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Texas coach Brown's mother dies SportingNews Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:01 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- The mother of Texas Longhorns football coach Mack Brown has died after battling pancreatic cancer. Zoe to star as cancer patient Straits Times Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:56 PM PST VETERAN actress Zoe Tay, 42, will play a 40-year-old mother of two battling terminal breast cancer in a new movie. Her struggles and how she inspires those around her, including a beautiful young model at the peak of her career, will take centre stage. Hong Kong veteran actor Kenny Ho Ka King has been confirmed to play the role of Zoe's husband in the movie. 200 donate blood for cancer patients Rome News-Tribune Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:47 PM PST A blood drive for Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson drew more than 200 people last week. Wilson, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in October, hoped the event would encourage others to dona... Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids San Jose Mercury News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:45 PM PST CHICAGO â€" It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate â€" 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. Study: Preventive mastectomy doesn't benefit most seattlepi.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:45 PM PST Breast cancer patients are increasingly having preventive surgery to remove the unaffected breast, but a new study suggests it's not beneficial for the vast majority of women who undergo it. Students get involved with Pelotonia bike tour The Lantern Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:44 PM PST Riders take off at last year’s Pelotonia bike tour in columbus on aug. 28. in its fi rst year, Pelotonia raised more than $4.5 million for cancer research. all proceeds are donated directly to the Ohio state University comprehensive cancer center â€" James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Astellas shares fall on hostile bid for OSI Pharma Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:21 PM PST TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Astellas Pharma Inc <4503.T> edged lower on Tuesday after it launched a hostile bid for U.S.-based OSI Pharmaceuticals , seeking to gain access to its blockbuster Tarceva cancer drug. [ID:nSGE6200CW ] They hoped he was cured but the cancer cruelly returned: BBC presenter Nick Clarke's widow tells the heart-rending ... Daily Mail Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:19 PM PST In the final, powerful extract from this moving love story, Clarke's widow Barbara Want recalls how he relapsed - and the profound closeness they achieved in the weeks before he died. Female hormone oestrogen could be key to successfully treating prostate cancer Daily Mail Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18 PM PST The secret to combatting the deadly therapy-resistant disease is to target a particular tumour molecule that responds to oestrogen, tests reveal. Drug company man dies after cancer battle MalaysiaNews.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:12 PM PST The man who led Pfizer and Searle to great prominence in the pharmaceutical industry has died at the age of 77.

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