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BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009 Australian Policy Online Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:55 PM PST This report presents national statistics for the BreastScreen Australia program, which aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from breast cancer through organised breast cancer screening. Health read more Artist speed paints at Ernie’s for American Cancer Society Macomb Daily Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:27 PM PST Speed painter Dave Santia of Clinton Township prepares to secure another canvas to his easel for painting as a portrait of the late Doors singer Jim Morrison is whisked away to another room for auction at Ernie’s nightclub in Clinton Township. Proceeds from the painting sales benefited the American Cancer Society . Funeral Monday for Charlotte Kelly, 5, who died from rare form of cancer The Patriot Ledger Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:25 PM PST Charlotte Rose Kelly, shown on April 10, 2011 with her mom, Patrice, died Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011 at her home from neuroblastoma. She was diagnosed with the disease 2½ years ago. Wireless World donating 100% of accessory sales to local charities KSFY Sioux Falls Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:12 PM PST A Midwest company is helping some non-profit organizations in our community. Wireless World in Sioux Falls is donating 100% of their accessory sales to three organizations: the American Cancer Society, the Sioux Falls Humane Society and the Children's Inn. Call for cricketers to take part in cancer awareness campaign The Young Witness Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:01 PM PST Cricketers in the Southern Region are being urged to take part in the Call To Arms campaign Vietnamese residents of Santa Clara County suffer higher serious disease rates than other racial, ethnic groups San Jose Mercury News Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:00 PM PST Vietnamese residents of Santa Clara County suffer from higher rates of cancer, tuberculosis and heart disease than most other racial and ethnic groups, concludes a new report being released by county officials today. Ariad Blood-Cancer Drug’s 46% Success Rate May Prompt FDA Approval Boost Bloomberg Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:58 PM PST Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARIA) said 47 percent of chronic myeloid leukemia patients on its experimental drug ponatinib responded positively, a pivotal result that may make it a new medicine for people without treatment options. TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals Announces Oral Presentation on Smac Mimetic TL32711 at American Society of Hematology (ASH ... PR Newswire Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:41 PM PST MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule Smac mimetic drugs to treat cancer, today announced the oral presentation of new data on its Smac mimetic drug candidate TL32711 at the... King's Health Partners Cancer Centre Exhibition London SE1 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:08 PM PST A new Cancer Centre will open at Guy's Hospital in 2015. The centre will provide the majority of the trust's cancer services to patients in new state-of-the art facilities. Brazil's Lula confident ahead of chemotherapy Straits Times Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:03 PM PST SAO PAULO (AFP) - Brazil's cancer-stricken former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday he was 'confident' ahead of his third and last round of chemotherapy, according to his foundation.

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