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Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:03 PM EST

Mary Corey, first woman to hold top editorial post at Baltimore Sun, dies of cancer at 49 Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 06:00 PM PST BALTIMORE - Mary Corey, the first woman to hold the top editorial post at The Baltimore Sun newspaper, has died. The newspaper said on its website that Corey died Tuesday of breast cancer. She was 49. Notion of using herceptin only for HER2-positive breast cancer challenged Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 06:00 PM PST New research finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative â€" and that the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast cancer and preventing its spread. Euty Farice Bruce Jr. Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 06:00 PM PST LIBERAL - Euty Farice Bruce Jr., 81, died of cancer on Feb. 23, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Society ... Obesity, physical inactivity linked with risk for certain molecular subtype of colorectal cancer Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:59 PM PST An increasing body mass index was associated with a higher risk for colorectal cancer with a specific molecular characteristic, and inversely, physical activity was linked to a decreased risk for that same cancer, according to new research. Mary J. Corey, first woman to lead Sun newsroom, dies of cancer Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:57 PM PST Steadied newsroom amid industry-wide change Mary J. Corey, whose personal warmth was matched by a drive that led her to become the first woman in The Baltimore Sun's 176-year history to head its newsroom, died Tuesday of breast cancer . Cases of advanced breast cancer inching up in young women in US Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:55 PM PST More young women are being diagnosed with advanced, metastatic breast cancer than were three decades ago, according to a US study, with the metastatic breast cancer rate in particular rising about two percent each year. Breast cancer in men Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:52 PM PST For months, Oliver Bogler ignored the lump he felt behind the nipple of his right breast, figuring it was just a weird little nuisance. But on a rafting trip last summer, his T-shirt was stained by discharge when he took off his life vest. That got his attention. Cases of advanced breast cancer inching up in young women: US study Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:47 PM PST February 27, 2013 8:34 AM NEW YORK (REUTERS) - More young women are being diagnosed with advanced, metastatic breast cancer than three decades ago, according to a US study, with the metastatic breast cancer rate in particular rising about two per cent each year. Sun editor Mary J. Corey, first woman to lead newsroom, dies of cancer Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:45 PM PST Steadied newsroom amid industry-wide change Mary J. Corey, whose personal warmth was matched by a drive that led her to become the first woman in The Baltimore Sun's 176-year history to head its newsroom, died Tuesday of breast cancer. Peter Harvey 'has just days to live' Tue, 26 Feb, 2013 05:45 PM PST VETERAN news journalist Peter Harvey is reportedly losing his battle with pancreatic cancer.

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