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Cancer trial participants may have misconceptions
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Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet People enrolled in early stage trials for possible cancer treatments may underestimate the risks involved and overestimate the potential benefits, suggests a new study. The early trials, known as "Phase 1," ...
Reducing Breast Cancer Risk Lowers Bone DensitydailyRx

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The Guardian
For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible
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Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer ...
Study: Pregnant women with cancer can often be treated normally; chemo not ...Washington Post
Cancer Treatment OK During PregnancyMedPage Today
Zoila Leiva was four-and-a-half months pregnant with twins she found out she ...ABC News

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The Sun Daily
Most women with cancer want a role in decisions
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Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet About two-thirds of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer want to take part in making decisions about their treatment, according to a new survey of patients from five different countries.
Risk of death from certain breast cancers may rise with ageFlorida Today
Twin County Regional Hospital gets breast cancer awareness grantWSLS
Are Older Breast Cancer Patients Undertreated?CBS42
Statesman Journal
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Livingston cancer victim lives on through cycling fundraiser
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Jen Goodman Linn, in those moments, said she felt she was beating her cancer. She was competing against it. And she was winning, with each revolution that kept her in the same place. "I couldn't lose in the cycling studio," the Livingston native said ...
Fight Cancer, Ride With Chicago Bear Robbie GouldHuffington Post (blog)

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ABC News (blog)
Cancer Drug Reverses Symptoms Of Alzheimer's In Mice
Medical News Today
A drug approved for the treatment of cancer appears to quickly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's in mice, according to a new study from the US published in the journal Science on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bexarotene as ...
Cancer drug may treat Alzheimer'sFox News
Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer's in miceNew Scientist
Cancer Drug Erases Alzheimer's in MiceABC News (blog)
BusinessWeek -Los Angeles Times
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French Tribune
Fasting May Boost Chemo By Weakening Cancer Cells
Medical News Today
Fasting was as effective as chemotherapy in delaying growth of specific tumors in mice and boosted the effectiveness of chemotherapy on melanoma, glioma, and breast cancer cells. And fasting plus chemotherapy, but neither treatment on its own, ...
Fasting may be the best way to combat cancerTimes of India
Fasting Might Cure CancerFrench Tribune
Fasting weakens cancer and can be as effective as chemotherapy, experts findExaminer.com
Globe and Mail -Doctors Lounge -Yahoo! Philippines News
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Neenah-Menasha game a cancer fund-raiser
Appleton Post Crescent
Amid the backdrop of Saturday night's game between the boys' basketball teams at Ron Einerson Fieldhouse in Neenah, there will be a fundraiser for cancer research and a tribute to cancer victims from players and coaches. "It's a good thing for the ...

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Comeback from cancer continues for Fondy's Ian Lock
Fond du Lac Reporter
But he is also making up for losing what amounts to his whole sophomore year in sports and school because he has had to deal with bone cancer. A linebacker and tackle on the football field, Lock took a hit that caused a hit to the knee in an early ...

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Volunteers Needed to Help Cancer Patients
Port Huron Times Herald
Cancer patients often miss or delay treatments because they do not have access to reliable transportation. Now, St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron and Port Huron Hospital are teaming up with the American Cancer Society to change that. For the first time, ...

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Newsday
Breast cancer organization tainted by link to contraceptives
Napa Valley Register
Susan G. Komen's sister formed an organization to honor her deceased sister, and to mark her tragic death from breast cancer. The puzzling aspect, to me, has been the partnership formed in 2005 with the largest provider of abortions worldwide, ...
Susan G. Komen and the Cancer WithinThe New Civil Rights Movement
Martinuk: Pink ribbon furor will have donors seeing redCalgary Herald
Komen's Nancy Brinker: "I made some mistakes"CBS News
Marshall Independent -Newsday -The Chattanoogan
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abc13.com
Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts
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NEW YORK -- The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, including all ...

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Breast cancer survivors participate in study using tai chi to reduce pain
Press of Atlantic City
The class, which met for the first time Thursday night at the cancer support group Gilda's House, is part of a small pilot research study by a physical therapy professor and doctoral students at Richard Stockton College to see if tai chi can help ...

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Outcome Magazine
Many Metastatic Prostate Cancers Go Untreated
Renal and Urology News
SAN FRANCISCO—Many patients with metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) never receive anticancer treatment, and older age, lower income, and lack of private health insurance may be among the reasons, according to data presented here at the annual ...
Genomic Health Presents Results Furthering Understanding of Biology of ...MarketWatch (press release)
Prostate cancer test promisingSan Antonio Express
New screening method for prostate cancerOutcome Magazine
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TheNewsTribune.com
Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, and at least one top ...
Outcry Grows Fiercer After Funding Cut by Cancer GroupNew York Times
Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder defends Planned Parenthood decisionLos Angeles Times
Planned Parenthood Gains Online Push for Komen FundsBusinessWeek

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USA TODAY
From cancer to Super Bowl for one Giant
Bend Bulletin
The video he made in a college class kept him going as he sat for hours at a time for the chemotherapy he prayed would make his cancer go away. He needed it to remember who he had been. He needed it to know he could become that player again.
Giants rookie battles cancer to live dreamCalgary Herald
A Super story: LB overcame cancerSacramento Bee
Herzlich tackles cancer, returns to football and now will play in a Super BowlWNDU-TV

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Telegraph.co.uk
Iran's Supreme Leader: Tehran will aid anyone confronting 'cancer' Israel
Washington Post (blog)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will help any nation or group that confronts the “cancer” Israel, the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday. He also said in remarks delivered to worshippers at prayers in Tehran and broadcast on ...
Iran: We will help 'cut out the cancer of Israel'Telegraph.co.uk
Khamenei: Zionist regime is a cancerYnetnews
Iran chief warns 'cancer' IsraelMSN News UK

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Cervical Cancer: Preventable Killer
Patch.com
Each year, over 12000 American women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. Compared to other states in the US, New Jersey had the seventh highest rate of new diagnoses, with a rate of 9.2 new cases diagnosed per 100000 women, while the rate in the US ...

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New York Daily News
Cancer survivor told by school to re-style hair
New York Daily News
By Nina Mandell / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS JT Gaskins, 17, a Flint-area teenager and leukemia survivor has been suspended from school for growing out his hair to donate to cancer victims. A Michigan teen and cancer survivor suspended from school for growing ...
Cancer Survivor Suspended For Long Hair Switches SchoolCBS Local
Mich. teen suspended for growing hair for cancer patientsUSA TODAY
Mom of Locks of Love Teen 'Shocked' By School's StatementABC News

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Professor documents cancer battle in online videos
Fox News
A doctor's diagnosis confirmed the worst: He had a form of upper throat cancer called nasal pharyngeal carcinoma. It had spread to his lymph nodes and bones. Then Oliver, who has spent a career teaching medical students and hospital workers how to care ...

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USA TODAY
Cervical cancer: There's an app for that
USA TODAY
Courier-Journal When Mary Jo Payne hears about efforts to educate the public about cervical cancer, she thinks back to her own encounter with the disease at age 38. The app is part of the Cervical Cancer-Free Kentucky Initiative's "Cause the Movement" ...
No one should die from cervical cancer: Lebanese expertThe Daily Star
Vic girls not taking full cancer vaccineNinemsn
Doctors: Preventing Cervical Cancer is Easier than You ThinkWBOY-TV
Los Angeles Times
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