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Cancer Survivor Forms Team “Ashload of Hope”, Offers Support to Others Who are Fighting Cancer prweb.com Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 06:00 AM PST Led by cancer survivor Ashley Rutenberg, Team Ashload of Hope looks to raise awareness and money for annual Relay For Life of Palm Harbor event, while bringing support to those she feels most connected with.Tampa Bay, FL (PRWEB) February 25, 2013 Palm Harbor native and cancer survivor Ashley Rutenberg is fighting back against the disease that almost took her own life as a child. Stricken with ... Cancer Institute of New Jersey Experts Discuss Diet and Cancer Prevention During National Nutrition Month(r) Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:58 AM PST March is National Nutrition Month(r). "Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day" is the national theme for this year's month-long reminder that good nutrition is essential for your health. Throughout the month, experts from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey will be available to discuss the importance of a healthy diet and its role in cancer prevention. Cancer drugs proving worth earlier in testing Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:48 AM PST It typically has taken a decade and $1 billion to bring a new treatment to market. But in the last two years a handful of cancer drugs - including Onyx Pharmaceutical Inc's Kyprolis for multiple myeloma, Roche's Zelboraf for melanoma, and Pfizer's Xalkori - were approved in about half that time because of improved genetic screening, more definitive Phase I trials and the dire need for new ... DiaTech Oncology’s MiCK Assay Improves Outcomes for Ovarian Cancer Patients Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:47 AM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Survival rate for ovarian cancer patients was 80 percent longer in patients whose physicians used DiaTech Oncology's MiCK assay test to determine chemotherapy treatment. 'Bark for Life' fundraiser helps raise money for American Cancer Society Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:38 AM PST About 50 furry, four-legged companions participated in the fight against cancer Saturday. Oil fish 'could help protect against skin cancer' Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:37 AM PST Regularly taking fish oil supplements could help protect against skin cancer, according to a study that suggests omega-3 fats help boost the immune system. Advanced Proteome Therapeutics Corp. (APC) Announces New Directions in Cancer Therapies Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:30 AM PST VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2013) - Oily fish 'could help protect against skin cancer' Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:30 AM PST Regularly taking fish oil supplements could help protect against skin cancer, according to a study that suggests omega-3 fats help boost the immune system. Blueprint Medicines Welcomes David Schenkein, M.D., to Its Board of Directors business-wire.com Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:30 AM PST Blueprint Medicines, a company harnessing the understanding of the molecular blueprint of cancer to develop personalized, highly-selective cancer therapies, today announced the add Immunomedics to Present at Cowen and Company 33rd Annual Health Care Conference globenewswire.com Mon, 25 Feb, 2013 05:30 AM PST MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -- Immunomedics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other ...

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