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Saint Francis Goes PINK!
WTAJ-TV Altoona Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:02 PM PST
The Lady Red Flash sported their Pink uniforms to not only raise Breast Cancer Awareness but to honor those who have survived it.

Cancer society’s Relay for Life looking for volunteers
Papillion Times Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:01 PM PST
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Sarpy County is currently searching for volunteers interested in serving on the 2010 planning committee.

Lautenberg diagnosed with cancer
Daily Record Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:00 PM PST
WASHINGTON - Sen. Frank Lautenberg has been diagnosed with a type of cancer easily curable with chemotherapy, his office and physician said Friday. The 86-year-old New Jersey Democrat has B-cell lymphoma in his stomach, his spokesman, Caley Gray, said in a press release.

Never alone Breast Cancer Alliance network helps survivors support each other
Greenwich Post Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:55 PM PST
“You don’t have to go through breast cancer alone.” That is the motto of a new Breast Cancer Alliance program called One-To-One, through which breast cancer survivors offer their knowledge and experience to women who have been recently diagnosed with the disease.

Relay for Life teams now forming
The Times-Journal Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:52 PM PST
Those wanting to get involved in a communitywide event with the goal of fighting cancer, now’s the chance. A team captain’s meeting for Relay for Life will be Monday at Broadway Baptist Church in Rainsville at 5:15 p.m.

Once sickly child treks down Luzon for cancer kids
Philippine Daily Inquirer Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:21 PM PST
It all started with the dream of a sickly child. Tomas Leonor, 28, of San Pedro, Laguna, has embarked on a journey on foot from Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, to Matnog, Sorsogon, a distance of 1,294 kilometers, to help create public awareness of the plight of young cancer victims and raise funds for their costly medication.

New tool illuminates connections between stem cells and cancer
EurekAlert! Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:32 PM PST
( Howard Hughes Medical Institute ) On Feb. 20, 2010, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, HHMI investigator Owen Witte will discuss a new tool to understand how cancers grow -- and with it a new opportunity to identify novel cancer drugs. Witte's team has been able to break apart human prostate tissue, extract the stem cells in that tissue, and alter ...

News Round-Up: Hanson's Mini Cooper
SwimNews.com Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:22 PM PST
Brooke Hanson speaks of the challenges and rewards of motherhood; Phelps pops into Vancouver and lets some swim specialists off the hook; Sheffield youth swimmers raise funds for cancer charity in wake of coach's death

NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 86, has stomach cancer
MyCentralJersey.com Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST
TRENTON â€" Sen. Frank Lautenberg has been diagnosed with a type of cancer easily curable with chemotherapy, his office and physician said Friday.

Sen. Lautenberg's collegues react to cancer diagnosis
MyCentralJersey.com Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST
"I've served with Frank Lautenberg for many years and know him to be a fighter. I'm encouraged by the positive statements of his doctors, and I am confident that Frank will be back in the Senate fighting for New Jersey soon." - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.




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