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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   Breast cancer awareness is big business Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 11:01 AM PDT Pink ribbon campaigns and other mainstream initiatives might be hurting women more than they're helping         Continue reading Canada Takes a Leading Role in the Inaugural World Ovarian Cancer Day - May 8th, 2013 Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 11:00 AM PDT TORONTO, ON --(Marketwired - April 30, 2013) - May 8th, 2013, is the first World Ovarian Cancer Day. On this day, 27 ovarian cancer organizations from 18 countries around the world will unite to educate their communities about ovarian cancer and its symptoms. For women living with the dis... Continue reading Overall U.S. Costs of Cancer to Spike to $158 Billion by 2020 Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:59 AM PDT NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 30, 2013) - TriMark Publications ( http://www.trimarkpublications.com ), a global leader in biotechnology, healthcare and life sciences publishing, announces the release of its Cancer Diagnostic Testing report. Cancer diagnostic testing is one of the most importa... Continue reading Prostate cancer research provided funding Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:53 AM PDT A $1-million multi-investigation grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has given graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to spend more time in the research lab while providing critical research on alte... Continue reading Phil Jackson reveals he had prostate cancer during 2011 playoffs Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:53 AM PDT By CAROLINE LEE, UPI.com As the Lakers fall out of the playoffs for the second year in a row, former coach Phil Jackson sets to release book "11 Rings," which discusses cancer diagnosis. Continue reading Kara DioGuardi: How My Cancer Gene Changed My Path to Parenthood Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:52 AM PDT In hopes of educating others, DioGuardi is opening up about her BRCA2 diagnosis and why she chose surgery Continue reading Bone marrow registry drive planned in Courtney Sprenkle-Shelly's memory Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:49 AM PDT Gone too soon. Courtney Sprenkle-Shelly was just 19 when she lost her battle with acute myelogenous leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, in December. Continue reading Experimental Drug Inhibits Growth in All Stages of Common Kidney Cancer Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:42 AM PDT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have discovered a protein that is overly active in every human sample of kidney cancer they examined. They also found that an experimental drug designed to block the protein's activity significantly reduced tumor growth in animals whe... Continue reading Chemo, Radiation Followed by Surgery Improves Survival in Lung Cancer Patients Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:41 AM PDT UI Health researchers report that a combination of chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgery in patients with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer improves survival. Continue reading Jackson Lab to partner with 2 hospitals Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 10:39 AM PDT The Jackson Laboratory is partnering with cancer specialists at two Connecticut hospitals to study new approaches to cancer treatment for children and adults. Continue reading

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