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Monday, Jan 28, 2013 01:03 PM EST

Audit blasts Texas cancer agency over transparency Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:59 AM PST A critical report by state auditors says a $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas must address "significant issues" with accountability and transparency within the beleaguered agency. Maddy Pratt-Hooson: Grandmother who saw GP twice a week for 6 MONTHS dies of cancer after being told not to worry Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:59 AM PST Maddy Pratt-Hooson, 66, from Newhaven in East Sussex, went to her local GP surgery twice a week for six months complaining of severe abdominal pains. Countian honored by American Cancer Society Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:51 AM PST A Lancaster County resident was honored recently by the American Cancer Society, East Central Division.Dorothy Tilley, of Manheim Township, was presented with the Excellence in Mission Award at a ceremony held in December at the ACS Lancaster office, 314 Good Drive.The award is presented to an indiv... Dr. Peter N. Burns Receives SuperSonic Imagine’s 3rd Aixplorer Achievement Award Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:51 AM PST CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Peter Burns Received SuperSonic Imagine's Aixplorer Achievement Award for Cancer Research. Prior Recipients Included Sherry Lansing and Dr. Nancy Cappello Pink Power Mom Program Celebrates Sixth Annual Moms Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:49 AM PST ATLANTA, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In its sixth annual contest, the Pink Power Mom program is once again honoring eight women for their strength, community outreach and inspirational fight against breast cancer.  All survivors, these recently selected moms are united... Ethiopian girl receives cancer treatment Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:48 AM PST But according to the health professionals involved, it is miraculous Kalkidan made it to Sacramento to receive treatment for her craniopharyngioma, Kalkidan’s form of cancer discovered in the fall. Studies of San Jose dog's cancer may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:42 AM PST Jasper, a 7-year-old rescue dog from San Jose, has a personality that endears him to everyone -- even to cats. Duggan Now Billionaire as Pharmacyclics Up on Cancer Drug Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:39 AM PST Robert W. Duggan, the chief executive officer of Pharmacyclics Inc. (PCYC) , which makes an experimental treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, has become a billionaire after the company’s shares have tripled in a year. Obituaries today: Natasha Turner, 41: 'Don't ever say that I lost my battle with cancer' Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:39 AM PST Today's obituaries Cancer death rate has declined 20 percent since 1991 Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:28 AM PST As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer, 152,900 of these in 2009 alone.

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