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Centennial Park memorial garden and wall honors market founder Glenwood Springs Post Independent Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:58 AM PDT From left, Nancy Page, Cindy Svatos, Linda Drake, Jan Harr, Nathan Stowe and Sharill Hawkins stand in front of the Rona Chorman Memorial Garden in Centennial Park, at Ninth and Grand in downtown Glenwood Springs. Chorman passed away last year from ovarian cancer. Local restaurant chain asks diners to help cancer patients ABS-CBNNEWS.com Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:55 AM PDT MANILA, Philippines - A local restaurant chain is asking diners to support its two-year project that aims to raise funds for cancer patients. Study: Mammographic surveillance improves outcomes of breast cancer patients News-Medical-Net Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:55 AM PDT New research published in Health Technology Assessment 2011; vol. 15:34 has found that surveillance using mammography increases the survival chances of breast cancer patients. The research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme. Cops for Cancer rides through South Delta Thursday The Delta Optimist Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:54 AM PDT Riders from the Canadian Cancer Society's Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley team will make a number of stops in South Delta Thursday on the eighth day of their nine-day trek. $500K grant will help fight colorectal cancer WTHR Indianapolis Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:47 AM PDT A statewide research center is expanding the fight against colorectal cancer into rural and suburban communities in north central Indiana. Mango Madness Skin Care to Donate $1.00 Per Sale for Breast Cancer Awareness Month PR.com Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:44 AM PDT Mango Madness Skin Care, a leading manufacturer and seller of paraben free skin care products, will donate $1.00 from every sale on its website to breast cancer research during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. [PR.com] Simple low-cost method for isolation and collection of fragile prostate cancer cells News-Medical-Net Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:39 AM PDT At the Oct. 2-6 microTAS 2011 conference, the premier international event for reporting research in microfluidics, nanotechnology and detection technologies for life science and chemistry, University of Cincinnati researchers will present a simple, low-cost, method for separating and safely collecting concentrated volumes of fragile prostate cancer cells. Roundup: Calif. legislator's health bill comes under scrutiny; D.C. facing doctor shortage News-Medical-Net Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:39 AM PDT A few hours earlier, using an obscure parliamentary procedure, the senator had carved the contents out of a bill about local gas taxes and "amended" it into a proposal to warn women about breast cancer risks. It was now speeding through the statehouse so fast, and with so little scrutiny, that Sen. Joe Simitian would later be on the defensive about one significant effect: a possible multimillion ... Pennridge School District "Pink Out" rescheduled Perkasie News-Herald Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:38 AM PDT Due to rain, the Pennridge School District “Pink Out” fundraiser for breast cancer has been rescheduled to Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at Poppy Yoder field, Pennridge South Middle School, 610 S. Fifth St. Perkasie. Pennridge School District "Pink Out" raises funds for breast cancer Perkasie News-Herald Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:37 AM PDT Pennridge High School student council members have planned a week of activities to raise awareness of breast cancer and funds to treat the disease at Grand View Hospital through a “Pink Out 2011” event being held this week in the Pennridge School District. The event culminates this today, Sept. 23, when pink, the color most associated with breast cancer awareness, will replace some of the ...

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