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Big Donation For Lourdes Foundation KVEW Kennewick Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:57 PM PDT PASCO -- In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo donated more than $8,300 dollars to the Lourdes Foundation Free Mammogram Program. Curves of Americus joins breast cancer awareness campaign Americus Times-Recorder Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:55 PM PDT The probability of a woman being diagnosed with invasive beast cancer during her life is about one in eight. And, the probability of dying from breast cancer is about one in 35, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Breast cancer death rates are going down, the ACS says, which is probably a result of finding the cancer earlier and receiving improved treatment.That is why Curves ... Dallas Director Linda Day Dies New Kerala Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:54 PM PDT DALLAS director LINDA DAY has died. She was 71. Day, credited with helping women break into TV production, lost her battle with cancer on 23 October (09) in Georgetown, Texas, according to Daily Variety. Study says combined therapy helps head, neck cancer Reuters via Yahoo! News Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:42 PM PDT Patients with non-operable head and neck cancers should be given chemo- and radiotherapy at the same time, as it more than doubles the time they live without the disease getting worse, British scientists said on Wednesday. Swayze’s widow opens up about her grief MSNBC Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40 PM PDT Lisa Niemi explained that despite knowing she would most likely eventually lose her husband to cancer, his actual death was a tremendous emotional battle. Breast cancer screening questions cause confusion Westminster Community Times Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:37 PM PDT Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, left, and County Executive James T. Smith Jr., right, helped launch the “Give Hope Give Blood” campaign partnering the Red Cross with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research and outreach. Mickelson content with 'unique' year The Age Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:36 PM PDT Phil Mickelson has described his topsy-turvy year as "interesting and unique" as he gets back to work after a break to help wife Amy battle breast cancer. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with cancer Nevada Appeal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:31 PM PDT LONDON (AP) - Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokeswoman said Sunday.The 61-year-old Lloyd Webber's condition is in its early stages, a statement from his publicists said. Astellas to Pay Medivation $765 Million for Cancer Drug Rights Bloomberg Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30 PM PDT Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Astellas Pharma Inc. , Japan’s second-largest drugmaker, agreed to pay as much as $765 million for global rights to develop and sell an experimental drug for prostate cancer. Shock rise in number of Scots women dying of lung cancer The Scotsman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22 PM PDT THE number of women dying in Scotland from lung cancer has increased dramatically in the last ten years, figures released yesterday revealed.

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