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Poor Women Skip Some Breast Cancer Drugs WCVB Boston Tue, 19 May 2009 14:01 PM PDT Doctors find that many low-income women don't use their prescriptions for hormone-blocking drugs that can fight their breast cancer. Coffee May Fight Skin Cancer As Drink, Rub WCVB Boston Tue, 19 May 2009 14:01 PM PDT New research shows that coffee may protect against skin cancer. How much would you need? Woman Fakes Cancer; Rips Off 50K in Donations KNX 1070 Los Angeles Tue, 19 May 2009 14:00 PM PDT They all have close ties to local law enforcement, but those aren’t the ties that bound this group of people together for the past two years. Relay for Life walk boosts cancer fight Cabot Star-Herald Tue, 19 May 2009 13:56 PM PDT Cancer survivors and supporters attended events at Cabot Relay for Life, a fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, on Friday, May 8 at Cabot High School indoor field house. Rumors of Swayze death denied TurkishPress.com Tue, 19 May 2009 13:54 PM PDT A spokesperson for Patrick Swayze on Tuesday condemned "reckless" reports that the cancer-stricken star had died, saying the actor was alive and well and responding to treatment. Adult stem cells from bone marrow can deliver cancer-killing proteins to tumors News-Medical-Net Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53 PM PDT Researchers in London have demonstrated the ability of adult stem cells from bone marrow (mesenchymal stem cells, or MSCs) to deliver a cancer-killing protein to tumors. Isotope shortage could delay medical tests C-Health Tue, 19 May 2009 13:52 PM PDT OTTAWA - Patients in line for medical tests to diagnose cancer and heart ailments may have a longer wait as hospitals try to conserve a scarce supply of isotopes, doctors say. Cancer nutrition tips Newsday Tue, 19 May 2009 13:51 PM PDT Weight loss and malnutrition are serious threats to patients battling cancer, who can find that their tumors or treatment sap their appetite, cause nausea and other side effects and block absorption the nutrients they do force down. Here are some tips from cancer specialists and dietitians to help: NIU Athletes Earn Degrees WTVO - WQRF Rockford Tue, 19 May 2009 13:49 PM PDT Sign up to fight cancer today. MyMedia - Share Your Pictures & Videos! Likely Brazil presidential candidate hospitalised Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News Tue, 19 May 2009 13:46 PM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - The presidential hopeful of Brazil's ruling party, Dilma Rousseff, was hospitalised early on Tuesday and diagnosed with a muscular disease in her legs, weeks after she announced she was being treated for cancer.

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