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£16k for Jimi Hendrix mosaic MusicRooms Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:59 AM PST A unique piece of artwork depicting Jimi Hendrix in a mosaic made of plectrums has been auctioned for charity. The picture, created by Manchester artist Ed Chapman was expected to reach £16,000 in the event, raising money for Cancer Research. Many Dialysis Patients at Risk for High Radiation Exposure HealthCentral Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:54 AM PST Long-term use of scans for diagnosis, treatment raises cancer concerns, researchers say. Rapid Rise in PSA Levels a Poor Predictor of Prostate Cancer: Study HealthCentral Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:54 AM PST Measuring changes over time leads to unnecessary biopsies, researchers say. PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer Dips in Large U.S. Health Network HealthCentral Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:54 AM PST Follows 2008 guidelines reporting that aggressive PSA screening had led to harm from unnecessary treatment. BioWatch: Celsion gets OK to continue trial of cancer treatment Gazette.net Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:52 AM PST Celsion has reported that the committee monitoring data from its phase 3 study of its ThermoDox to treat primary liver cancer unanimously recommended the trial continue enrollment. BESS to provide free mammograms to Grant County Chronicle-Tribune Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:49 AM PST Cancer Services of Grant County’s BESS (Breast Education Screening and Survival) program has once again been funded by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to provide free mammograms to Grant County. The program was established in 2000 and has since reached approximately 35,000 women with information about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. More than 3,500 women have been ... Study: AEG-1 expression predicts erlotinib treatment response in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer News-Medical-Net Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:48 AM PST Spanish researchers have identified a gene whose expression level strongly predicts how well certain lung cancer patients will respond to treatment with the drug erlotinib. Relay for Life keeps growing in Queens Queens Chronicle Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:46 AM PST Last year’s Middle Village relay has an Olympics theme, top, while St. John’s University featured superheroes, bottom left, and the Alley Pond outing took time to honor cancer survivors. Chevron Runs From Judgment In Ecuador OfficialWire Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:43 AM PST Chevron petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit. Dog lifts spirits of DCH cancer patients The Tuscaloosa News Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:41 AM PST The DCH Cancer Center is hoping to change many cancer patients’ fear of chemotherapy with a new ally: a two-year-old golden retriever named Scottie.

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