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Every dog has its day Kerrville Daily Times Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:01 PM PDT The hundreds of dogs and owners who came to the River Star Arts and Event Park Saturday had just one goal in mind â€" licking cancer. Blocker wins Jimmy V award Tribune Chronicle Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:53 PM PDT YOUNGSTOWN - Dallas Blocker's high school basketball coach showed him Jim Valvano's famous speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards, uttering those famous words as he was dying of cancer - "Don't give up, don't ever give up." Doctor says screenings crucial in reducing colon cancer deaths The Gleaner Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:45 PM PDT March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and here are some things you should know: After watching Mom die, daughter takes radical steps to keep cancer at bay Everett Herald Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:43 PM PDT Two perfectly healthy sisters underwent complete hysterectomies for preventative maintenance. One also had her breasts removed. Both discovered they carried a gene from their mother, who died of cancer. That gene indicated a propensity for developing cancer. Obituary: Martin J. Tougher Sr. / Decorated World War II medic Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:38 PM PDT Martin J. Tougher Sr. of Forest Hills, a decorated World War II medic who lost a brother to the Japanese and a best friend to the Germans, died Monday of lung cancer. Chow-Down at Chick-fil-A for Cancer Victim NBC 15 Mobile Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:36 PM PDT People chowed down at Chick-fil-A at Bel Air Mall Tuesday to raise money in honor of a local student battling cancer. Local Marathoners Run for Cancer Research The Wanderer Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:22 PM PDT Every year that Gary Sousa participates in the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, he tells himself it will be his last. “Every year I think I’m hanging up my hat… but at mile 25, right when I start to feel sick, I see pediatric patients of Dana Farber [Cancer Institute] cheering us on. Then all of the complaints go away, and I remind myself to do it again next year,” Mr. Sousa said. “It is very ... Gemin X Completes Patient Enrollment In Phase 2 Clinical Study Of Obatoclax For First-Line Treatment Of Small Cell ... Medical News Today Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:20 PM PDT Gemin X Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, targeted cancer therapeutics, today announced the completion of patient enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical trial of the Company's lead product candidate obatoclax (GX15-070) for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of obatoclax ... Prostate Cancer Results While You Wait Technology Review Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:17 PM PDT A new microfluidics device gives results in 15 minutes. In an office park in Woburn, MA, a volunteer presents his fingertip for a quick finger stick. A phlebotomist wicks up the small drop of blood with a specially made square of plastic, then snaps the plastic into a credit-card sized microfluidics cartridge and feeds it into a special reader. Fifteen minutes later, the device spits out the ... Bone marrow transplant patient will return to renovated home The Daily Reflector Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:04 PM PDT When Beau’s Buddies Cancer Fund had its first fundraising dinner, there was a place at the table for Kally Nelson. The then 21-year-old softball player was there in honor of her mother, Jane, and her brother, Daniel, who had both died from cancer.

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