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Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:03 PM EST

8-years-old plays music for cancer patients during treatment sessions Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:55 AM PST Young harpist plays for hospital patients during his mother's radiation therapy sessions Advances in understanding of the mechanisms of drug resistance to dual-agent chemotherapy in recurrent ovarian cancer Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:51 AM PST More than half of all patients with ovarian cancer experience recurrent disease and will eventually fail to respond to chemotherapy. The failure of chemotherapy is usually due to the development of resistance to the two main classes of chemotherapy agents used to fight it â€" platinating agents and taxanes. Now, a new study provides novel information that further adds to clinicians’ understanding ... Nightlife options for Nov. 30 through Dec. 6 Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:46 AM PST The Irish pub will hold its Movember fundraiser for prostate and testicular cancer awareness. The event will include a beard and mustache contest, raffle prizes and music from John Ross Boyce & His Troubles. Will lucky winners receive a private testicular exam later in the evening? Obituary - Jeanne E. Banning Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:41 AM PST Jeanne E. Banning, 75, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at her home in Riverside of cancer. Banning was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Oct. 21, 1937. She was a 1955 Fontana High School graduate and a 1957 Chaffey Community College graduate. U.S. Senate approves Leonard Lance's Cancer Research Act Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:33 AM PST Independent Press The U.S. Senate has passed, by voice vote, U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance's "Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act," which would coordinate research of the forms of cancer that have the lowest survival rates. The bipartisan cancer research measure was... Monti Government Passes Decree to Salvage Ilva Steel Plant Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:28 AM PST Prime Minister Mario Monti’s Cabinet passed a decree law allowing Italy’s biggest steel mill to reopen, setting up a showdown with the judiciary that ordered a seizure of the plant’s output after linking it to rising cancer rates in the region. I'm pursuing an unavailable man â€" what should I do? Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:27 AM PST Relationship expert Dr. Gilda Carle cuts through the fluff with her love advice in TODAY.com's "30-second therapist" series. This week, one reader asks what she should do about her relationship with an unavailable man, and another questions his girlfriend's new friendship with her ex , who is battling cancer. Varian Wins Clearance in India - Analyst Blog Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:26 AM PST Oncology and X-Ray products company Varian Medical Systems ( VAR ) recently revealed that it had obtained permission from the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for the usage of its TrueBeam High Intensity Mode for cancer treatment. The Direct Care Movement Loses Leonila Vega Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:20 AM PST NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, the movement to improve direct care jobs lost a visionary leader and fierce advocate with the passing of Leonila Vega. For the past 14 months, Ms. Vega had been battling cancer. She served as executive director for the... Cometriq Approved to Treat Rare Type of Thyroid Cancer Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 09:20 AM PST The National Cancer Institute estimates that 56,460 Americans will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer and 1,780 will die from the disease in 2012.

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