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Longtime Talk Show Host Ron Smith Announces Retirement CBS Baltimore Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:56 PM PST Baltimore radio icon Ron Smith is retiring. The veteran WBAL broadcaster announced he is in home hospice with pancreatic cancer and he can no longer do his radio show. Health Canada says Avastin should no longer be used for metastatic breast cancer Brandon Sun Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:56 PM PST TORONTO - Health Canada has revoked its approval of the drug Avastin as a treatment for metastatic breast cancer. The announcement comes 10 days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the same step. Richard Preston completes Michael Crichton novel Toronto Star Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:54 PM PST The sci-fi writer had a third of the book complete before he died of cancer. For Preston, the job of finishing it was ‘pretty intimidating’. Cancer Vaccine, First of Its Kind, to be Tested in Britain International Business Times Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:51 PM PST A cancer vaccine that tackles tumors and out-of-control cells -- a first of its kind -- will soon enter clinical trials in what researchers hope will transform currently fatal diseases into chronic illnesses. Group Raises $100K For Hawaii Cancer Center KITV Honolulu Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:51 PM PST Nonprofit organization Friends of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center hosted its annual fundraising event on Nov. 18, and officials say they raised about $100,000 for cancer research. Drug may slow spread of deadly eye cancer PhysOrg Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:50 PM PST A drug commonly used to treat seizures appears to make eye tumors less likely to grow if they spread to other parts of the body, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. NYPD Detective honored on day of retirement WABC-TV New York Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:49 PM PST Det. Dones is a cancer survivor and made his final arrest this weekend arresting a known pickpocket. Dec. 19 extradition hearing for ex-NV researcher Channel 8 San Diego Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:45 PM PST A California judge will decide next month whether a world-renowned cancer researcher will stand trial in Nevada on charges she stole samples and notes from a lab at the University of Nevada, Reno. Location of Monday night cancer center program in New Albany changed Louisville Courier-Journal Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:42 PM PST The American Cancer Society has changed the location of its "Look Good ... Feel Better" program scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday. Baseball: Hart scorekeeper Mike Gaber dies Los Angeles Times Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:38 PM PST Mike Gaber, scorekeeper for the Newhall Hart High School baseball program, has died of cancer. He was 78.

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