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Lifting the burden Kerrville Daily Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:58 PM PDT Being diagnosed with cancer is frightening and depressing. But more than that, it’s disorienting. That’s what Sandra Sevey said when she found out her mother had cancer last September. Date set for cancer survivors dinner The Times-Journal Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:51 PM PDT The DeKalb County Relay for Life Survivors Dinner will be April 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Broadway Baptist Church in Rainsville. Organizers said the dinner celebration is open to all survivors, from those with years of remission to those who have been recently diagnosed, regardless of age. AstraZeneca's fulvestrant 500mg gets European nod to treat postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive ... PharmaBiz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:43 PM PDT AstraZeneca announced that Faslodex 500mg (fulvestrant) has gained marketing approval from the European Commission for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer whose disease has recurred (come back) or progressed (spread) while on an anti-estrogen treatment (e.g. tamoxifen). Gift of the Cougars The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:26 PM PDT Abby Dohrn and her parents were hit with an unexpected blow in January â€" their 7-year-old Freiheit Elementary School second-grader was diagnosed with a form of kidney cancer, Stage II. Local man gives gift of life News 10 NBC Rochester Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:21 PM PDT His four-year-old son battled back from brain cancer with the help of a local hospital and now a Genesee County man wants to give back with the gift of life. 'Breaking Bad' proves lucky break for Aaron Paul Erie Times-News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:02 PM PDT It all began when Walter White, a nebbishy high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, N.M., learned he had terminal cancer. Then he hit on a way to make fast money to leave his family when he was gone: cook and sell crystal methamphetamine. Mother who kept memory alive of daughter who died in 9/11 succumbs to cancer at age 48 Connecticut Post Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:50 PM PDT Sherri Williams, of Danbury, mother of 9/11 victim, Candace Williams, attended the 9/11 Ground Zero tribute in New York City every Year. Sherri died Tuesday. Duchess of York talks about power of positive thinking at Q-C cancer center Quad-City Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:48 PM PDT Sarah Ferguson praised the Genesis Cancer Care Institute, alongwith the power of positive thinking, during her Friday visit to theDavenport campus. Advances in genetics give cancer fight a brighter future Manila Bulletin Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:48 PM PDT DENVER (NYT) â€" When the internal bleeding started, Ellen Pulhamus figured she might die soon. Then the 60-year-old Denver woman got the call she believes gave her “the gift of time.” A biopsy of the tumors from Pulhamus’ lung cancer, which had spread to her abdomen, found a very specific “rearrangement” of genes inside the cancer cells. She was eligible to join a clinical trial at the University ... Relay for Life looks possible for Valley Morning Times Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:46 PM PDT WAVERLY â€" In 1999, at 61 years of age, avid runner Greg Rougeux decided he wanted to attempt a full marathon. But after a few months of training, Rougeux received a call that one of his friends, at the age of 42, had received a late diagnosis of cancer.

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