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Gewerths discovered the value of blood donorship the hard way Redwood Falls Gazette Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:04 AM PDT Loren Gewerth, right, needed eight units of blood when he battled cancer 30 years ago. Today he is ineligible to donate, but his wife Jody has tried making up the difference by giving over nine gallons. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Redwood Falls again this week. BSD Medical Announces Purchase of BSD-500 Hyperthermia System by John Stoddard Cancer Center Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT BSD Medical Corporation announced today that the John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center has purchased a BSD-500 Hyperthermia System . Vermillion Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent of Biomarker for Ovarian Cancer PR Newswire Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:48 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRML), a leading molecular diagnostics company, has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent, "Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer." The patent makes claims in the... Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula's Comprehensive Cancer Center receives award The Salinas Californian Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT For the second time, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula's Comprehensive Cancer Center has received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Announces Development Programs for Lead Product, GCS-100 Marketwire Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT GCS-100 Represents a First-in-Class Inhibitor of Galectin-3 Initial Programs to Focus on Chronic Kidney Disease and Cancer Vermillion Gets Notice Of Allowance For Patent Of Biomarker For Ovarian Cancer Nasdaq Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:43 AM PDT Vermillion Gets Notice Of Allowance For Patent Of Biomarker For Ovarian Cancer 'Hugs for Brady' Supports Pediatric Research at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Newswise Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:41 AM PDT Recognizing a great need to support pediatric cancer research, the Hugs for Brady Foundation has made a $100,000 commitment to fund the Hugs for Brady Young Investigator Award in pediatric hematology/oncology at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The two-year grant will support a young academic physician or scientist who shows exceptional ability and promise for doing innovative pediatric ... Riesbeck's event helps cancer coalition The Steubenville Herald-Star Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:32 AM PDT On Fridays during October 2011 Riesbeck's sold box lunches to raise awareness about breast cancer with the Women In Action Against Cancer Coalition chosen to receive proceeds from the event. At $300,000 for the Human Race and running North Bay Business Journal Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:31 AM PDT Am I dreaming, or is it really time for the Human Race (yes, May 5, 2012)? Hopefully, this is not your recurring nightmare to receive my annual letter asking (groveling) for your help ($), to stop cancer and save lives. Robin Gibb was making a bucket list before he fell into a coma MusicRooms Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:26 AM PDT The 62-year-old Bee Gees star - who had just achieved remission from colon and liver cancer - was drawing up a list of things he wanted to achieve in the rest of his life.

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