Saturday, February 28, 2015

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Daily update February 28, 2015
NEWS
Wall Street Journal
Hometownlife.com
Powerlifter who survived cancer seeks to help others
Almost six years to the day he was diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer, Cory Allen of Livonia will compete in a powerlifting championship to ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Being gay causes cancer, says Irish anti-gay marriage group
At an event in Dublin last week, the group distributed leaflets which stated that "They [gay people] will still contract cancers earlier in life. The average ...
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Methodist Health offers clinical trial for stage 4 lung cancer patients
—Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and ... treat the disease and want patients with stage 4 lung cancer to join their study.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Knoxville News Sentinel
The Journal News | LoHud.com
N. Rockland teachers cha-cha to combat cancer
The event is now in its fifth year, and the teachers say their collective efforts have raised more than $100,000 for Stand Up to Cancer, an organization ...
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Younger men more bothered after prostate cancer treatment
After treatment for localized prostate cancer, changes in quality of life will vary by age, as will men's reactions to those changes, according to a new ...
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Flavorwire
Could Cancer Be Cured in Our Lifetime? VICE's 'Killing Cancer' Offers an Optimistic Look Into the ...
For VICE's Shane Smith, the VICE Special Report: Killing Cancer, is personal. He's watched his mother fight breast cancer and his stepmother die ...
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Fox News
Ovarian Cycle aims to raise awareness of 'silent killer,' funds for cancer research
When Kelly Williams was a junior in college, a sudden, unexpected diagnosis of ovarian cancer changed her life. Now, 13 years later, she's involved ...
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BBC News
Young men unconfident checking for testicular cancer
Orchid, a leading male cancer charity, says only 38% of 18 to 34-year-olds are confident in recognising the signs of testicular cancer. That's despite it ...
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Baltimore Sun
Pre-gastric bypass surgery test uncovers woman's cancer
When she went in for pre-surgery exams for gastric bypass weight loss surgery, they found she had stomach cancer, a usually deadly disease ...
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Grand Forks Herald
Altru Health Foundation raises money and awareness to fight colon cancer
Randy Schoenborn, a client development director with the Altru Foundation, helps raise money for colorectal cancer awareness every year at the Altru ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Why non-smokers get lung cancer
News broke this week that the president of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Helen Kelly, has lung cancer. What made the news more ...
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ExtremeTech
Graphene shown to neutralize cancer stem cells
Ultimately, if it's really good, they just grind it up raw and sprinkle it on cancer cells in the hope it will be the magic bullet that spares the good and ...
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WBKO
House OKs income tax check-off to support cancer research
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A young cancer patient took center stage Friday in the Kentucky House as lawmakers voted to allow taxpayers to donate portions ...
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Bruce Dickinson Rebounds From Cancer Treatment, Returns to Favorite Pub
Iron Maiden, like their many fans, are still trying to process the news that singer Bruce Dickinson has been battling cancer. But bandmate Nicko ...
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MetaStat Ramps Up Validation Trials for 2016 Launch of Breast Cancer Prognostic Tests
"All epithelial cancers turn back on the gene that codes for Mena," MetaStat CEO Oscar Bronsther told GenomeWeb. "Furthermore, the environment in ...
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Indianapolis Star
Cancer Support Community: 'We give out a lot of hugs here'
It was planted in 2012, in memory of a breast cancer support group member who had passed away. A severe drought later that year meant a ban on ...
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CBS Local
CBS News
Coloring in cola linked to potentially higher risk for cancer
Through this analysis, the researchers concluded that within the next 70 years, there could be at as many as 5,000 incidences of cancer directly ...
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Boston Globe (subscription)
'p53' by Sue Armstrong
"Cancer is a disease as old as humankind," writes Sue Armstrong in her new book, "p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code.'' The earliest ...
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Clausen: Even with cancer, Andy Jennings is lucky
We've all known or heard of someone who has been diagnosed with cancer. Barely a week goes by when there isn't a new fundraiser or effort to help ...
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Ky. House OKs income tax check-off to support cancer research
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A young cancer survivor took center stage Friday in the Kentucky House as lawmakers voted to allow taxpayers to donate ...
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Laboratory Equipment
Cancer Drug Tested in Dogs Moves on to Humans
A new anti-cancer compound, PAC-1, spurs cell death in cancer cells while sparing healthy cells. Image: L. Stauffer A new drug that prompts cancer ...
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GoGamecocks
Spurrier teams up to fight cancer
Steve Spurrier, Bill McDaniels, owner of McDaniels Automotive Group and Suzanne Pucci, event chairperson for McDaniels Golf Classic shoot a TV ...
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Medical News Today
Pancreatic cancer splits into four types, says genome study
A new study that examines the extent of disruption to chromosomes that occurs in pancreatic cancer suggests there are four subtypes of the cancer, ...
