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Tanning beds carcinogens, study finds Deseret News Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:56 PM PDT International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming... Doctors accused of illegally profiting off cancer treatment Thanh Nien Daily Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:46 PM PDT Doctors at a Hanoi hospital have been accused of cashing in by forcing cancer patients to use expensive equipment rather than the facilities their insurance policies allow them to use for free. Cancer patient creates collage for hospital The Daily News Tribune Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:45 PM PDT As a cancer patient at Emerson Hospital, 61-year-old Marieke Kreps said she was always in the hands of others. The Waltham woman started radiation treatment for breast cancer in 2008 at the Concord hospital and it was the image of hands that pulled her through. Sunbeds elevated to top cancer risk level: WHO Thanh Nien Daily Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:44 PM PDT The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced Wednesday that it had elevated sunbeds, used by tens of millions of people for tanning, to its highest cancer risk category. A Crystal Ball for Brain Cancer? Newswise Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:41 PM PDT UCLA scientists have devised a new way to scan brain tumors and predict which ones will be shrunk by the drug Avastin -- before the patient ever starts treatment. By linking water movement in tumors to a positive drug response, researchers were able to predict with 70 percent accuracy which patients' tumors were least likely to grow six months after treatment. Newswise Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:41 PM PDT 1) Potential late-stage ovarian cancer therapy; currently none available; 2) Diphtheria-encoding genes delivered to tumor site by nanoparticles; 3) Laboratory research; possible human trials about 18 months away. New targeted therapy delivers chemo directly to ovarian cancer cells New Kerala Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:40 PM PDT Washington, July 30 : Using a protein, called EphA2, researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have successfully delivered chemotherapy in a highly selective manner in preclinical models of ovarian cancer. Obituary: Beatrice Mouganis / Sewickley philanthropist, supporter of the arts Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:30 PM PDT Beatrice Mouganis, a philanthropist and Republican committeewoman from Sewickley, had such a strong Christian faith that, soon after a diagnosis of terminal cancer, she threw a party to tell her Study on tanning beds' cancer risk isn’t affecting business, owners say Fort Worth Star-Telegram Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:29 PM PDT "We are always getting bashed," usually without affecting business, an owner says. Community ‘friend’ McCay dies at 62 The Meridian Star Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:27 PM PDT Jim McCay, a well-known community activist who often volunteered in the community, passed away Sunday at the age of 62. McCay died in a St. Louis hospital Sunday after a battle with cancer.

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