cancer

  • Cancer survivor: “You can be a victim, or you can laugh”

    Cancer survivor: “You can be a victim, or you can laugh”

    Photo courtesy of Holly Bertone Wednesday Oct. 9, the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being opened its doors to bestselling author, speaker, breast cancer and autoimmune disease survivor and Elizabethtown College alumnus Holly Bertone. In turn, Bertone opened her heart and shared stories about her career, family and health struggles. As a former Etown

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  • Pink pumpkins cover campus for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    Pink pumpkins cover campus for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Elizabethtown College is working to raise awareness of the disease. According to breastcancer.org, approximately one in eight women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer American women are diagnosed with, following skin cancer. The death rates for breast cancer are

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  • Cancer survivor, author memorializes battles of fellow patients

    Cancer survivor, author memorializes battles of fellow patients

    Gone, but not forgotten” is an idea often considered, but especially with the anniversary of the tragedy Sept. 11, 2001. However, for others such as author Matt Tullis, it is an idea that warrants daily consideration. At present, Tullis lives in Newtown, Connecticut with his wife and two children. He is the director of Digital

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  • Guest speaker discusses new, FDA-approved cancer treatment

    Guest speaker discusses new, FDA-approved cancer treatment

    Dr. Bruce Levine gave a presentation on cancer research at Elizabethtown College Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. The event took place in the Bowers Writers House. Levine is the Deputy Director of Technology Innovation and Assessment for the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania. Levine works within the Department of Pathology

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  • Relay for Life event raises money and spreads awareness

    Relay for Life event raises money and spreads awareness

    According to the American Cancer Society’s website, both men and women have about a one in three chance of developing some form of cancer and a one in five chance of dying once diagnosed. Decreasing that probability is a goal of Elizabethtown College’s annual Relay for Life, which starts at 3 p.m. Friday, March 23

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  • Hershey Med. isolates cancer-killing virus

    Hershey Med. isolates cancer-killing virus

    • News
    • December 9, 2011

    In a fifth-floor laboratory at Hershey Medical Center, scientists have discovered a virus which they believe may facilitate the destruction of cancerous cells in the human body. Dr. Craig Meyers and his team brought to surface the fact that Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) does not cause disease in humans but liquefies certain cancer cells

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  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month supports victims, families

    Breast Cancer Awareness Month is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Breast Cancer Awareness Month was created in 1985 through a collaboration of different groups including the American Academy of Family Physicians, AstraZeneca Healthcare Foundation, CancerCare Inc. and various other sponsors. Today it has grown to be a worldwide cause and many more organizations and

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