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Jailed woman denied medical care: Sister CNews Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST A Smiths Falls woman campaigning to get her incarcerated Ottawa sister moved to a mental health facility claims jail staff are denying her cancer treatment. Williams, Marshall named to Parade All-American Team Houston Chronicle Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:59 AM PST The honors just keep piling up for Dekaney running back Trey Williams, as he was named to the 49th annual Parade All-American Team. Williams was one of the six running backs on the team and one of four Texans. Foster’s Addison Marshall was also honored, being selected as the Inspireum Football Award winner as the year’s most inspiring player. Marshall battled two bouts with cancer to play this ... Obituary: Hans ‘Hank' Herman Stueven Sierra Sun Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:49 AM PST He died at home peacefully from cancer. “Hammerin' Hank” was a builder, building custom homes at Lake Tahoe. Our dad told us he was a loner. “I came to be tough that way,” he said. He first saw Lake Tahoe while on a family vacation in 1944. Tumor-Freezing Treatment Gives Ovarian Cancer Patients Extra Time: Presented at ISET 2012 Business Wire Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Killing tumors by freezing them through cryoablation can extend the lives of women with ovarian cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and is cost-effective, according to research being presented at the 4th annual Symposium on Clinical Interventional Oncology (CIO), in collaboration with the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET ... Documentary About Local Man’s Battle With 2 Cancers To Be Shown Next Month CBS Philadelphia Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST A 52-year-old Wilmington native turned his cancer diagnoses and treatment into an award winning film. Rare tumor robs young woman's voice MSNBC Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST Kristin Flick thought she had a sore throat. Turns out it was cancer; doctors removed a tumor called synovial sarcoma, which had wrapped around her voice box. Breast screening failure data released Otago Daily Times Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:46 AM PST Five of the 241 women affected by a breakdown in communication over BreastScreen Aotearoa (BSA) mammogram appointments were found to have cancer when they finally had mammograms, it has been revealed. read more Joe Paterno interview: Ex-Penn State coach draws sympathy for cancer fight, not comments Washington Post Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:34 AM PST Finally, Joe Paterno has spoken. In an interview with the Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins, the former Penn State coach discussed the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. Reaction has been sympathetic to the plight of an old man fighting lung cancer who says “I wish I had done more” to prevent the scandal, but otherwise Paterno’s comments appear to have done little to change people’s minds ... Three initiatives launched for National Non-Smoking Week 660 News Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:13 AM PST Canadian Cancer Society targets youth in its annual campaign. New Zealander of the Year finalists announced Stuff Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST The founder of Wellington's World Of WearableArt, a Hutt Hospital-trained plastic surgeon who specialises in helping those with skin cancer and Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor have all been named finalists in the annual New Zealander of the Year awards.

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