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Creating comfort for cancer patients The North Bay Nugget Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:01 PM PDT It’s more than a love for sewing and quilting that brings the members of North Bay’s Victoria’s Quilts together. It’s the knowledge that every quilt they complete will bring comfort to someone going through one of the roughest times of their lives, cancer treatment.[...] Nanoparticles combined with scorpion venom slow spread of brain cancer News-Medical-Net Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:51 PM PDT By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone. Group planning event to benefit cancer foundation The Gadsden Times Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:49 PM PDT Etowah County Cancer Foundation volunteers are teaming with the 17th annual Physicians Who Care Run/Walk to raise more money than ever before for the cancer foundation, said Carroll Crane, of Physicians Who Care. Hospital President, CEO Greene Dies at 59 San Fernando Valley Business Journal Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:47 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. Scientists find genetic 'brakes' for cancer and MS Belfast Telegraph Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:45 PM PDT Scientists have found the genetic "brakes" which could slow down or stop diseases like multiple sclerosis and cancer. Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell News-Medical-Net Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:36 PM PDT One cell…one initial set of genetic changes - that's all it takes to begin a series of events that lead to metastatic cancer. Teen battling cancer gets his wish: A renovated ride The Wilmington Star-News Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:33 PM PDT Staying cancer-free for the next year or two would mean a lot for Bradley Dixon's long-term health. So on Sunday, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina made sure Bradley keeps the positive outlook that has brought him so far. Men know more about women's cancer than the way the disease affects men Daily Mail Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:32 PM PDT Men know more about breast and other women's cancers than those affecting only men, says a new survey. Cancer just down to genes 'a myth' Belfast Telegraph Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:30 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 today. Cancer survivor: 'You look forward to' Relay Baytown Sun Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:28 PM PDT Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about cancer patients and the Relay For Life. A local cancer survivor is pumped about Baytown’s Relay For Life this year, especially since she had to miss last year’s event because she was in the hospital battling her disease.

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