Treatments For Breast Cancer

Editor's note: The Montana Standard has asked health and fitness correspondent, Paula J. McGarvey who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2007 to share her own story. This is a continuation of stories Paula has shared with our readers over the last several months. The other stories have also been reposted online and are available at http://www.mtstandard.com/healthfitness/.By Paula J. McGarvey for The Montana Standard Jan. 17, 2008 Today I received the last of eight scheduled chemotherapy treatments. Since early October I have gone to the local cancer center religiously every two weeks. There, I would be hooked up to an IV and infused with toxic drugs, whose mission was to seek out and destroy any rogue cancer cells that dared to linger in my body after surgery.I haven't felt such a sense of accomplishment and relief since giving birth to my first child after 17 hours of labor one summer evening back in 1993.

Cancer Research UK Invests 10m Pounds In Drug Discovery

Cancer Research UK is investing 10m pounds in drug discovery projects at four universities across the UK.

Project leaders at Imperial College London, University of Oxford, University of Strathclyde and The School of Pharmacy in London will each receive £500k per year for five years to develop anti-cancer drugs.

The grants aim to encourage research into using small molecules to create new and targeted drugs to treat cancer. The projects will range from developing therapies for leukaemia to discovering new drugs to beat drug resistance in breast and prostate cancer treatments.

Professor Herbie Newell, Cancer Research UK's executive director of clinical and translational research, said: "We are in the process of significantly expanding our drug discovery programmes.

'Pink Power Moms' Unite in Atlanta for Day of Pampering and ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Starts(TM), an infant and toddler product and baby gear brand, celebrates the "Power of Pink" by announcing the winners of its "Pink Power Moms" search. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the eight outstanding women will be recognized during the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Pink Tie Ball taking place in Atlanta, Georgia on October 13th.

In April, Bright Starts(TM) launched a search for inspirational mothers who had overcome breast cancer, and used their fight as a lesson to all, especially their children. The eight specially selected winners will unite in Atlanta for a weekend of wellness and will be recognized at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Pink Tie Ball. During the weekend of October 12th, each of the selected moms will be provided luxurious accommodations at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta, along with a day of spa treatments courtesy of Spa on Paces.