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Killer prostate cancer test hope BBC News Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:57 PM PDT Scientists discover a protein that predicts survival from prostate cancer at diagnosis. UTMB to add 30 beds to hospital Galveston County Daily News Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:54 PM PDT GALVESTON The University of Texas Medical Branch plans to open 30 more beds, and its cancer center recently opened an infusion therapy clinic. Village has fill of dirty landfills China Daily Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:49 PM PDT DONGGUAN, Guangdong: A growing number of cancer cases allegedly connected with foul landfills have been detected in villages of this southern city. Washington Editor BioWorld Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:48 PM PDT New Phase III data presented at the 2009 ECCO-ESMO European Multidisciplinary Congress in Berlin showed that Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix (panitumumab) plus chemotherapy used as a second-line treatment significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer compared with chemotherapy alone, 5.9 months vs. 3.9 months. September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month A-Channel Victoria Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:44 PM PDT Ground-breaking Ovarian Cancer research being done in Victoria Edison H.S. Students Create Breast Cancer Awareness KSEE 24 Fresno Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:41 PM PDT Edison High School fashion students are spreading Breast Cancer Awareness by decorating bras for the Bra Banner. They're joining other community members by creatively expressing their support for breast cancer patients and survivors. Kylie's cancer led to Dannii's Botox addiction Adelaide Now Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:40 PM PDT DANNII Minogue has revealed how she got hooked on anti-ageing Botox injections while her sister Kylie was battling breast cancer. Cancer Survivor Grows Hair to Donate FOX 26 Houston Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32 PM PDT A local woman spent years donating her time to Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. At the time, she never imagined that one day, she would end up relying on them for support, while she suffered from breast cancer. Couple splash out to help children Stuff Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32 PM PDT Fine wine and Marlborough produce were dished up on Saturday to an Auckland couple who splashed cash to help Nepalese children. Kevin and Sandra Drinkwater paid $2500 to have lunch at Hunter's winery hosted by Jane Hunter at an auction raising money for a cancer hospital in the Asian country. Local YMCA participates in wellness program Woodbridge Sentinel Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:20 PM PDT The new partnership between the Edison, Metuchen and Woodbridge YMCA and the Livestrong Lance Armstrong Foundation allows cancer survivors to become physically active while being in the company of other survivors. The Woodbridge YMCA held a six-week pilot of the partnership program in July.

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