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Unauthorised biography details Swayze's cancer battle Australian Broadcasting Corporation Tue, 12 May 2009 18:01 PM PDT A new biography of Patrick Swayze describes how the actor worked 12 hour days without painkillers to shoot a TV series after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Brooks Robinson successfully treated for cancer MyMotherLode.com Tue, 12 May 2009 18:00 PM PDT Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson says he has been successfully treated for prostate cancer. The Orioles great revealed that he had the illness Tuesday during a luncheon for the American Cancer Society in Baltimore. Health groups praise council's outdoor smoking ban The Advertiser Tue, 12 May 2009 17:56 PM PDT Cancer Council NSW and the Heart Foundation have applauded Cessnock City Council for announcing its intention to expand its outdoor smoking ban to include children’s playgrounds in the Cessnock LGA. This follows the introduction of policy banning smoking in the grounds of Cessnock and Branxton pools which came into effect in October 2007. New finding could help determine which prostate cancers are dangerous Daily Telegraph Tue, 12 May 2009 17:55 PM PDT Prostate cancer sufferers with conservative forms of the disease could avoid unnecessary surgery and sideeffects such as impotence after a new discovery brought a reliable test to identify aggressive cancers a step closer. Brooks Robinson underwent cancer treatments York Daily Record Tue, 12 May 2009 17:50 PM PDT Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, who began his professional baseball career with the York White Roses in 1955, says he has been successfully treated for prostate cancer. Judge to decide chemo case Mankato Free Press Tue, 12 May 2009 17:49 PM PDT A Minnesota judge is weighing whether to force a 13-year-old boy who claims to be a medicine man in his church to get chemotherapy for his cancer â€" a treatment the boy and his parents have resisted for religious reasons. BALTIMORE - Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson says he has been successfully treated for prostate cancer. TSN Tue, 12 May 2009 17:44 PM PDT The Orioles great revealed Tuesday that he had the illness. He did it during a luncheon for the American Cancer Society in Baltimore. The 71-year-old Robinson says the disease was detected "very early" and he had 39 radiation treatments. Crusaders Dedicate Tree To Student Who Passed Away 12 FOX Mankato Tue, 12 May 2009 17:43 PM PDT Mankato Loyola graduate Trung Ho would have turned 23 today...Even though he lost his battle to cancer earlier this year, his friends and fellow students took the time to commemorate his birthday. Today a commemorative tree was planted in his honor. Blue Valley Sod donated the tree, with Kober's Nursery volunteering to spade the tree. The basketball team's sale of carnations helped raise money ... New prostate cancer test uncovered Channel 4 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:27 PM PDT A new approach to finding out whether or not someone's prostate cancer is aggressive has been uncovered, scientists have said. According to a study in the British Journal of Cancer Research, tiny bubbles of fat passed in urine could hold the key to deciding if rapid treatment is required. $400M paid so far to Colorado nuclear workers The Vail Trail Tue, 12 May 2009 17:22 PM PDT Program was created to help people suffering cancer and other illnesses

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