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To Your Health: Mastectomy patients have more choices than you think Oakley News Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:59 PM PDT The National Cancer Institute estimates more than 180,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. And even though advancements in both the technology available to us and our knowledge of the disease have brought about many new, more effective treatments, a large number of those women will still undergo a mastectomy â€" the surgical removal of the breast. Benefit dinner for Larry Krull The Pilot-Independent Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:51 PM PDT Friends and family of Larry and Susan Krull of Park Rapids are sponsoring a spaghetti dinner and silent auction to help with medical expenses for Larry’s cancer treatments. Ernest G. Carlson The Chetek Alert Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:48 PM PDT Ernest George Carlson, 80, of Clanton, Ala., died Sunday, March 15, 2009, of recurrent cancer. Chemical romance The Chetek Alert Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:48 PM PDT Sifting through Web articles on the hazards of everyday life (traces of carcinogens in baby products, potato chips and household cleaners, by-products of chlorinating water that pose increased risk for cancer), I ran into a story on the burn pits of Balad. Fundraiser next weekend The Chetek Alert Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:44 PM PDT A 'Find the Cure' fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is at Chetek High School March 28. Cancer benefit yields $2,000 The Chetek Alert Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:42 PM PDT The effects of smoking was just one of several booths set up during the 'Find a Cure' fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. world news Euronews Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:40 PM PDT Argentina is mourning former president Raul Alfonsin, who led the country back to democracy in the 1980s after years of brutal military rule. People gathered outside his home in Buenos Aires to pay tribute to the 82-year-old who had been suffering from lung cancer. Eleanor Mondale's brain cancer returns Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:39 PM PDT WCCO Radio host Eleanor Mondale is telling her listeners that her brain cancer has returned and she must go on disability leave from the station. "I think the second most horrible words to hear after 'You have brain cancer' are 'The cancer is back' ... but it's happened. Again." Tiger girls soccer to battle breast cancer New Richmond News Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:37 PM PDT The New Richmond girls soccer team has given a much higher meaning to its April 14 game against Somerset. Advertisement: PIERCE VETERINARY CLINIC $5 off Grooming! $5 Off Your Next Grooming Appointment during the month of April 2009. Mention the Marketplace to receive this Deal! Area teams support five-year-old cancer survivor Gainesville Daily Register Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:37 PM PDT Five-year old Lily Dieter of Lindsay has received lots of support in her battle with Leukemia and now she can add the North Central Texas College softball team to her list of friends.Lily, the daughter of Ronnie and Laura Dieter, is in the same kindergarten class at Lindsay Elementary as Allison Hedrick, the daughter of NCTC head softball coach and athletic director Van Hedrick. When the coach ...

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