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Press & Sun-Bulletin
Endicott couple give cancer patients needed rides
The Endicott couple drives as part of the American Cancer Society's "Road to Recovery" program that provides free transportation to and from ...
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Channel News Asia
Roche says EU agency recommends Avastin for cervical cancer
Avastin, which is already approved in Europe to treat advanced stages of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, kidney cancer ...
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AGBT: WashU Applies Genomic Testing to Predict Cancer Relapse, Drug Response, Vaccine ...
In breast cancer, WashU researchers have focused on patients with estrogen receptor-positive tumors. Some of these relapse after many years, and ...
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The Courier-Journal
More smokers eligible for free lung screenings
They had lung cancer. But rather than focus on the diagnosis and the battles they waged, the 70-year-old survivors encouraged other longtime ...
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Reuters
Novartis lung cancer drug gets EU recommendation
It is designed for use in non-small cell lung cancer patients who have previously been treated with Pfizer's Xalkori, another ALK inhibitor. Between 2 ...
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
When cancer throws a career curve
For the approximately 4,330 new cases of cancer diagnosed in Monroe County each year, there are many questions that go beyond all the medical ...
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WRIC
6-Year-Old Fighting Cancer Gets Special Birthday Present
Jack Morley, 6, was diagnosed with a rare kidney cancer in December. Thanks to an outpouring of love and support from family, friends and ...
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Daily Mail
Brave young woman who battled rare form of cancer with healthy food and lifestyle and became ...
Popular Australian blogger Jessica Ainscough, the 'Wellness Warrior', has died of cancer at the age of 30 after seven years of sharing her battle with ...
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MLive.com
Muskegon man allegedly scammed with fake cancer story by woman previously featured on ...
MUSKEGON, MI -- A Maine woman has been extradited to the Muskegon County Jail because police say she allegedly scammed a Muskegon man ...
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Teen battling cancer has car, crutches stolen
(WPRI) — A Massachusetts college student who's battling cancer is seeking help in tracking down her stolen car – but it's what was in the car that's ...
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The Garden City Telegram
Yoga for cancer survivors class helps locals with side effects, symptoms
Becky King, left, and Heather Wright Renick go through a breathing exercise Wednesday during a yoga class for cancer survivors in a Garden City ...
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Dozens go bald to fight childhood cancer
WWL
Medical students did something drastic today, to raise between $30,000 and $40,000 to help children battling cancer. But those students weren't alone ...
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WITN
Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center gets new equipment
The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington re-opened its radiation oncology department in a ribbon cutting and ...
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New Treatment Developed in Bay Area May Prolong Lives of Breast Cancer Patients
A new therapy, developed here in the Bay Area, is said to prolong the lives of breast cancer patients by nearly 16 months. Doctors say it's ...
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Steamboat Pilot & Today
Sunshine Kids focus on fun, not cancer, during week-long camp
Sunshine Kids focus on fun, not cancer, during week-long camp ... battling cancer," said Jennifer Wisler, director of children's services for the Sunshine ...
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Benefit planned for Kawkawlin Township woman diagnosed with cancer
BAY CITY, MI -- Pam Charbonneau was diagnosed with cancer in November, but the 54-year-old Kawkawlin Township resident and grandmother of ...
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Graduation Bittersweet As Couple's Focus Shifts To Wife's Battle With Breast Cancer
His wife Lisa has Stage 4 breast cancer she's been fighting for four years. She's gone through chemotherapy, radiation treatments and lost her hair ...
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WDBJ7
Dentists check for oral cancer in downtown Roanoke
The Virginia Dental Association brought the portable chair to 16 West Marketplace along with a dentist to do oral cancer screenings and bring ...
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Baltimore Sun
Vaccinogen brings momentum on cancer vaccine research to Baltimore
Three and a half decades after Michael Hanna Jr. first began exploring the concept of using the body's own immune system to fight cancer, the idea is ...
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Wall Street Journal
A Monster Cookie Feast Aids Cancer Research
The beneficiary of the evening was Cookies for Kids' Cancer, an organization devoted to raising money for pediatric cancer research. Not only were ...
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Statesman Journal
Cancer survivor, 14, advocates for Right to Try bill
Diego Morris was 10 years old when he felt pain in his left leg. It was bone cancer in his knee — osteosarcoma. He underwent 10 weeks of ...
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Viroqua Eagles Club cancer telethon sets one-year record
Dignitaries attending the formal program at the Viroqua Eagles Club Aerie 2707 Cancer Telethon on Saturday, Jan. 24, were (from left) Rep.
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WFTV Orlando
9 Investigates another claim of poor breast cancer treatment by VA
Channel 9's Lori Brown talked with one woman who believes her cancer case would have been much worse had she not gotten private care.
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WEB
Satellites, Affiliations & Collaborations
... Center, Williamsville, NY (Chemotherapy and Infusion Satellite). Breast Care of Western New York, Amherst, NY (RPCI Community Cancer Practice).
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