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Around the region Post-Tribune Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:02 AM PDT Fly 4 Life fund-raiser: The Fly 4 Life kite-flying fundraising event will run from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at Marquette Park, 1 N. Grand Blvd. Registration starts at 11 a.m. The cost is $20 for a single flyer and $50 for a family. The fee includes admission, kites, food and entertainment. The event will benefit the National Children's Cancer Society. Virtual flyers can help to raise ... School briefs: Walkers sought for Aurora cancer fundraiser The Beacon News Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:01 AM PDT Team 129, a fundraising group at the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Chicago Premium Outlets Mall, is seeking additional members for the 7:30 a.m. Oct. 17 event.Team 129, composed of West Aurora School District students, parents, staff and friends, raised more than $10,000 last year. To join the team, go to www.cancer.org/stridesonline, click on ... Mouth Cancer 10 KM Awareness Walk My Village Kensington Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:55 AM PDT The Mouth Cancer 10 KM Awareness Walk is being held at 13:00 on Saturday 18th September in Kensington Gardens, London. Cancer research questioned The Chronicle Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:55 AM PDT Dr. Anil Potti has focused much of his research on developing genomic approaches that promise to help doctors find better ways to fight cancer. read more Study finds education strategies vital to address breast cancer in Mexican-origin women News-Medical-Net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:42 AM PDT Specific prevention and education strategies are needed to address breast cancer in Mexican-origin women in this country, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, which was published online in the journal Cancer. Devastation as cancer spreads to Maddi's bones Lancashire Telegraph Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:38 AM PDT THE family of five-year-old cancer sufferer Madison Allan are devastated after learning the cancer has spread to her bones. Zeta-Jones 'furious' at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas The Age Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:35 AM PDT Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is "furious" that doctors failed to diagnose her husband, actor Michael Douglas's throat cancer earlier, she said in an interview published Thursday. Our team The Observer Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:32 AM PDT When students and teachers went back to school on Aug. 26, some may have noticed a big change. Gone were the days when they could smoke in designated areas around the school, and gone were the days of turning one’s back to underage teenagers puffing away on cancer sticks. Remembering Councilman Tom White Jr. Queens Chronicle Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:29 AM PDT The councilman shows area youngsters an exhibit from the Museum of Natural History’s moveable museu that made a stop in Queens. City Councilman Tom White Jr. (D-South Ozone Park), who had represented southeast Queens for more than a decade, died Friday after losing a long battle with cancer. St. Jude investigators work to improve survival rates for childhood cancer News-Medical-Net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:27 AM PDT Survival rates overall for childhood cancer are almost 80 percentâ€"a marked advance against a disease that was curable in only a small fraction of children 50 years ago. However, despite progress, pediatric cancer remains the leading cause of death due to disease among U.S. children older than 1 year of age.

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