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Good News Sports Roundup Reno Gazette-Journal Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:58 AM PST The Reed High School volleyball team, prompted by senior captain Elizabeth Stacy, has taken the initiative to help the cause of breast cancer awareness. Fundraiser to benefit firefighter Bellevue Leader Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:52 AM PST A fundraiser will be held Nov. 8 for Steve Schimonitz, an active member of the Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department since 1986. He was diagnosed in May 2008 with a rare form of cancer called Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. UCs to team up for breast cancer study Daily Pilot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:46 AM PST UC Irvine will collaborate with other medical centers in the University of California system on a decades-long, statewide study into breast cancer, UCI officials announced Tuesday. A sorority of support Daily Pilot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:43 AM PST The woman who sang the national anthem at last year’s Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure did not then have breast cancer. This year, she’s coming back to participate in the footrace as a breast cancer survivor. Scientist's empathy for patients comes from own family's experience with cancer Reno Gazette-Journal Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:42 AM PST It was the death of her grandfather when she was a child that set Judy Mikovits on a path to help others stricken with illness, especially those who deal with the ridicule associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Telling cancer to take a hike Daily Pilot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:42 AM PST Each year, a group of prostate cancer survivors gathers for a group photo at the Cruisin’ for a Cure car show. My father and grandfather are among them. Researchers: Drug curbs addiction Daily Pilot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:42 AM PST UC Irvine researchers have discovered that a drug they say could treat cancer may also keep recovering cocaine addicts from relapsing into their habit, university officials said in a news release. UCI gets $24 million in grants Daily Pilot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:38 AM PST Research efforts in breast cancer, the effects of traffic pollution and prenatal stress are some of the recipients of nearly $24 million in federal stimulus grants given to UC Irvine to date. Times Ticker Papillion Times Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:37 AM PST American Cancer Society Dressbarn has been part of a caring community offering support through fundraising and awareness programs and this year the symbol of support is a little dog named Biscuit. During October, for every Biscuit sold at $5, the American Cancer Society will receive the entire net profit of $2 to support local and national breast cancer initiatives. Dressbarn is located at 7721 ... Warren E. "Libby" Mitzel, educator Baltimore Sun Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:36 AM PST Warren E. "Libby" Mitzel, a retired physical-education instructor who taught in city public schools, died of cancer Oct. 22 at the Charlestown retirement community. She was 94.

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