US author Sontag loses cancer battle
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American intellectual and author Susan Sontag has died in New York at the age of 71. Her son, David Rieff, said the cause was complications stemming from acute myelogenous leukaemia, one of the deadliest forms of leukaemia.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, who discovered  that tumors generate their own network of tiny blood vessels to  nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical  School said on Tuesday.
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The idea that emotional well-being can affect the course of disease finds no support in a new report on head and neck cancer.
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Lucie Guo&#39;s grandfather died of cancer in China before she was born because doctors failed to detect the disease early enough to save him.
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Arthur Miller, author of several award-winning plays such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View From the Bridge, died earlier this week due to pneumonia, cancer and heart problems. He was 89. Miller's plays have been stud...
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a groundbreaking researcher who worked to cut off cancer from its blood supply, curing the disease in mice and giving humans hope for a cure, has died. He was 74.
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Social critic and author Susan Sontag, one of America&#39;s leading intellectuals, died on Tuesday at age 71 at New York&#39;s Sloan Kettering hospital after a battle with leukemia, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site.
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NEW YORK: Feminist and author Susan Sontag, who died yesterday in a New York cancer hospital at the age of 71, was one of the most respected US writers of her generation, a leading campaigner for women and an ardent human rights activist who stirred
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NEW YORK : American feminist author Susan Sontag died Tuesday at New York&#39;s Memorial Sloan-Kettering medical center at the age of 71, following a long struggle against cancer, the hospital announced.
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Charity fundraiser who took up running after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer has died.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a giant of cancer research who discovered that tumors generate a network of tiny blood vessels to nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday.
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Writer loses long-running battle with cancer
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Susan Sontag, the American author, activist and self-defined &quot;zealot of seriousness&quot;, whose provocative prose made her a leading intellectual, has passed away.
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An anti-smoking guru who has helped millions of smokers to kick the habit has died from lung cancer.
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Author and social critic Susan Sontag,  one of the strongest voices of intellectual opposition to U.S.  policies after the Sept. 11 attacks, died on Tuesday at age 71  at a New York cancer hospital.
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Actor Jimmy Nail loses his bid for an increase in Â£30,000 libel damages at the Court of Appeal.
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Susan Sontag, the writer and activist whose powerful intellect helped shape modern American thinking for nearly half a century, died yesterday at the age of 71.