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Warren hits home run with fund-raiser
Lake County News-Sun Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:02 AM PDT
They couldn't possibly pass out game balls to everyone who deserved one for helping to make Warren High's "Strike Out Breast Cancer" softball event the huge success it was on a rainy Saturday in Gurnee. Because if they did, Warren's team wouldn't have any balls left in its bag with which to play the remainder of the season.

Keep a fighting edge with skin cancer
Lake County News-Sun Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:01 AM PDT
Dermatologist Neda Z. Tkalcevic will conduct free skin cancer screening on May 6 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan and at Vista Surgery Center in Lindenhurst. I'll be there. I was the first person to schedule a 10-minute screening appointment when I called last week because I believe strongly in preventive medicine -- especially when it is free."I have been doing cancer screening for many ...

' Dexter ' actor 'fully recovered' from cancer, his wife says
Chicago Sun-Times Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:01 AM PDT
Michael C. Hall 's wife says the " Dexter " star is "fully recovered" from cancer and has returned to work.Jennifer Carpenter said Friday that Hall was "incredibly brave" when he announced in January that he was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer that attacks the lymph nodes.The 38-year-old Hall went into remission and continued treatment at a health facility near Los Angeles ...

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NBC26 Green Bay Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:00 AM PDT
Psychedelic psychotherapy? Study tests magic mushroom drug to aid treatment of cancer anxiety More>>

Nova Scotia filmmaker wants to get the ball rolling with documentary
Toronto Star Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:54 AM PDT
A young Nova Scotia-born filmmaker and photographer is preparing for an epic personal journey across North America, pushing a 2-metre-wide rubber ball ahead of him to bring attention to testicular cancer.

Survivor star to appear at Relay for Life
The Times-Journal Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:52 AM PDT
Bruce’s Foodland will play host to a special guest at the DeKalb County Relay for Life event on April 30. Bobby Jon Drinkard, of the reality TV show “Survivor” and host of “On the Job” on PBS, will be at the Bruce’s Foodland tent during the American Cancer Society’s annual fundraiser.

Report shares what women need to know and what women can do
News-Medical-Net Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:48 AM PDT
Lung Cancer Alliance hailed today's release of "Out of the Shadows: Women and Lung Cancer," a groundbreaking report issued by the Mary Horrigan Connors Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Three-Dimensional Cell Culture: Making Cells Feel Right at Home
PhysOrg Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:43 AM PDT
A team of Houston scientists has unveiled a new technique that uses magnetic nanobeads to levitate cells, allowing them to grow into three-dimensional structures. This technological leap from the flat Petri dish has the potential for significant impact on cancer research, where recent studies have demonstrated that cancer cells growing in two-dimensional sheets are not the optimal systems for ...

$1.65 million approved for two major expansions, attraction of scholar
High Plains Journal Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:42 AM PDT
Kansas Two companies undertaking multi-million-dollar expansions in Kansas received a thumbs up from the Kansas Bioscience Authority on March 9, as did the University of Kansas in its effort to attract a rising star scholar to expand the state's cancer research enterprise. Investments approved by the KBA board of directors included the following:

Press Release
PharmiWeb Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:41 AM PDT
Is high-risk development of therapeutic cancer vaccines a good opportunity for pharmaceutical companies? In 2009, excitement built around several late-stage cancer vaccines that represent a new means to treat or prevent certain cancers.




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