No one is declaring victory, but the number of Americans dying from cancer has dropped for the first time, according to a report being released today.

The most recent federal data show that deaths from cancer fell from 557,271 in 2002 to 556,902 in 2003. While it was a decline of only 369, it marked the first documented drop since the government started collecting statistics in 1930. (Washington Post)

November 23, 2005

This is the moving story of a woman who beat breast cancer for the second time only to find out that her husband had a rare kind of brain tumor. She tells the story of going from patient to caregiver and how it changed her outlook on life and love. (Washington Post)

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August 29, 2005

A natural therapy could help improve cancer patients' survival rates, according to a new study. Use of the hormone melatonin is linked to a substantial improvement in survival after one year. (Ivanhoe.com)

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