Spa to help boost cancer awareness
Spa to help boost cancer awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the community is encouraged to help Skin & Hair Wellness Center and Spa promote cancer awareness throughout the month.
AngioDynamics acquires new cancer treatment technology with Oncobionic purchase
AngioDynamics Inc.’s purchase of a San Francisco company will give it ownership of a new cancer treatment technology.
Surviving Breast Cancer
October is breast cancer awareness month. Tiffany Sisson tells you the stories of local survivors and how you can catch breast cancer before it’s too late. Here’s a look at Tiffany’s special reports from Heartland News at 5 p.m.
Vitamin D may slow breast cancer progression
High levels of vitamin D may help slow the progression of breast cancer, researchers suggested Tuesday. A small study of women with the illness found that patients with early breast cancer had higher levels of the vitamin than those with more advanced disease.
Buy hair; get care
Wig Mart Reflections offers individualized products for cancer patients. Charlotte Carkin stood in the back room at Wig Mart Reflections in Northwest Roanoke one morning last week, surrounded by boxes of bras and artificial breasts. “Show them the leopard skin, Kathy,” store owner Hilda Patterson called from the store’s front room.