Health News: [cancer]

Cancer rates falling: Report Lifewise on Canoe Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:59 PM PST U.S. cancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8% per year in men and 1.6% per year in women between 2004 and 2008, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday. Support the fight against cancer The American Canyon Eagle Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:50 PM PST Catch the Relay Fever! New algorithm could help GPs identify women at risk of early ovarian cancer News-Medical-Net Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:49 PM PST The lives of hundreds of women could be saved every year, thanks to a simple online calculator that could help GPs identify women most at risk of having ovarian cancer at a much earlier stage. Anti-estrogen therapy cuts melanoma risk UPI Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:45 PM PST GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Women with breast cancer who take anti-estrogen supplements may be decreasing their risk for melanoma as well, Swiss researchers suggest. Renowned Seattle defense attorney Tony Savage dead at 81 KOMO Seattle Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:42 PM PST He defended some of the most hated criminals of his era, but nobody has a bad word to say about legendary criminal defense attorney Tony Savage, who died of cancer on Tuesday Gazette.Net: Clustered Spires Quilt Guild donates quilt to Hurwitz Breast Cancer Fund Brunswick Gazette Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:41 PM PST The Clustered Spires Quilt Guild recently presented a queen-sized breast cancer awareness quilt to the Hurwitz Breast Cancer Awareness Fund. The pink and green patchwork quilt included about 50 blocks made by members of the Guild, and 20 blocks embroidered with motivational designs. Gazette.Net: Frederick middle-school students raise money for cancer research Brunswick Gazette Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:40 PM PST Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School’s Peer Helpers sponsored a cancer awareness week to raise money for Stand Up to Cancer, a group that raises funds for cancer research. Broadway Debut of Wit , Starring Cynthia Nixon, Begins Jan. 5 Playbill Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:31 PM PST Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Margaret Edson's Wit â€" the Pulitzer Prize-winning title's Broadway debut â€" begins performances Jan. 5 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Tony Award winner Cynthia Nixon plays a steely poetry professor, Vivian Bearing, facing terminal cancer. Boy with cancer attends bowl game Marietta Daily Journal Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:23 PM PST CANTON â€" Though the University of Georgia Bulldogs lost 33-30 in triple overtime at the Outback Bowl this weekend, a local middle school student was able to enjoy every minute of the game thanks to... Michael-Cerletti, 1939-2012: Tourism 'giant' got N.M. noticed Santa Fe New Mexican Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:19 PM PST Michael Cerletti, secretary of the New Mexico Tourism Department under two governors, died of cancer Tuesday at the age of 72. Cerletti waged a long battle with the disease and in May 2010 underwent surgery for a second brain tumor.

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