Health News: [cancer]

Family seeks justice for Splendora boy burned 13 years ago The Conroe Courier Tue, 03 May 2011 22:02 PM PDT Fighting the good fight for nearly 13 years after he was severely burned over 99 percent of his body, a former Splendora resident died Friday from cancer as a result of his injuries, his mother said. Atascadero Relay for Life 2011: Third event raises more than $70,000 Atascadero News Tue, 03 May 2011 22:01 PM PDT Atascadero’s third annual Relay for Life raised more than $70,000 for the American Cancer Society during the 24-hour event held in Sunken Gardens. “We wanted to make $75,000 but we made $5,000 more than last year,” co-chair Janice Felde said. Senate votes for generic drugs The Post and Courier Tue, 03 May 2011 22:00 PM PDT South Carolina Medicaid patients with AIDS, cancer or mental illness will have to use generic drugs, where available, under a budget measure the Senate agreed to Tuesday. The measure, adopted on a voice vote, came as the Senate began a rare second week of debate on a $5.8 billion spending plan. Lorus Therapeutics Announces Allowance Of United States Patent For Cancer Drug LOR-2040 In The Treatment Of Acute ... DrugDiscoveryOnline Tue, 03 May 2011 21:56 PM PDT Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:LOR) ("Lorus"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, research and development of pharmaceutical products and technologies for the management of cancer, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed a new patent for the Company's lead clinical stage cancer drug LOR-2040 in the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Top-line results from Lymphoseek NEO3-09 Phase 3 study in breast cancer, melanoma News-Medical-Net Tue, 03 May 2011 21:43 PM PDT Neoprobe Corporation, a diversified developer of innovative oncology diagnostic products, today announced top-line results from its Lymphoseek NEO3-09 study. Sponsored Links holdthefrontpage.co.uk Tue, 03 May 2011 21:36 PM PDT A sports reporter has raised more than £6,500 towards research into bowel cancer after completing a 34-mile run in memory of a colleague who died last year. An overdue look back on an undersung sister act Boston Globe Tue, 03 May 2011 21:30 PM PDT When Kate McGarrigle died last year, succumbing to a rare form of cancer at 63, it closed the book on one of music's most unsung duos. Kate and her sister Anna were never superstars, and probably never longed to be, and their names are usually invoked in the context of others. WWP2 protein appears to play a key role in tumor survival News-Medical-Net Tue, 03 May 2011 21:29 PM PDT A protein known as WWP2 appears to play a key role in tumor survival, a research team headed by a scientist at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in an advance online publication of Nature Cell Biology. The Decemberists keyboard player diagnosed with cancer 3news Tue, 03 May 2011 21:28 PM PDT Jenny Conlee, the keyboard player with cult indie act The Decemberists, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Pink Fire Trucks Roll Into Valley for Cancer Awareness KMIR 6 Palm Springs Tue, 03 May 2011 21:28 PM PDT Cancer survivors, victims, and their families came together in two desert cities to raise cancer awareness.

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