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Mercury fan begins 'once-in-a-lifetime' journey The Arizona Republic Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:47 PM PDT Mercury die-hard Alex Chambers will embark on a month-long journey to watch all 13 WNBA teams at their home court. With the visibility, Chambers hopes to also raise awareness for breast cancer. Boys chop their locks for good cause Mississauga News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:43 PM PDT Three Lakeview boys and their father had more than 30 inches of their long locks chopped last Sunday to benefit children battling cancer and other medical conditions. Ralph Fornari and his sons, Sebastien, 14, Matthew,12, and Alexander, 8, gathered among family and friends at California's Demetrios Restaurant on the North Service Rd. to make the cut. Great Falls cancer survivor ready for Relay For Life KRTV Great Falls Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:43 PM PDT According to the American Cancer Society, there's been an estimated 5,340 new cases of cancer in Montana this year alone. But those who hit the track at the Relay For Life in Great Falls on Friday night aim to change that, including Nadine Preston, who is a cancer survivor. Platypus Helps Illuminate Ovarian Cancer Science Daily Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:33 PM PDT Researchers believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer. DNA mapping of the platypus has uncovered an interesting relationship between their sex chromosomes and DNA sequences found in human ovarian cancer. New Enemy For Tumor-suppressor P53 Identified Science Daily Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:33 PM PDT Researchers have identified a protein that marks the tumor suppressor p53 for destruction, providing a potential new avenue for restoring p53 in cancer cells. Insulin Analogue Glargine Possibly Increases Cancer Risk Science Daily Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32 PM PDT The risk of cancer possibly increases if patients with diabetes use the long-acting insulin analogue glargine instead of human insulin. Scientists analysed the data of almost 130,000 patients with diabetes in Germany who had been treated with either human insulin or the insulin analogues lispro, aspart or glargine between January 2001 and June 2005. Riding For Life KPVI 6 Pocatello Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32 PM PDT The P.O.W. M.I.A. is helping a local girl and her fight with cancer by riding for life. Watch This! FOX 61 Chattanooga Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32 PM PDT Welcome to the new myFoxChattanooga.com! It kills more people in the U.S. each year than breast cancer, lung cancer and HIV/AIDS combined. The condition is called sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) â€" and it LPGA Tour's Angela Stanford's mother diagnosed with breast cancer Slam! Sports Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:30 PM PDT SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The mother of LPGA Tour player Angela Stanford has been diagnosed with breast cancer and soon will begin treatment with chemotherapy. Animal fats pancreas cancer link BBC News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:26 PM PDT Eating a diet high in red meat and dairy products is linked to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, a study suggests.

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