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Mom blogs through son's cancer battle
Chicago Tribune - 7 Hours ago
'Chase Crawford-Quickel is cancer free! Hallelujah!! Thanks be to God! Your prayers, love and support have gotten us through one heck of a year. I can't stop crying and finally they are tears of joy.
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Racial disparity seen in prostate cancer treatment
Reuters South Africa - 7 Hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black men with early prostate cancer may be less likely to receive aggressive treatment than their white counterparts, a small study has found. The reason, researchers say,
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Dying Cubs fan got his request to sing at Wrigley Hear him sing "TMOTTBG"
Chicago Tribune - 13 Hours ago
HOUSTON - The Cubs were saddened by the news of the death of 23-year-old Dustin Eglseder, a Cubs fan from Iowa who won a nationwide contest last year to become the first fan to perform during the seventh-inning
First Cubs fan to sing during the 7th-inning stretch at Wrigley dies of cancer Chicago Tribune
First fan to sing during Cubs' 7th inning stretch has died WGN-TV ONLINE
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Children: Flying Cars Will Cure Cancer
Wired News - 17 Hours ago
Forty years in the future, humanity will be on the brink of mass extinction due to its blatant neglect toward the environment; most of our jobs (even mine); I'll be too old to care about technology.
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Tailor-made treatments: Cancer cure hope
Herald Sun - 117 Minutes ago
A CURE for breast and colon cancer could be a step closer after a scientist deciphered the genetic code of the tumours. Dr Kenneth Kinzler will tell an Australian cancer conference this week of his revolutionary
Cancer cure hope Tailor-made treatments after discovery of genetic code Therapeutics Daily
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Stem-cell donors needed to treat leukaemia patients
VietNamNet Bridge - 105 Minutes ago
Nguyen Thi Lan (red) and her sister VietNamNet Bridge - The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion is facing difficulties in finding suitable stem-cell donors to treat leukaemia patients,
Stem-cell donors needed to treat leukaemia patients, VietNamNet Bridge
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Judge finds Beverly company's promise to cure cancer in infomercials 'deceptive'
TMC Net - 55 Minutes ago
(The Salem News (Salem, Mass.) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 19--BEVERLY -- A federal judge has ruled that two infomercials produced by Beverly-based ITV Direct for nutritional supplements were deceptive
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Cure for cancer 'close' -- Scientist cracks its genetic code
Therapeutics Daily - 2 Hours ago
A CURE for breast and colon cancer could be a step closer, after a scientist deciphered the genetic code of the tumours Dr Kenneth Kinzler will tell the inaugural Sydney Cancer Conference this week of
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Jones has cancer operation
Sydney Morning Herald - 3 Hours ago
RADIO king Alan Jones underwent surgery for prostate cancer at St Vincent's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, yesterday morning. His surgeon, Director of the St Vincent's Prostate Cancer Centre Associate
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A Win for Cancer Vaccines (Finally!) Biovest's BiovaxID Improves Survival in Phase
Therapeutics Daily - 7 Hours ago
Byline: Trista Morrison, Staff Writer Biovest International Inc. said cancer vaccine BiovaxID (personalized anti-idiotype vaccine) met its primary endpoint of significantly improving disease-free survival
Biovest/Accentia's BiovaxID revives hope for therapeutic cancer vaccines Datamonitor
Biovest's BiovaxID Improves Survival in Phase III NHL Trial BioWorld
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Report: Women Firefighters May Face Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Occupational Health & Safety - 10 Hours ago
According to new research by Cornell University scientists, the toxic chemicals all firefighters can face every time they respond to a call might be especially dangerous to women responders, because many
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Alan Jones undergoes prostate surgery
Herald Sun - 10 Hours ago
BROADCASTER Alan Jones had surgery for prostate cancer at a Sydney hospital today. St Vincent's Hospital spokesman David Faktor said Jones had requested no details be released about his condition. The
Alan Jones has prostate surgery The Mercury
5:24pmAlan Jones has prostate surgery Herald Sun
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Axitinib may slightly prolong survival in advanced pancreatic cancer - Research
Pharmacist.com - 10 Hours ago
