Folk Singer Mary Travers in Treatment for Leukemia
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Singer Mary Travers, 68, of Peter, Paul & Mary fame, is undergoing chemotherapy for a form of leukemia, but she is expected to be in full remission within a few months, her publicist said on Tuesday.
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Amy Winehouse's successful performance at the Grammys shows the troubled young singer is on the road to recovery, her mother said in an interview to be broadcast Tuesday.
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Porter Wagoner, who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, has been released from the hospital and moved to hospice care on Friday, a spokeswoman for the Grand Ole Opry said.
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Singer Marianne Faithfull has been diagnosed with breast cancer, her publicist says.
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that being overweight or obese could more than double an older woman&#39;s risk of getting one of the deadliest forms of leukemia.
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US rock star Melissa Etheridge has been diagnosed with breast cancer, her spokesman has announced. The 43-year-old has cancelled a tour to undergo surgery.
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is being treated for throat cancer, a spokesman for the band said Saturday.
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Arsenic, the poison of choice for many  a murder mystery, can significantly extend survival in patients  with a rare form of leukemia, U.S. researchers said on  Saturday.
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Blood from the umbilical cords of newborn babies could save the lives of thousands of leukemia patients without other treatment options, according to a study by several institutions including the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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43 year old Melissa Etheridge has breast cancer, says her publicist. She will undergo surgery. Her doctors say that as the cancer was diagnosed early, she should make a âspeedy and complete recovery&#39;.
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To save her sister&#39;s life, Mary Jo Krafty is counting on people in the Slate Belt community to push up their sleeves and get a blood test to become members of the National Bone Marrow Registry.
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A drug currently used to treat kidney cancer has shown promising results in treating the most common and deadly form of adult leukemia, according to a US study released Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES - Singer Melissa Etheridge has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has canceled upcoming tour dates to undergo treatment, according to her publicist.    Etheridge, 43, will undergo surgery and her doctor expects a "speedy and complete recovery," publicist Marcel Pariseau said in a statement...
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Umbilical cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors.
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is undergoing treatment for throat cancer, a band spokesman has said.
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Spanish folk singer Joan Manuel Serrat has undergone surgery for bladder cancer.
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A teenage leukaemia patient who shunned treatment to spend more time with her family, dies.