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Breakaway From Cancer® Launches Newly-Enhanced Website Offering Comprehensive, Tailored Support for Cancer Patients PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST As part of its ongoing mission to serve cancer patients, Amgen's Breakaway from Cancer® initiative announced the launch of its enhanced website that provides cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers a 'one-stop shop' of  essential resources spanning cancer prevention, education, patient care, advocacy, and financial support. The Majority of Surveyed U.S. Oncologists Identified FOLFIRINOX as the Most Efficacious Treatment for Advanced ... Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the majority of surveyed U.S. oncologists identified FOLFIRINOX* as the most efficacious treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, when compared to other currently available agents. Students raising money to fight cancer North Platte Telegraph Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:57 AM PST The North Platte Telegraph Jenny Nekuda's fourth grade class was so eager to be a part of Pennies for Patients they didn't wait until it started Monday. A box was available for donations starting last week in her Jefferson Elementary classroom. Nekuda estimates her students already donated around $90. Donations from students will be sent to the Nebraska chapter of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society ... Spring blooms help fight cancer North Platte Telegraph Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:54 AM PST The North Platte Telegraph Spring can be fickle in Nebraska. However, winter can't last forever, and as warmer weather slowly approaches a community's eyes turn toward the annual event to benefit the battle against cancer, Relay for Life. BORDENTOWN: Cancer victim aims to bring hope to others The Register-News Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PST âHope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossibleâ are words of inspiration for a Bordentown Township native battling cancer. Cheer for a Cure raises $18,000 Port Clinton News Herald Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:47 AM PST GENOA -- The Seventh Annual Cheer for a Cure Competition was Feb. 19. The annual cheerleading competition raised $18,000, with all proceeds being donated to the American Cancer Society. Marina Biotech Publishes Pre-Clinical Research on RNAi-Based Therapeutics Targeting Survivin and PLK1 in Bladder Cancer Marketwire Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:44 AM PST Research Published in Molecular Therapy Shows Gene Specific Silencing Resulted in up to a 60-Fold Decrease in Tumor Volume News Briefs Israel National News Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:36 AM PST Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in Saudi Arabia receiving medical treatment for pancreatic and colon cancer, an Egyptian paper reports. New Zealand has thanked Israel for its aid in the wake of a crippling earthquake in Christchurch. Three Israelis are dead, three are still missing. EU's Avastin policy: A stark contrast to the FDA's recent decision News-Medical-Net Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:34 AM PST The committee's decision stands in stark contrast to the recent verdict by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is wary of Avastin's benefits for breast-cancer patients. Research into chromosome replication reveals details of heredity dynamics PhysOrg Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:31 AM PST (PhysOrg.com) -- A novel study from Karolinska Institutet has deepened the understanding of how chromosome replication, one of life's most fundamental processes, works. In a long term perspective these results could eventually lead to novel cancer therapies. The study is presented in the prestigious scientific journal Nature.

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