Key point: Research findings recently published in Lancet suggest that gemcitabine (Gemzarâ??Eli Lilly) plus axitinib (product under development by Pfizer) may slightly but not significantly prolong survival
Axitinib may slightly prolong survival in advanced pancreatic cancer Pharmacist.com
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Med diet reduces cancer risk
The Portugal News - 12 Hours ago
According to a report published in the British Journal of Cancer, a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of developing cancer from 12 to 24%. More vegetables and substituting butter for olive oil bring
Exercise Reduces Colon Cancer Risk Red Orbit
Free booklet on reducing cancer risk Somerset Guardian
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Sanofi-aventis returns oral anticancer agent S-1's territory rights to Taiho
PharmaBiz - 13 Hours ago
Sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, announces that it is returning its territory rights to Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Japan for the development and commercialization of the oral
Zentiva Rejects Sanofi's Proposal Wall Street Journal Online
Zentiva Board Rejects Sanofi-Aventis' Takeover Offer Quote.com United States
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ProStrakan still expects US approval for cancer drug
Glasgow Herald - 18 Hours ago
SHARES in ProStrakan yesterday slipped almost 3% after the Borders-based specialist drug company revealed that the US Food and Drug Administration had missed the deadline for action on Sancuso, the company's
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Cancer Researchers Call For Ethnicity To Be Taken Into Account
Science Daily - 87 Minutes ago
â?? Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece published in The Lancet July18 by researchers
Breast cancer research funded; Peterborough Examiner
Breast cancer researchers urged to consider subjects' ethnicity NewKerala.com
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$10.9M NCI Grant For Studies Of Virus Cancer Models
Medical News Today - 48 Minutes ago
Principal investigator Michael Lairmore, DVM, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences, associate director for basic research at the OSUCCC, and a member of the OSUCCC's Viral
$10.9 Million NCI Grant for Studies of Virus Cancer Models Interest!ALERT
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Convincing Link Between Cancer And Processed Meats
Ready Meals Info - 55 Minutes ago
People should aim to be at the lower end of the healthy weight range, according to a report that links body fat and cancer more closely than ever before. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) report is
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Relay for Life draws 1,300 to raise money in fight against cancer
TradingMarkets - 74 Minutes ago
(Herald & Review - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- CILL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- They came, they walked and about 1,300 area residents came a few steps closer
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Cancer Drug Resistance: Enzyme Expression Levels Correlated With Chemotherapy Drug
Science Daily - 85 Minutes ago
â?? Why do cancer patients develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs, sometimes abruptly, after a period in which the drugs seem to be working well to reduce tumors or hold them in check? Although largely
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Radiation Therapy Lowers Breast Cancer Recurrence Rate
EMax Health - 88 Minutes ago
Patients with a rare type of breast cancer may benefit from receiving radiation therapy in addition to surgery to prevent recurrence, according to a study in the July issue of the International Journal
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Biocon launches Abraxane drug
Therapeutics Daily - 4 Hours ago
Bangalore, July 18 (PTI) Country's biotechnology major Biocon, in alliance with the US-based Abraxis Bio Science, today announced the launch of Abraxane, an oncotheraputic drug for treatment of breast
::: Biocon and Abraxis BioScience Launch ABRAXANE in India for Treatment of Breast Biotech Intelligence
Biocon to market new breast cancer drug in India NewKerala.com
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Cellphones and brain cancer
Manila Times - 2 Hours ago
CENTER OF GRAVITY IS there a link between heavy cellphone use and tumors in the neck and brain? A 10-year study by Interphone of 7,400 cancer patients would have partly answered the question. But the
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NHS falls short on cancer care
Private Healthcare UK - 5 Hours ago
Cancer Partners UK has invested £30m in three new private cancer centres, underlining its belief that the NHS will fail to meet the rising demand for cancer treatments. The investment reflected an expectation
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