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Founder of women’s group remembered Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:50 PM PST By: Crystal Ledford The community is mourning the death of the founder of a nonprofit organization that helps separated, divorced and widowed women. Sue Wilson, director of Garden of Empowerment, passed away Dec. 6 after a battle with breast cancer. A celebration of her life is planned for 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at McDonald and Son Funeral Home, 150 Sawnee Drive. According to the organization’s Web ... Chavez conscious, aware of 'complex' condition: VP afp.com.sg Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:45 PM PST Hugo Chavez is conscious and fully aware of how "complex" his condition remains three weeks after difficult cancer surgery in Havana, the Venezuelan president's handpicked successor said. Plenty of Local, National Talent Set for CRC Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:42 PM PST WHEELING - Two of the nation's best high school basketball players, Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, will showcase their talent this weekend during the Cancer Research Classic (CRC) at Wheeling Jesuit University. e-Therapeutics Provides Update On Progress Of ETS2101 Cancer Trials Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:40 PM PST e-Therapeutics plc recently provides an update on the clinical trials of its cancer drug ETS2101. Two phase I studies, one in patients with primary or secondary brain cancer and the other in patients with various solid tumours, remain on track to report final data in Q4 2013 and Q1 2014, respectively Drug Approvals Reach 15-Year High on Smoother FDA Reviews Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:33 PM PST U.S. drug approvals in 2012 reached their highest level in 15 years, led by 11 new cancer therapies, including Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARIA) ’s Iclusig and Pfizer Inc.’s Bosulif, both aimed at forms of leukemia. Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 | Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:31 PM PST The International Cricket Council mourned the passing away of cricket commentator and former president of the MCC Christopher Martin-Jenkins, who died of cancer at the age of 67. Patricia Cook-Ferguson Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:31 PM PST A teacher, union leader, and civil rights activist for over three decades, Patricia Cook-Ferguson died of lung cancer on Nov. 28 after a career spent at or near the helm of the Baltimore Teachers Union and the Baltimore County chapter of the NAACP. She was New Haven mother, son collaborate on cancer book for children Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:19 PM PST NEW HAVEN â€" Veronica Marion-Rawlins once embarked on a desperate effort to find a book that would explain her breast cancer diagnosis to her then 4-year-old son. Livestrong program helps cancer patients Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:10 PM PST Stephanie Angelo has only one regret about participating in the Livestrong at the YMCA program. “I wish I’d found it the day I was diagnosed,” said Angelo, who learned she had breast cancer on Dec. 5, 2011. She finished the first 12-week session of the Livestrong program offered at the Marshall Family Y in Evans on Nov. 29. Livestrong at the YMCA is a program for people who have been diagnosed ... Car enthusiasts support charity Tue, 01 Jan, 2013 09:00 PM PST The charity fundraising activities of the South of Scotland Car Club benefited Marie Curie Cancer Care at the club’s Christmas Charity Autotest.

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