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Genetic Source of Rare Childhood Cancer Found; Gene is Implicated in Other Cancers PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:00 PM PDT The search for the cause of an inherited form of a rare, aggressive childhood lung cancer has uncovered important information about how the cancer develops and potentially sheds light on the development of other cancers. Hospital President, CEO Greene Dies at 59 San Fernando Valley Business Journal Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:51 PM PDT Valley Presbyterian Hospital President and CEO Albert Greene, who helped make the hospital one of the fastest growing in the area, died April 16 from pancreatic cancer. He was 59. Brochure details key facts, risks for women about ovarian cancer Palm Beach Daily News Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:50 PM PDT Marsha Tanner Wilson and Dr. Johnathan Lancaster want Palm Beach women to add a brochure to their summer reading list. Komen For The Cure Set For April 25; Registration Offices Open The Morning News Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:49 PM PDT ROGERS â€" Stacks of T-shirts filled the small Komen for the Cure registration office at Pinnacle Hills Promenade. They ranged in size from youth small to adult double large â€" white for supporters, pink for cancer survivors. Lung Cancer: Which Smokers Are Most at Risk NBC 5 Chicago Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:44 PM PDT Two substances found in tobacco smoke have been detected by recent research, Reuters reports. Scientists say the findings may help explain why some smokers get cancer while others do not, they said. Crash author JG Ballard, 'a giant on the world literary scene', dies aged 78 u.tv Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:41 PM PDT The novelist JG Ballard, who conjured up a bleak vision of modern life in a series of powerful novels and short stories published over more than 50 years, died today after a long battle with cancer. Cancer is ‘not bad luck but lifestyle’, says expert The Herald Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:36 PM PDT People should stop believing cancer is just down to "bad luck" or their genes and look to their own lifestyle, an expert said yesterday. NFL: Edgerrin James' spouse dies of leukemia Naples Daily News Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:31 PM PDT The girlfriend of former Immokalee star football player Edgerrin James and mother of his four children died of leukemia on Tuesday. Andia Denise Wilson, 30, of Naples died at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa after battling acute myeloid leukemia. James, who plays for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, is listed as Wilson's "loving spouse and significant other'' in an obituary notice. James and ... Bank of England's 'Eddie' George dies Moldova.org Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:12 PM PDT Lord Edward Eddie George, a former Bank of England governor who oversaw the institution's move to independence, has died of cancer at 70, officials said.George, who was beloved by politicians and financiers who called him Steady Eddie, died Saturday, the Bank of England said in statement.I am deeply saddened to learn of Eddie's death, said the bank's current governor, Mervyn King. He served the ... Study reveals cancer "culprits" in tobacco smoke Reuters Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:06 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have detected two substances in tobacco smoke that directly cause lung cancer, and they said on Sunday the finding may help one day predict which smokers will develop the disease.

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