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Relay for Life prepares for fifth event Lebanon Express Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:00 AM PDT Teams are forming and gearing up for the annual event that supports the ultimate battle: the fight against cancer. Durham Cancer Survivor Walks To Raise Money MyNC.com Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:58 AM PDT A Durham Cancer survivor is walking in Saturday’s Angels Among Us 5K to raise money for Duke’s Brain Tumor Center, according to the Herald Sun. New child brain cancer drug promising UPI Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:53 AM PDT SAN DIEGO, April 24 (UPI) -- In preclinical studies, researchers in Texas found a novel cancer drug reduces growth of neuroblastoma -- a rare childhood brain cancer -- by 75 percent. Benefit set for employee of Farm King in Canton The Canton Daily Ledger Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:45 AM PDT A "big sale benefit" will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, at the Farm King store in Canton. Proceeds will be used to help pay for medical treatment for store employee Judy Frew, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Volunteers needed for Relay For Life of Mansfield Mansfield News Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:43 AM PDT Relay for Life is seeking volunteers to join the fight against breast cancer Harnessing Nanoparticles For Targeted Cancer Treatment NPR Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:40 AM PDT A new approach to cancer therapy uses nanoparticles of fat to deliver a working copy of a tumor suppressor gene to tumor cells, making the tumors more vulnerable to conventional cancer treatments. Esther Chang of Georgetown University Medical Center describes the research, which is now undergoing safety trials. Harney pledge over waiting times Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:33 AM PDT Patients with urgent cancer cases will be seen within one month by the end of the year, Health Minister Mary Harney has claimed. Cyclists raising money for cancer Burlington Post Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:31 AM PDT This June, Burlington residents will be gearing up for a history-making event. Fighting for his life Burlington Post Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:31 AM PDT Robert Anderson is feeling more nervous about the future of his colon cancer fight than the day he was diagnosed with the disease two years ago. Drug Inhibits Neuroblastoma Blood Supply in Pre-Clinical Tests Newswise Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:29 AM PDT Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a way to prevent blood vessels from aiding the growth of neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. The pre-clinical study was presented today in a platform session at the 22nd annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

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