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VIDEO: Vietnam's female weightlifting hope BBC News Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:59 AM PDT Vietnam's Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan talks to the BBC about how she overcame throat cancer to represent her country at the 2012 Paralympics Games. UTMB to offer HPV vaccination against cervical cancer News-Medical-Net Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:55 AM PDT University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's Dr. Abbey Berenson has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to start a program that will provide a vaccination against cervical cancer to many hundreds of low-income women who receive health care services at UTMB. FDA approves Teva cancer treatment biosimilar Globes Online Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:49 AM PDT Tbo-filgrastim is a biosimilar of Amgen's biologic drug Neupogen. Lance Armstrong says he is seven-time Tour de France champion at cancer conference Daily Mail Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:37 AM PDT Lance Armstrong introduced himself as a seven-time Tour de France champion while speaking at a cancer conference on Wednesday in Montreal. Oncology Department chairman resigns Malta Star Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:32 AM PDT The chairman of the Oncology Department of Boffa Hospital has resigned as he disagrees with government policies on the treatment of cancer. Guide to Newcastle's Race for Life, Exhibition Park icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:29 AM PDT Race for Life is the UK’s biggest fight against cancer and the largest women-only fundraising event in the UK. Since it started in 1994, six million women have raised over £457 million to fund cancer research. This money has been used by Cancer Research UK to fund the work of over 4,000 researchers, doctors and nurses dedicated to helping more people beat cancer. Armstrong proclaims he's still 7-time Tour champ CBS Sports Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:27 AM PDT Lance Armstrong introduced himself as a seven-time Tour de France champion at a cancer conference on Wednesday. Illinois taxpayers can donate to cancer research FOX News Chicago Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:20 AM PDT Illinois residents now can make voluntary contributions to children's cancer research when they pay their state income taxes. Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation this week adding a childhood cancer research fund to the... Coleiro Preca slams health minister over Boffa’s long waiting list Malta Today Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:19 AM PDT Labour spokesperson for Health Marie Louise Coleiro Preca has slammed the minister of health for ignoring the advice of the Oncology Department's experts, resulting in a nine-month-long waiting list where patients diagnosed with tyroid or gynaecological cancer weren't being given treatment. 'Lifestyle diseases growing in developing world' New Kerala Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:15 AM PDT Lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are no longer a problem just in wealthy nations -- their rates in low-to-middle income countries are outpacing those of the developed countries, according to an Australian study.

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