Cancer awareness event more a revival
Laurel Leader-Call Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:01 AM PDT
Participants in the National Council of Negro Women Breast Cancer Awareness 5K Fun Run/Walk release balloons in recognition of cancer survivors and families of victims. The event was held at Sandy Gavin Park from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday. |
Cancer patient Krista Colvin has mastectomy, prepares for reconstruction
The Columbian Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:01 AM PDT
The evening before Krista Colvin undergoes surgery to remove her breasts, her children say goodbye. Both Annie, 8, and Wes, 10, are heading to friends’ houses for the night because Krista has to report to the hospital first thing in the morning. Annie smiles big, trying to stay strong and upbeat, but her eyes shine with tears as she lays her hand on her mother’s breast. Wes closes his eyes and ... |
Brandon cancer treatment facility built to save lives
CTV Winnipeg Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:58 AM PDT
A facility being built in Brandon will make radiation treatment available closer to home for many cancer patients, and for some, it could mean the difference between life and death. |
Coast clinics support Pap Awareness Week
Coast Reporter Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:58 AM PDT
As part of a province-wide push for Pap Awareness Week (Oct. 24 to 30), three local clinics have been offering drop-in hours for pap testing this week to encourage Sunshine Coast women to be screened for cervical cancer. |
Protein may be cancer breakthrough
AAP via Yahoo!7 News Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:50 AM PDT
A protein called perforin that kills rogue cells in the human body may a breakthrough in the fight against cancer and diabetes, researchers say. |
PR exec Hunter, 71, dies
Columbia Daily Tribune Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT
Jim Hunter, a NASCAR executive who spent portions of six decades in the industry, first as a newspaper reporter and later as a public relations official with the sanctioning body, has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 71. |
Newtown paints the town pink in support of breast cancer awareness
The Advance Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:26 AM PDT
The Newtown Borough Business Connection is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month by kicking off the 1st Passionately Pink Pumpkin Event for the month of October. Businesses displaying pink pumpkins will be accepting donations for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. |
Dutch Author Dies Today
TheCelebrityCafe.com Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:18 AM PDT
Harry Mulisch, best known for his novels "The Discovery of Heaven" and "The Assault", died today at 83. Valerie Warrington Dutch author Harry Mulisch has died at his home in Amsterdam at age 83. He had been suffering from cancer. Mulisch is best known for turning his experiences as a Nazi collaborator born from a Jewish mother into some of the most famous works of fiction in the Netherlands. He ... |
IBA Introduces Proteus ONEâ„¢*, a Smaller, More Cost-Effective Proton Therapy System
Business Wire Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:05 AM PDT
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A smaller, more efficient and cost-effective Proton Therapy system from IBA Particle Therapy will soon be available for cancer treatment centers. This single-room system is roughly one-third the size of the current gantry configuration and offers a smaller cyclotron, a shorter proton-beam route from the cyclotron to the treatment room, and a more compact gantry ... |
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