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Award-winning actor James Whitmore dies at 87 The Monterey County Herald Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:01 AM PST LOS ANGELES â€" James Whitmore, the veteran Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor who brought American icons Will Rogers, Harry Truman and Theodore Roosevelt to life in one-man shows, died Friday. He was 87. Whitmore died of lung cancer at his home in Malibu, said his son, Steve. Character actor James Whitmore dies of cancer Kitchener - Waterloo Record Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:49 AM PST LOS ANGELES (Feb 7, 2009) -- James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theatre with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died yesterday, his son said. He was 87. Jade Goody has bowel tumour removed Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:49 AM PST Cancer-stricken Jade Goody has had a golf ball-sized tumour removed during emergency surgery, it is reported. Swayze book a go Toronto Sun Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:43 AM PST Patrick Swayze has confirmed plans to write a tell-all memoir with his wife Lisa Niemi about his personal struggles from his childhood up until his recent fight with pancreatic cancer. Study of cancer cluster published The Hazleton Standard-Speaker Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:38 AM PST A Hazleton doctor and seven other researchers co-authored a study that a medical journal published about the high incidence of a blood disease in Schuylkill, Carbon and Luzerne counties. Exact Sciences gets US patent for methylated vimentin testing for colon cancer PharmaBiz Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:34 AM PST Exact Sciences Corporation announced that a United States patent was issued that covers the use of differentially methylated vimentin as a marker for the detection of colon cancer. High cancer rate near oil sands confirmed The Globe and Mail Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:23 AM PST Health officials in Alberta confirmed yesterday that there are more cases of cancer than expected in a small aboriginal village downstream from the massive oil sands plants, but they said there was no cause for residents to be alarmed. Potential new treatment for prostate cancer developed New Kerala Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:23 AM PST Washington, Feb 7 : Scientists at Melbourne's Burnet Institute claim to have developed a potential new treatment for prostate cancer patients. It's war on the patient The Desert Sun Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:22 AM PST Recently, the Hollywood community embarked on what they call, “The War on Cancer.” Noble? Of course. Real? Hardly. There is no war on cancer. The war is on the cancer patient. The weapon used against the cancer patient is called chemotherapy; the most profitable medical procedure in the history of medicine. Drug shortage takes toll on region's cancer patients Orlando Sentinel Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:21 AM PST A drug shortage has been keeping many colon-cancer patients in Central Florida and nationwide from getting a medicine that boosts the effectiveness of their chemotherapy.

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