose jaw was successfully reconstructed using a bone that was grown from scratch under the muscles in his back.
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The first-ever Surgeon General&#39;s report on bone health indicates osteoporosis could reach epidemic levels within 15 years. By the year 2020 one of two Americans over the age of 50 will be at
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, researchers  describe a man whose jaw was successfully reconstructed using a  bone that was grown from scratch under the muscles in his back.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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Scientists have said they discovered that mouth cancer cells develop along distinct &quot;mortal&quot; and &quot;immortal&quot; pathways -- an insight which could help curb the disease at its early stages.
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A drug used to treat bone marrow cancer may also help treat osteoporosis by stimulating stem cells, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
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A CANCER sufferer has stayed fertile after doctors transplanted one of her ovaries into her arm. The 29-year-old was diagnosed with cervical cancer and needed radiotherapy to cure her.
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A German man, whose jaw was removed because of cancer, has been able to eat his first solid meal in nine years thanks to a replacement jawbone which was incubated in a muscle on his back.
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TORONTO -- Doctors can prolong the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer for several months and improve their quality of life with a new-generation drug treatment, a Canadian-led international study has found.
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The promotion of ground-up shark cartilage as a cancer "cure" over the last decade has come at the expense of cancer patients and sharks alike, according to researchers.
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LONDON - A German man was able to chow down on a brastwurst sandwich after surgeons grew a new jaw bone on his back muscle and transplanted the bone to his mouth.
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For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed
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Scientists developed an implant they say could help rebuild the faces of disfigured children.
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich - after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth ...
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A man has eaten his first solid meal in nine years after his face was rebuilt using a pioneering jaw-bone graft.
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years -- a bratwurst sandwich -- after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his ...
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Many cancer survivors say they are committed to helping  others with the disease or to solve a particular problem that they encountered in their own treatment.