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Harper says everyone is behind Jack Layton CityNews Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:02 AM PDT Harper says he's encouraged by Layton's courage in face of cancer diagnosis Ontario cancer screening tests may be lost in mail CBC.ca Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:02 AM PDT Ontario's privacy commissioner is investigating after records containing personal health information of nearly 6,500 Ontarians who took part in the province's colon cancer screening program may have gone missing. Press Release PharmiWeb Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT Mentor Capital Inc. Posted on:26 Jul 11 Mentor Capital, Inc. (OTC Markets: MNTR) announces that it is seeking to partner with medical funding entities to accommodate the accelerated progress of its neutron cancer therapy investee, Hadron Systems, Inc. The recent early finalization of a neutron device has jumped the current valuation of Hadron by an estimated 400%, according to discussions with ... Fundraiser set for Isaac Weichert The Topeka Capital-Journal Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT A fundraiser will be held Wednesday for a Topeka boy whose battle with bone cancer resulted in his leg being amputated earlier this summer. Isaac Weichert, 10, was diagnosed in 2010 with Ewing's sarcoma and endured several months of chemotherapy and other medical treatments. In June, part of his right leg was amputated. To help cover some of the costs of a prosthetic leg, a fundraiser will be ... Cancer survivor Mark Herzlich signs with Giants Times Leader Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:55 AM PDT Mark Herzlich, the Boston College linebacker who survived cancer, has signed with the New York Giants as a free agent. Hugo Ch??vez: "I'll Leave Office In 2031??? Forbes Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:55 AM PDT Since Hugo Ch??vez began undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba his ability to hold onto the reigns of National Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have narrowed the potential drug targets for advanced prostate cancer by demonstrating that late-stage tumors are driven by a different hormonal pathway than was thought previously. Giants Sign Boston College Linebacker Mark Herzlich, Bone-Cancer Survivor Bloomberg Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:52 AM PDT The New York Giants signed Mark Herzlich, a former Boston College linebacker and bone-cancer survivor, as a free agent after he went undrafted in April, according to his Twitter account. Radiation exposure over lifetime studied The Japan Times Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:49 AM PDT A government food safety panel recommended Tuesday that safeguards be taken to ensure that cumulative radiation exposure during one's lifetime not exceed 100 millisieverts, a benchmark beyond which the risk of cancer increases. The Food Safety Commission's conclusion paves the way for the health ministry to consider revising its provisional limits for radioactive nuclides in food. SALINE: Local farmers form team at Saline's first Relay for Life this weekend The Saline Reporter Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:45 AM PDT Two years ago, Amie Mongeau, 56, a former lawyer who owns Two Creeks Organics Community Supported Agriculture farm in Manchester with her husband, went in for a routine surgery and ended up learning that she had cancer.

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