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For Baltimore’s Ray Lewis, it’s a game and not life The Brockton Enterprise Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:59 PM PST Following the loss to the Patriots in a winnable game, Ray Lewis told his Baltimore Ravens teammates of the loss of his 17-year-old friend to cancer. Paterno’s legacy will be tarnished by sex scandal Daily Illini Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:59 PM PST A legend died Sunday. The man who won more football games than any other Division I coach lost his battle with cancer. Before getting into all of the drama surrounding the Penn State scandal, let’s get one thing straight: This guy could coach. Paterno’s death met with grief in State College Fall River Herald News Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:54 PM PST Joe Paterno’s death from lung cancer Sunday just two months after his firing left many Penn State students, alumni and community members numb with grief and a sense that the legendary coach deserved better from the university after such a distinguished career. Korean research, a first step toward Dr. Smartphone? International Business Times Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:53 PM PST Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that -- and perhaps even tell you that you have cancer. Relay for Life kicks off this week The State Journal-Register Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:52 PM PST   Cancer had touched Jennifer Krueger’s life several times before she lost her mother to lung cancer in 2007. That’s when she first decided to participate in Relay for Life, the annual cancer-patient support and fundraising event held by the American Cancer Society. Study describes new pharmacological resistance to colon cancer News-Medical-Net Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:50 PM PST Doctors and researchers of Hospital del Mar and its research institute, the IMIM, have lead a study describing a new pharmacological resistance to cancer. This new mechanism is a mutation in an oncogene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) causing resistance to treatment using a drug called cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody which specifically attacks the EGFR. No. 22 Penn State women honor Paterno then top Iowa Erie Times-News Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:46 PM PST STATE COLLEGE -- Alex Bentley scored 21 points and No. 22 Penn State beat Iowa 68-52 Sunday, hours after longtime Nittany Lions football coach Joe Paterno died of cancer. Chronic inflammation combines with DNA methylation to promote development of colorectal cancer News-Medical-Net Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:35 PM PST Chronic inflammation combines with DNA methylation, a process that shuts down cancer-fighting genes, to promote development of colorectal cancer, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report today in the advance online publication of the journal Nature Medicine. Officials: Increase radon awareness Kennebec Journal Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:30 PM PST AUGUSTA -- Testing your home for radon -- the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers -- should be at the top of your to-do list this month, officials say. Penn State coach, icon loses his battle against lung cancer The Youngstown Vindicator Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:30 PM PST By GENARO C. ARMAS Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Other than family, football was

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