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Global Survey Reveals People Want More Investment And Faster Access To New Cancer Treatments prnewswire.com Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 06:00 AM PST INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PACE (Patient Access to Cancer care Excellence), a Lilly Oncology initiative, announces the following webcast:             What:        PACE Cancer Perception ... UK Cancer Group Supports Increased Vitamin D Through Sensible Sun Exposure Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:53 AM PST The Vitamin D Society wishes to make Canadians aware of a new innovative Vitamin D and Skin Cancer Prevention program developed by Cancer Research UK. On its website, Cancer Research UK reports that “by enjoying the sun safely and avoiding sunburn, people can reduce their risk of skin cancer and enjoy the beneficial effects of the sun.” More than 90% of the vitamin D requirement for most people ... Work checks aid for cancer patients Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:43 AM PST Hundreds more cancer sufferers will get help with being assessed for benefit under changes announced by the Government, ministers have said. Western Springs woman takes on Hancock in memory of mom Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:43 AM PST WESTERN SPRINGS â€" When Pat Ruth, 77, passed away on July 3, 2012 from the lung cancer that had spread to her brain, her daughter, Western Springs resident Julie Mulhern, went in search of a way to prevent her death from being in vain. MMRGlobal Announces Approval of Personal Health Record Patents in Japan and Biotech Cancer Patents in Europe Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:40 AM PST LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 28, 2013) - MMRGlobal, Inc. ( OTCQB : MMRF ) ("MMR") today announced that the Japan Patent Office has allowed Patent Application No. 2008-529977 directed toward a Method and System for Providing Online Medical Records. The resulting patent will include 40 claims relating to accessing health records through a web site, collecting health records directly from ... Breast Cancer Surgery: Is Less Better than More? livescience.com Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:40 AM PST Women with early stage breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery do just as well, and perhaps better, in terms of survival, than those who have their breasts removed, a new study suggests. Grant Supports Training of Breast Surgeons at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:39 AM PST For the second consecutive year, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the non-profit entity the Breast Cancer Alliance. The grant, which supports the institute's Breast Surgery Fellowship Program, is for academic year 2013-2014. The one-year program provides surgeons who have completed their general surgery residency with advanced training and experience that ... MolecularMD Corp. Obtains Exclusive License to LKB1 Uses in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:38 AM PST PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - Jan 28, 2013) - MolecularMD Corp. announced today that it has entered into a license agreement granting the company exclusive patent rights to cancer diagnosis technology. Specifically, MolecularMD has obtained rights to commercialize patent-pending intellectual property pertaining to use of LKB1 for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive uses in humans in the area of ... Target Cancer Metabolism Conference to Feature Three Presentations by Agios Scientists Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:38 AM PST CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel drugs in the fields of cancer metabolism and rare metabolic genetic diseases, today announced that Agios scientists will give three presentations at the Target Cancer Metabolism conference being held January 29-31, 2013 in Boston. “Research and ... Schoolboy, 15, found hanged in Elsecar woodland two months after his mother died of cancer 'may have been playing a ... Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 05:28 AM PST Liam Collier, 15, (pictured) was found hanged in woods close to his home in Elsecar, near Barnsley, two months after his mother died. An inquest heard it may have been a prank gone 'terribly wrong'.

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