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Mammogram study challenges research The Springfield News-Leader Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:02 AM PDT A new study from Sweden is stirring fresh debate over whether women in their 40s should get mammograms. It suggests that the breast cancer screening test can lower the risk of dying of the disease by 26 percent or more in this age group. Summer camp caters to kids fighting cancer Post-Tribune Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:01 AM PDT "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader." -- Robert Frost Carol Oostman never has seen her photographs displayed at the Lake County Fair. Her husband, Leroy, enters them for her each year, but Carol, 60, attends summer camp that week. The Oostmans have lived in Cedar Lake for four years. They've been married for 40 and have raised three sons. . . "We lived in Lynwood, Ill., for 36 years ... Pills might help shrink breast-cancer tumors Chicago Sun-Times Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:01 AM PDT Taking hormone-blocking pills for a few months before breast cancer surgery can shrink tumors and allow many women to have just the lump removed instead of the whole breast, a new study suggests.This approach is sometimes tried now in Europe, and the study was the first large test of it in the United States. It won't change practice right away; a second study is starting to try to repeat the ... Maura F. Marden Westport News Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:00 AM PDT Maura F. Marden of Westport died Sept. 27, 2010, in the company of her husband, Bill (sometimes mistakenly known as "Big Bill") her mom, and brothers and sisters, following a difficult battle with cancer. She was 53. Zeta Jones talks of Douglas cancer Horncastle Today Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:00 AM PDT Catherine Zeta Jones struggled to keep her emotions in check as she talked about husband Michael Douglas' battle with cancer at a special Ryder Cup concert in Wales. Cancer survivor's husband provides support Courier-Post Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:49 AM PDT After Lynn Cotti was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2005, the Bridgewater resident went right after the disease, enduring a lumpectomy the following month and 23 weeks' worth of chemotherapy starting just five weeks after that. Michigan Mom Faked Son's Cancer in Scam WILX 10 Lansing Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:48 AM PDT A Detroit-area woman runs a scam where she told her 12-year-old son he had leukemia and held a church fundraiser that pulled in more than $7,000 from sympathizers. Match Originally Planned for Hell in a Cell, SmackDown Rating, More Lords of Pain Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:44 AM PDT - Sgt. Slaughter will be appearing at the Strike 3 Cancer Foundation’s Third Annual First Pitch Gala event at the Stamford Hilton in Stamford, CT on Saturday, November 13th from... Continue reading... Day 7: Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley Langley AdvanceNews Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:43 AM PDT After seven days, the rides are not getting any shorter. Another long day on the road today. Hundreds raised for Prostate Cancer Charity Harrow Times Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:38 AM PDT ROTARIANS raised hundreds of pounds for charity at a dinner this week.

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