A celebrity tennis classic will raise funds to fight prostate cancer. Organizers of the June 12 event sponsored by the Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, Calif., say prostate cancer is California's second most common cancer, affecting 23,000 men each year. Headlining this year's event will be the 1993 Men's Doubles French Open Champions Luke and Murphy Jensen.
Researchers report promising results from a preliminary animal test of a brain cancer vaccine.
Reporting in the Journal of Neurosurgery, the scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Cancer Center say the findings are expected to serve as a basis for future clinical trials in humans. We're encouraged by our findings and believe they show promise to be translated into more effective brain cancer treatments. The vaccine eradicated tumors in 25 percent of the laboratory animals tested. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. American Home Products Corp. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that strikes children before age 16.