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Biotech bloom: Cancer tester to double Lee County jobs The News-Press Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01 PM PDT Explosive demand for cancer testing services is pushing Fort Myers-based NeoGenomics Inc. REFILE-O'Neal leads mourners at Farrah Fawcett funeral Reuters via Yahoo!7 News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:59 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, June 30 (Reuters) - Actor Ryan O'Neal led friends and family in a private funeral service on Tuesday for actress Farrah Fawcett, who died last week aged 62 after a long and public battle with cancer. Doctors hail prostate cancer breakthrough as patient successfully treated by £2m pioneering surgical robot Daily Mail Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:51 PM PDT Jeremy Lineham, 48, from Chichester, West Sussex, is the first patient in Europe to be operated on for prostate cancer using the £2million 'da Vinci Si' gadget. Vegetarian diet 'can cut risk of cancer by 45 per cent' Daily Mail Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50 PM PDT Eating a vegetarian diet can almost halve the risk of developing cancer, research suggests. Judith Ann Lorenzen The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:45 PM PDT By BLEYS ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Judith Ann Lorenzen, a clinical laboratory scientist at Palm Drive Hospital for more than a decade, died Friday at her home in Santa Rosa following a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 65 years old. She had lived in Sonoma County for 20 years, including 18 in Sebastopol. Boston Man Embarks On Journey In Memory Of Fallen Dog WTAE-TV Pittsburgh Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:44 PM PDT When Luke Robinson lost one of his dogs to cancer, decided to walk 2,000 miles from his hometown of Austin, Texas, all the way to Boston, Mass., to raise money for canine cancer research. Cancer patients on the move in Christchurch Scoop.co.nz Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:43 PM PDT Cancer patients visiting Christchurch from Canterbury, West Coast, Nelson and Marlborough regions for specialised treatment may be making the journey from their accommodation in this new 12-seater transit van donated to the Cancer Society by two of the city's Rotary Clubs - Christchurch Sunrise and Riccarton. Successful Marriage Proposal on Twitter Today: We #blamedrewscancer Mashable Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:36 PM PDT Drew Olanoff, the Twitter user who started the #blamedrewscancer campaign after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma earlier this year, made a successful proposal of marriage to his girlfriend Sarah Cooley on Twitter today ( here’s her “yes” ). We later confirmed the story with Drew over IM. Of course, he “blamed Drew’s cancer” for the proposal, as the Tweets below attest. #blamedrewscancer ... Call to ban pub cigarette machines Channel 4 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:25 PM PDT Most adults believe cigarette vending machines in pubs should be abolished, a survey has shown. A poll by YouGov for Cancer Research UK found that three-quarters (75%) of respondents were in favour of getting rid of the machines and a similar number (70%) want tobacco products out of sight in shops. Vegetarians less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, says study u.tv Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:17 PM PDT For years, they have boasted of the health benefits of their leafy diets, but now vegetarians have the proof that has so far eluded them: when it comes to cancer risks, they have the edge on carnivores.

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