Social progress is school’s goal 1 hr ago | Add a comment Kevin McPherson bears a lot of social responsibility. He initiated a drug treatment program called CARE for Change in northeast Oklahoma City with the help of a fellow graduate student. He started...

Study touts chemo pill 22 hr ago | Add a comment LONDON — Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill, a study suggests....

Medicines to curb addictions Thu, Oct 2, 2008 | Add a comment New medications that ease withdrawal symptoms and cravings are helping addicts stop drinking, smoking and abusing drugs. Campral is a fairly new drug that has shown promise in helping...

Jim Chastain Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — Last August, Jim Chastain went home after a doctor’s appointment and told his family he had cancer — again.

Sen. Kennedy preparing to 'do battle,' son says Mon, Jun 9, 2008 SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy enjoyed the Father's Day weekend surrounded by family at his home and preparing to "do battle," undergoing radiation and chemotherapy...

Cancer treatments Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Cancer treatments have progressed as understanding of the disease’s foundation has evolved. The classic way of doing things has been to remove the tumor and then blast the patient with...

Kady Pletcher Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Kady Pletcher’s right upper right arm hurt after playing softball in summer 2004. When the pain resumed after school started, her mom and stepdad, Susan and Scott Meacham, took her to a...

Robi Morris Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Robi Morris had no history of cancer in her family. She ate a healthy diet, exercised regularly, and had no reason to believe she wasn't the picture of health. A year ago the 45 year old nurse...

New techniques aid lung cancer treatments Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Advances in imaging and tumor removal are allowing doctors to treat lung cancer more effectively. PET (positron emission tomography) scanning detects the metabolic activity of tumors rather than...

Tonya Hughes Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment “Of course it’s very scary because the first thing that you think is that you’re going to die,” Tonya Hughes said before excusing herself from the phone in a breaking voice to close her...

Fredde Gentry Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Fredde Gentry found out she had liver cancer on Christmas Eve, 1992. Tests revealed she had a tumor the size of a cantaloupe. Physicians subsequently removed the tumor but were puzzled because they...

Nuggets Forward Nene to Return to Action Tue, Jan 15, 2008 DENVER (AP) -- Denver Nuggets forward Nene is returning to the court, 2 1/2 months after surgery to remove a malignant testicular tumor. He planned to play about 5 minutes against the...

Car dealer to host fund-raiser for children's cancer research Sat, Jun 10, 2006 EDMOND - When their son was 8 months old, Heidi and Charles Gilbert took him to the pediatrician to check out a lump in his cheek. Doctors soon discovered that the tumor and a grapefruit-sized...

New treatment extends lives of ovarian cancer patients Thu, May 18, 2006 Women with advanced ovarian cancer can live more than a year longer with an aggressive chemotherapy treatment tested at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. OU researchers in...