“Wall Street” star Michael Douglas has throat cancer and will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, his production company told The Post.

The 65-year-old Oscar winner, who kicked his half-pack-a-day habit in 2006, is expected to make a full recovery, and told People.com he’s “very optimistic.” Douglas’ company, Further Films, refused to comment further on his condition. Read the rest of this entry »

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

The respiratory, enteric, orphan virus (commonly known as reovirus) is a non-attenuated, environmental virus that has shown oncolytic potential against many types of cancer, specifically lymphoid, ovarian, breast, pancreatic and high grade glioma cancer, according to the study. This is the first time the virus has been studied against prostate cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

Tennis icon Martina Navratiolva opened up to CNN about her battle with breast cancer, and her comeback to win the doubles competition at the French Open less than four months after first learning of the diagnosis.

“I heard on February 24, which is kind of like my 9/11. You don’t forget the day when your life is completely changed forever,” she said in the documentary premiering Sunday in the U.S. ” Read the rest of this entry »