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Letters To The Editor November 29, 2009 The Telegraph Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST "Cancer finding generates backlash" the title of a recent Telegraph editorial stated. And well it should! The subtitle was also right on, "Task force turns back on women." All the more reason we shouldn’t put the government in charge of health care. Kangaroos may hold key to preventing skin cancer - study AlertNet Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:59 AM PST Source: Reuters SYDNEY, Nov 30 (Reuters Life!) - Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to Australian and Austrian researchers. The teams are ... Cancer delay costs lives The Sun Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:46 AM PST EXPERTS claim the late diagnosis of cancer costs up to 10,000 lives a year ROBBINSVILLE: Going out on a limb for local cancer patient The Messenger-Press Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:43 AM PST ROBBINSVILLE Christmastime last year seemed to bring a stroke of luck to Kevin Scibilia and his family when doctors said they had found a stem cell donor to aid him in his fight against cancer. Cancer drug funding boosted Hamilton Spectator Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:42 AM PST TORONTO (Nov 30, 2009) - Ontario is extending access to a potentially life-saving drug for cancer patients, just two months after the province's ombudsman accused the government of verging on cruelty by cutting off funding after 16 treatments. Cancer drug coverage extended Toronto Star Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:40 AM PST Ontario cancer patients who were once forced into mortgaging their homes or emptying savings accounts to pay for an effective but pricey drug have just had provincial coverage extended. Retired fireman with lung cancer still fighting Santa Cruz Sentinel Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:36 AM PST SANTA CRUZ -- It's little wonder John Tripodi's firefighter buddies call him Superman, and not just because he's competed in firefighting competitions in Las Vegas. Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study AsiaOne Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:15 AM PST PARIS - Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday. Men eat more processed meat but don't understand cancer risk Daily Telegraph Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:13 AM PST Men eat almost twice as much processed meat as women but are less likely to know it can cause cancer, research suggests. Kangaroos key to cancer cure? Straits Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:12 AM PST SYDNEY - KANGAROOS may provide the key to a potential treatment to prevent skin cancer, Australian scientists said on Monday. Researchers at Melbourne University are investigating whether a DNA repair enzyme found in the jumping marsupials could provide a model for preventing DNA damage linked to many skin cancers in humans.

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