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Pink Out Fundraiser today at 4:30 The West Frankfort Daily American Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:01 AM PST The Central Junior Redbirds basketball team is holding a mostaccioli dinner at 4:30 pm. today at CJHS to raise money to stop breast cancer. Funds being raised for local cancer patient Scottsbluff Star-Herald Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:01 AM PST Family members are currently raising funds for Nicky Shadegg of Scottsbluff. High risk oesophageal cancer gene discovered PhysOrg Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:59 AM PST New research from Queen Mary, University of London has uncovered a gene which plays a key role in the development of oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet). Gender differences in liver cancer risk explained by small changes in genome PhysOrg Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:59 AM PST Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, the molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent -- and androgens promote -- liver cancer remain unclear. Rigged to explode? Inherited mutation links exploding chromosomes to cancer PhysOrg Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST An inherited mutation in a gene known as the guardian of the genome is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and some particularly aggressive types of cancer, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) and the University Hospital, all in Heidelberg, Germany, have discovered. Their study, published online today in Cell, also ... Study reveals mechanism of lung-cancer drug resistance PhysOrg Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST New research published in Nature Medicine indicates that targeted drugs such as gefitinib might more effectively treat non-small cell lung cancer if they could be combined with agents that block certain microRNAs. Metastasis of pancreatic cancer in action PhysOrg Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST Ben Stanger, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Rhim, MD, a Gastroenterology Fellow in the Stanger lab, discovered that pancreatic cancer cells in an animal model begin to spread before clinically obvious tumor tissue is detected. What's more, they showed that inflammation ... Board extends Woolly's contract Press Argus-Courier Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:57 AM PST Alma School Board extended the contract for Superintendent David Woolly at its Jan. 12 meeting. Woolly was named superintendent in May, succeeding Alma's long-time superintendent Charles Dyer who died April 24 from pancreatic cancer. Study finds potential key to immune suppression in cancer PhysOrg Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:57 AM PST In a study investigating immune response in cancer, researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of South Florida have found that interaction between the immune system's antigen-specific CD4 T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) â€" cells that play a major role in cancer-related immune suppression â€" dramatically change the nature of MDSC-mediated ... Wayland High counselor always put students first Wayland Town Crier Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:55 AM PST His door was always open â€" and so was his heart. Such are the memories of Wayland High School guidance counselor Jim Griffin, who died Sunday of pancreatic cancer. He was 47 and had been working at the school for 11 years.

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