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Tuesday, Dec 04, 2012 05:03 AM EST

Drivers help cancer patients on road to recovery Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:56 AM PST William Rodriguez-Thillet (left) greets American Cancer Society volunteer Cyril Faulkner in Arlington last month. Faulkner, a cancer survivor himself, drives patients to doctor appointments. Hobbit producer Eileen Moran dies of cancer Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:55 AM PST Sir Peter Jackson has expressed his remorse after one of the producers of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey died of cancer. Your Communities: Birmingham Children's Hospital staff get together for a family fun day Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:55 AM PST Birmingham Children's Hospital staff know first-hand how important fundraising is to improving the quality of life for patients. So they organised a family fun day for cancer patients and their families. Children With Cancer Bullied Because of Effects of Treatment Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:49 AM PST New report also suggests nearly half of kids with cancer grow apart from friends because of treatment. Health Resources Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:41 AM PST Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups." Children’s Cancer Awareness Month Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:37 AM PST December is Children’s Cancer Awareness Month and on this page you can find out more about childhood cancers. There is information on the different types of childhood cancer, on causes and links to other pages on our site on specific types, such as retinoblastoma, Wilms' tumour and sarcomas. A Utah craftsman races illness to finish a vintage carousel Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:32 AM PST Vean Woodbrey is in a race with cancer on his final mission: restoring a 1930s carousel for his grandchildren and other kids in Petersboro, Utah. PETERSBORO, Utah â€" By any measure, Vean Woodbrey looms large. Cancer charity's Tree of Light switched on Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:25 AM PST A Tree of Light in memory of lost loved ones was switched on in Purley on Saturday. Social Security disability applications move slowly Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:21 AM PST Adria Howard has been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving chemotherapy treatment. She was denied Social Security disability pay. / Arizona Republic photo/Michael Schennum Drugmakers Nudged by FDA to Find Childhood Cancer Cures Tue, 04 Dec, 2012 01:20 AM PST Four experimental cancer treatments that may one day help gravely ill children are facing review by U.S. pediatric advisers who have been working for years to find ways to develop more drugs for this underserved population.

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