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Paul Haney, the 'voice of NASA's Mission Control' during Apollo flights, dies at 80 in NM Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Sun, 31 May 2009 14:02 PM PDT ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - Paul Haney, who was known as the "voice of NASA's Mission Control" for his live televised reports during the early years of the space program, has died of cancer. He was 80. NEW Immune therapies finally working against cancer KMOV St. Louis Sun, 31 May 2009 14:01 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- First there was surgery, then chemotherapy and radiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts and found success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body's natural defender, the immune system. Study: Drug combos might raise risk of breast cancer recurrence Columbia Missourian Sun, 31 May 2009 13:59 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. â€" Breast cancer survivors risk having the disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows. About 500,000 women in the United States take tamoxifen, which cuts the chances of a breast cancer recurrence in half. Many of them also take antidepressants for hot flashes, because hormone pills ... Houston scientists report progress on cancer vaccine Houston Chronicle Sun, 31 May 2009 13:59 PM PDT Houston scientists are at the forefront of newfound success with therapeutic cancer vaccines, a holy grail of treatment fraught with disappointment in decades of clinical trials. Sanofi's Breast Cancer Bet Forbes Sun, 31 May 2009 13:55 PM PDT Can a highly targeted drug help revive Sanofi-Aventis? Museveni, Nkurunziza, join cancer battle The Monitor Sun, 31 May 2009 13:52 PM PDT President Yoweri Museveni and his Burundian counterpart, Pierre NKurunziza last Friday joined the battle against breast cancer and contributed towards the purchase of a mobile chemotherapy unit. Walking for a cause Daily Pilot Sun, 31 May 2009 13:50 PM PDT The Costa Mesa Relay For Life kicked off Saturday morning at Orange Coast College for 24 hours of walking to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Taking a different track Daily Pilot Sun, 31 May 2009 13:50 PM PDT A chance meeting at Costa Mesa’s first Relay for Life cancer walk in 2007 changed the life of Shadow Lane. New Insights, Inroads Against Breast, Ovarian Cancers Health Scout Sun, 31 May 2009 13:45 PM PDT Once-promising ovarian cancer test loses luster, but new breast tumor treatments called 'exciting.' Two Drugs Safe for Rare Forms of Kidney Cancer Health Scout Sun, 31 May 2009 13:45 PM PDT Early trial suggests efficacy against malignancies that don't respond to other drugs.

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