After Denying Son Cancer Treatment But Treating Their Dog For Fleas, Ohio Couple Gets 8 Years In Prison

CLEVELAND – The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to denying him medical treatment.
Attorneys for Monica Hussing, 37, and William Robinson Sr., 40, had said the parents had financial problems...
Men opting for costly new prostate cancer treatment, study shows | Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer are more likely to be treated with proton beam therapy, a novel form of radiation therapy, if the technology is available nearby, a new study found.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men -- the National Cancer Institute...
Brazil's Lula ends cancer treatment
SAO PAULO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva finished his cancer treatment Friday and left the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo, hospital sources said.
Lula, who was in office from January 2003 to December 2011, would continue his recovery at home, and undergo medical examinations every four or six weeks,...

