Nexavar may help breast cancer drugs work longer
Reuters - 29 minutes agoU.S. researchers may have found a way to overcome resistance to hormone-blocking breast cancer drugs, extending the life of treatments that keep the disease in check.
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Remembering last of great Irish singers
Bangor Daily News - 37 minutes agoIn the old days -- 1960 -- I couldn't have hated Irish music any more unless it was sung by a New York Yankee. It was the boozy, maudlin soundtrack to wakes and weddings, house parties, dreary …
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Sterling Journal-Advocate - 38 minutes agoBen Blecha, left, presents a check to board members of the Northeast Colorado Cancer Resource Association; Julie Hettinger, Janice Rice and Rick Robirds.
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Anti-Estrogens May Offer Protection Against Lung Cancer Mortality
redOrbit - 38 minutes agoAnti-estrogens as therapy for breast cancer may also reduce the risk of death from lung cancer, according to study results presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec.
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Eastern Iowa man auctions snow on E-Bay
KWWL Iowa - 41 minutes agoWATERLOO (KWWL) -- The snow is an annoyance for many people, but one Eastern Iowa man is using it to make money for the American Cancer Society of Iowa. Jeff Lenhart of McGregor is auctioning off some
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Guatemalan ex-president Laugerud dies at 79
AP via Yahoo! News - 43 minutes agoFormer President Kjell Eugenio Laugerud, who is credited with helping rebuild Guatemala after the devastating 1976 earthquake, has died from complications related to cancer. He was 79.
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Old Xmas Lights? : Recycle for Kids Cancer
KKCO Grand Junction - 44 minutes agoEvery year more than 200 million strings of incandescent lights are sold in the U.S., and most end up in the landfill.
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Novel drug combo improves breast cancer survival
KHQ Spokane - 47 minutes agoSome women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other...
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Lady Raiders to hold ‘Shoot For The Cure’ night
Park Hills Daily Journal - 53 minutes agoThe North County Girls Basketball Team will have a ‘Shoot For The Cure’ on December 7 at North County High School. The JV and Varsity girls teams will play Arcadia Valley with the JV starting at 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction when the doors open until half-time, cancer survivors will be honored at half-time of the varsity game.
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Wednesday's Sports in Brief
Park Hills Daily Journal - 57 minutes agoHere's a look at Wednesday's sports in brief around the world.
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Ribbons symbolize fight against cancer
Carteret County News-Times - 1 hour 8 minutes agoCHERYL BURKE BROAD CREEK — When Croatan High School sophomore Michael McKinney died of leukemia two years ago, it had a profound effect on students and teachers.
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Cancer Patient Gets New Lease On Life
NBC 17 Raleigh - 1 hour 8 minutes agoclinical trials, there were no medicines available to treat his cancer. Then he found out about something new. He saw a story on NBC 17 about a procedure to treat cancer in the liver that used microscopic spheres to deliver radiation directly to tumors. Like many pancreatic cancer patients, his disease had spread to his liver. "The masses in my liver had grown to the point that there was really ...
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Potosi receives invite to Stewart Classic
Park Hills Daily Journal - 1 hour 9 minutes agoThe second annual Norm Stewart Classic will take place at Columbia College in Columbia Missouri on December 5-6. The event honors the long-time University of Missouri basketball coach who overcame cancer. Stewart, along with the American Cancer Society, established the ‘Coaches Versus Cancer Program’, which has raised millions of dollars used to combat the dreaded disease.
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Bird, Magic inducted into college hall together
Park Hills Daily Journal - 1 hour 14 minutes agoKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Larry Bird finished his speech, walked back to his seat and received a fist bump from the man sitting next to him on the dais.
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Abortion Limits Dropped; Anti-Mugabe Women Raped
Women's eNews - 1 hour 19 minutes ago(WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers Late Tuesday, Dec. 8, the Senate voted 54 to 45 to table an effort to bar abortion coverage in the proposed national health insurance plan. The vote effectively assures that the House's Stupak-Pitts amendment--that does call for such a ban--would not be duplicated in the Senate. The news triggered an outpouring of relief from women's rights advocates. read more
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White House To Help Close Health Bill Loophole
WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley - 1 hour 20 minutes agoIn a victory for people with cancer and other serious medical problems, the White House agreed Friday to help close a loophole in the Senate health care bill allowing annual dollar limits on their care.
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O'Shea, advocate of open public records, dies at 75
The Record and Herald News - 1 hour 28 minutes agoMartin O’Shea, a relentless champion of broad public access to government records, lost a long battle with illness Friday morning.
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Daniel James Aughney
Sonoma Index-Tribune - 1 hour 34 minutes agoDr. Daniel J. Aughney, beloved husband of Nancy Aughney, died at his home in Sonoma on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, surrounded by family and friends after a long battle with cancer. Dan was 81 years old.
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'Ginger' Esther Marshall
Sonoma Index-Tribune - 1 hour 34 minutes agoGinger was born on July 19, 1964, in Casto Valley to Catherine Nix and Lowell Thomas. She moved with her family to Sonoma, in 1979 where she completed high school. She was very active in FFA. She showed sheep and steer at the Sonoma County Fair and loved to work with horses.
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Meadville hospital signs affiliation with Roswell Park
Erie Times-News - 1 hour 37 minutes agoMeadville Medical Center has reached an affiliation agreement with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The agreement, which takes effect Jan. 1., will give Crawford County cancer patients access to the Buffalo facility's physicians, research and educational programs.
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Roche Says Avastin Cancer Study Can Resume Enrolling Patients
Bloomberg - 1 hour 39 minutes agoDec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG said U.S. regulators have allowed patient enrollment to resume in a study of Avastin on early-stage breast cancer.
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