Cancer: The word itself generates anxiety. A diagnosis can be devastating and treatment even scarier. And for many patients, the ordeal gets worse.

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A former executive of Takeda Pharmaceuticals was grilled Thursday by an attorney for a Baltimore family who claims in a $10 million wrongful-death lawsuit that the company failed to warn doctors and patients that its anti-diabetes drug could cause bladder cancer.

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Upper Chesapeake Health System's new Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Center is the first multidisciplinary, comprehensive care center in Harford County. The $60 million building has two outdoor gardens and artwork emphasizing nature, which officials say encourages healing and relaxation. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

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The Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital announced that its Department of Radiation Oncology has acquired a sophisticated cancer treatment system manufactured by a Swedish company.

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ATLANTA — First it was bars, restaurants and office buildings. Now the front lines of the “No Smoking” battle have moved outdoors. City parks, public beaches, college campuses and other outdoor venues across the country are putting up signs telling ...

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NEW YORK — Some 60 years ago, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancer cells from a poor black patient named Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Those cells eventually helped lead to a multitude of medical treatments and laid ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health risk than regular cigarettes but does not make a recommendation on whether to limit or ban the minty smokes — one ...

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When Melody Tagliaferri Cronin joined the law firm of Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP in 2008, the partners knew they had found something special in the young lawyer with a big smile and a passion for charitable work.

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EntreMed Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing drugs for the treatment of cancer, announced it has received a patent from the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office for ENMD-2076, its lead drug candidate.

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Cel-Sci Corp., of Vienna, Va., a biotechnology company that is developing new immune system-based treatments for cancer and infectious diseases, announced the release of a new video (www.cel-sci.com) about Multikine, its investigational cancer drug, and the dedicated manufacturing facility in Elkton where the drug is being produced.

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