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Denville, NJ, businesses holding breast cancer support week Daily Record Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:01 AM PDT DENVILLE â€" At least 19 local businesses are participating in a week-long venture aimed at supporting those fighting breast cancer starting Oct. 8. Beyond mammograms: Tips on how to detect, prevent breast cancer Daily Record Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:01 AM PDT The modern mammography machine sends X-rays through the breast tissue to make images that help doctors find abnormal cells or growths. Invented 31 years ago, it's still the gold standard in detecting early breast cancer. Struggling to pay: Breast cancer treatment bills stack up for uninsured Daily Record Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:00 AM PDT Shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, 51-year-old Alicia Torres began making plans for her treatment. The diagnosis itself terrified her, but paying for it wasn't something she worried about. Lt. Gov. Candidate Treated For Colon Cancer WISC-TV Madison Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:59 AM PDT The woman who won a five-way Republican primary for lieutenant governor says she has been treated for colon cancer. Cancer sufferer leaves husband 100 things he must do with their 2 sons Daily Mail Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:57 AM PDT In the last months of her life Kate Green drew up a long list of instructions, hopes and ambitions for the boys, which her husband has now devoted himself to fulfilling. Breast cancer previvor: Long Hill, NJ, woman had mastectomies, but never had breast cancer Daily Record Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:57 AM PDT LONG HILL â€" Diane Appleby doesn't have breast cancer. But when the 48-year-old school reading specialist learned she had a high risk of developing the disease, she knew she didn't want to roll the dice. New study finds mammograms lower death risk in 40s CTV.ca Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:54 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 per cent or more in this age group. Teens defy cancer risk News.com.au Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:54 AM PDT MORE than half of Victorian teenagers are still prepared to risk their life for a tan, new research reveals. International scientists meet to progress cancer research News-Medical-Net Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:47 AM PDT THE deliberations of a small group of specialists, meeting in Edinburgh tomorrow, will help make progress in cancer research all over the world.On Thursday (September 30) nineteen international scientists are due to get round the table to decide which cancer research projects, from the 125 in front of them, will benefit from a grants package totalling more than £4 million. Ralph Lauren auctions his world -- for cancer Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:47 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Ever wonder what it's like to live in Ralph Lauren's world -- the fabulous fashion, sexy models, polo ponies and rugged American ranches.

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