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Appeals court upholds wrongful death lawsuit MalaysiaNews.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02 PM PST BARTOW, Fla. -- An appeals court has upheld a decision on behalf of the family of a cancer patient who was given a wrong prescription at a Walgreens pharmacy, had a stroke and died several years late... Allos Therapeutics' 4Q loss widens on costs AP via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00 PM PST Biotechnology company Allos Therapeutics Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter loss widened on higher costs associated with sales of the cancer drug Folotyn. Business › Astellas to make hostile takeover bid for U.S. cancer drug maker OSI Japan Today Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00 PM PST Japanese drug maker Astellas Pharma Inc said Monday it is set to launch a tender offer for shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc to turn the… Ballarat teacher Rob Olsten dies after cancer fight The Courier Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00 PM PST BALLARAT identity Rob Olston has died after a battle with prostate cancer. Stray cat credited in cancer diagnosis CBC.ca Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:58 PM PST When Judy Danchura opened her door last summer to a hungry stray cat in Winnipeg, that simple act of kindness became a turning point in her life and the start of a battle with cancer. Parents: Doctors Hastened Death For Dying Kids Local 6 Orlando Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:54 PM PST It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate -- a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request. Researchers Develop Tool to Measure Severity of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Symptoms Newswise Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:40 PM PST Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new assessment tool to measure the severity of symptoms that can complicate stem cell transplantation. The tool assesses symptoms resulting from chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), and was presented with supporting research at the 2010 Bone and Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting. New Testing Method Hints At Garlic's Cancer-Fighting Potential Newswise Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:40 PM PST Researchers have designed a urine test that can simultaneously measure the extent of a potential carcinogenic process and a marker of garlic consumption in humans. Some Parents Weigh "Hastening Death" for Children in Extreme Pain with Terminal Cancer Newswise Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:39 PM PST A survey of parents who had a child die of cancer found 1 in 8 considered hastening their child's death, a deliberation influenced by the amount of pain the child experienced during the last month of life, report Dana-Farber researchers. The findings underscore the importance of communicating with parents about pain management options. Parents whose children are dying of cancer may consider hastening the process EurekAlert! Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:34 PM PST In a study of 141 parents whose children have died of cancer, more than 10 percent reported that they considered hastening their child's death, especially if the child was in pain, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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