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UPI - Wed Nov 25, 9:33 am ET
GRANADA, Spain, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists say they have found a gene that leads to the death of tumor cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer.
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Boston Herald - Wed Nov 25, 6:25 pm ET
A teary but composed Victoria Reggie Kennedy said one doctor had given Sen. Edward M. Kennedy just two to three months to live shortly after he was diagnosed with brain cancer...
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Wayzata Sun-Sailor - 2 hours 43 minutes ago
The City of Wayzata lost one of its greatest champions over the weekend when Councilmember Sue Bangert died after battling Stage IV Lung Cancer since last November.
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The Argus Leader - Thu Nov 26, 3:05 am ET
A black and white print artist Nathan Holman finished the night before his cancer surgery didn't go over well with his family. A skeleton sits in an overstuffed chair, a sickle leaning on the wall behind him. His white-bone hands play an accordion below a bare-tooth smile, a black starling bird on his shoulder listening. "A lot of people think it's a very dark piece, but I didn't really see it ...
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MedicineNet.com - Wed Nov 25, 1:20 pm ET
Title: Pregnancy Protein May Slow Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 11/25/2009 9:47:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/25/2009 9:47:30 AM
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Osseo-Maple Grove Press - Thu Nov 26, 2:42 am ET
On Oct. 29 the hallways and cafeteria were a wave of white, orange and pink at Osseo Junior High School. During the Osseo Junior High Fall Spirit Week, Thursday, Oct. 29, was "Pink is the new Orange" and students were asked to wear pink for breast cancer day.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 8:50 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Cutting the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming can be a boon to human health by reducing deaths from cancer, strokes and heart disease, The Lancet journal said.
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Casper Journal - Wed Nov 25, 3:26 am ET
The mantra for breast cancer prevention has been early detection, including self-examination and routine mammograms starting at age 40. The protocols are heartily endorsed by the American Cancer Society, and approximately 39 million women undergo mammograms each year in the United States.
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The Daily Reflector - Wed Nov 25, 9:55 pm ET
Taylor Bell was 21 when she was diagnosed with lung cancer — and she still doesn't know why. Bell was an avid soccer player, she was healthy and strong and, for the record, she did not smoke. And yet, people still try to blame her for her illness.
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YourNabe.com - Thu Nov 26, 1:54 am ET
A trainer at New York Sports Club in Morris Park is donating his wages to fight cancer. On Friday, November 6, Demarco Rivera handed $250 to a cancer survivor who plans on giving the money to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Manhattan.
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redOrbit - Wed Nov 25, 5:08 pm ET
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department have identified a number of proteins whose activation allows them to distinguish between cancer and normal cells with almost 97 percent accuracy.
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The Messenger-Press - Thu Nov 26, 1:55 am ET
ROBBINSVILLE Christmastime last year seemed to bring a stroke of luck to Kevin Scibilia and his family when doctors said they had found a stem cell donor to aid him in his fight against cancer.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 58 minutes ago
LONDON----Scientists are closer to discovering why some people respond to breast cancer radiotherapy better than others, according to Breast Cancer Campaign.
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Wed Nov 25, 9:23 pm ET
FREER —Roxy, 10, walks over with a small photo album. She flips through page after page and stops on just one. It’s a picture of her on a pink bike with training wheels she doesn’t use anymore. Behind her is a man in a baseball cap. He is smiling over her shoulder. “This,” she says in a whisper, “is my daddy.”It has been a year since he died of lung cancer, but Roxy, Clarissa, twins Zach and ...
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Marysville Journal-Tribune - Wed Nov 25, 9:09 am ET
Pictured left - Jonathan Alder’s Alex Randall is fouled while driving to the basket during a game last season. The Pioneers will host Dublin Jerome on Friday for an OHSAA “foundation” game-scrimmage. All proceeds from the evening will go to benefit the American Cancer Society.
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KFDA-TV Amarillo - Wed Nov 25, 8:49 pm ET
Amarillo, Texas - Brand new breast cancer technology arrives in the Panhandle and it could be life saving. It's called breast specific gamma imaging, or BSGI.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
LONDON----Individualised treatment for each breast cancer patient could soon become a reality, according to Breast Cancer Campaign.
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Science Daily - Wed Nov 25, 4:22 pm ET
A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals. The new approach, pioneered by bioengineers and immunologists, uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors.
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Idaho Press-Tribune - Thu Nov 26, 1:32 am ET
CHICAGO (AP) — The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration. In the most extensive interview since her husband's death in August, Vicki Kennedy said she wouldn't try to run for her ...
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KXII Sherman - Thu Nov 26, 1:14 am ET
ARDMORE –Dozens of families across Ardmore and several area businesses are preparing for a benefit concert and fundraiser, to help a local man who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shelby Levins reports.