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'Wish You Were Here' fighting cancer, too Peoria Journal Star Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:02 PM PDT Ersle Swadinsky had "the best music sense," her family says, and now they walk to help cure the disease that took her life.   "She was a Pink Floyd freak," said Kevin Swadinsky of Peoria, describing his mother, Ersle, who died in November of cancer at age 80.   The Swadinsky family, calling their team "Wish You Were Here," participated in the Peoria Relay For Life in honor of Ersle Swadinsky and ... Student Brianna Gaither credits a connection with the Lord for music career The Oklahoman Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:00 PM PDT EDMOND â€" Once disinterested in music-making, college student Brianna Gaither has enthusiastically embarked on a career as a singer-songwriter.Gaither, 19, was featured in a 2006 Mother’s Day story in The Oklahoman that chronicled her-then burgeoning love for songwriting. Her mother, popular Oklahoma Christian University professor Kim Gaither, died of cancer in 2005, and the teen said she was ... Researchers identify new mechanism that could be targeted to prevent cancer spread PharmaBiz Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:48 PM PDT Researchers have discovered a key to the function of a specific protein that helps control the levels of other critical proteins within cells, including a protein that suppresses the spread of cancer. Screenings offered for skin cancer San Antonio Express-News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:41 PM PDT The Skin Cancer Foundation’s “Road to Healthy Skin Tour” will offer free full-body skin cancer screenings from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Alamo. Vail Valley photo: New cancer center scanner The Vail Trail Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:39 PM PDT Vail Valley health: Shaw Regional Cancer Center in Edwards has added a PET/CT scanner, a cutting-edge piece of equipment Salem Relay Salem News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:38 PM PDT Melissa Calhoun of Salem, left, and Becca Berger of Greenford, hold the Salem Community Hospital's banner proclaiming 25 years of hope in the battle against cancer during Friday's events at the Relay for Life at Waterworth Memorial Park. The Relay continues today. Farrah Fawcett's Cancer Battle Inspires Other Cancer Patients WOWK-TV West Virginia Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:37 PM PDT They appreciate her openness about her own cancer. Local fan: 'She is the love of my life' The Post and Courier Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:32 PM PDT Josh Keitt knew the end was near. He'd watched his love battle cancer, her bravery in the face of personal peril. He understood the stakes all too well. But the pain still cut deep when the curtain finally fell. Farrah's gone, his house-mate told him Thursday, tears streaming. New tobacco law The Camrose Canadian Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:31 PM PDT Canada’s kids deserve full protection from all flavoured tobacco products. The Canadian Cancer Society applauds the introduction of Bill C-32, which will protect children and youth from tobacco industry marketing practices that encourage them to use tobacco products. Alec Baldwin Helps Girl Sue Parents in Cancer Tale: Rick Warner Bloomberg Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:25 PM PDT June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Making a movie about a dying cancer patient is a delicate affair: The line between moving and maudlin is a thin one that can be easily crossed.

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