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BRIEFS: Relay for Life, San Juan Oaks team up for benefit tournament Hollister Free Lance Fri, 27 May 2011 13:27 PM PDT HOLLISTER The Hollister Relay for Life is teaming with San Juan Oaks to organize a benefit golf tournament and dinner for Kelly Freitas, who last year passed away due to breast cancer. Kelly's husband is Manny Freitas, who is the Director of Golf for San Juan Oaks Golf Club The format will be a four-person scramble, and the tournament will have a "shotgun start" at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 15. A ... ’50/50′ Trailer: Levitt + Rogen + Cancer = Touching Dramedy Screen Rant Fri, 27 May 2011 13:27 PM PDT The trailer for '50/50' finds both humor and touching drama in the story of a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who is diagnosed with cancer and his subsequent struggle with the disease. After reading this article, people also read: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Gets Awesome Fan-Made Trailer Michael Shannon Shines in ‘Take Shelter’ Trailer Showtime’s ‘Homeland’ Brings Terror Stateside In New Trailer HOPE 4 You BCF donates to tornado relief fund The Joplin Globe Fri, 27 May 2011 13:18 PM PDT HOPE 4 You Breast Cancer Foundation has canceled the fourth annual Jewels of the Miles Race 4 HOPE. The west side Relay Bureau County Republican Fri, 27 May 2011 13:14 PM PDT SHEFFIELD â€" ”Cancer doesn’t stop at Route 40.” Bristol schools raise money for cancer Bucks County Courier Times Fri, 27 May 2011 13:10 PM PDT As Bristol High School students hit the track Friday for their mini Relay for Life, they didn't have to look too far to remember why they were walking in loops for several hours under the hot sun. Peregrine falcon chicks hatched at We Energies plant banded, named FOX 6 Milwaukee Fri, 27 May 2011 13:10 PM PDT Female chick named after toddler with rare form of cancer FOX6 told you a few weeks ago about a dozen peregrine falcon chicks set to hatch at We Energies power plants. Curis to Present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference Business Wire Fri, 27 May 2011 13:09 PM PDT LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the Jefferies 2011 Healthcare Conference at 2:00 p.m. EDT on June 6, 2011, in New York City. Dan Passeri, President and Chief Executive Officer, will ... Taking folic acid during pregnancy may protect infants from colon cancer New Kerala Fri, 27 May 2011 12:56 PM PDT Washington, May 27 : A new study has found offspring of rats, who were given folic acid supplements during pregnancy and while breast-feeding, have reduced rate of colon cancer as low as 64 percent than other rats who were not given the supplements. Current Issue - This Week in Taft The Taft Independent Fri, 27 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT Taft's third Relay for Life event held last Saturday was nothing short of a success. With over 700 participants, 58 teams, and nearly $100,000 raised, it was a bad day for cancer and a great day... Jury makes $2.7 million award Post-Tribune Fri, 27 May 2011 12:46 PM PDT EAST CHICAGO â€" A Lake Superior Court jury here awarded a $2,765,000 judgment Friday against Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. in connection with a lung cancer diagnosis, which the plaintiff contended he didn’t receive for 11-1/2 months. The plaintiffs, Carl A. and Kristine Smigiel, of Lake County, sued after Franciscan St. Margaret Health in Hammond didn’t alert him of his Stage IIIA ...

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