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Adherex Technologies: Restatement of June 30, 2010 Interim Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:59 PM PDT CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA-- - Adherex Technologies Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to providing innovative therapies that improve the life of cancer patients, announces the restatement of its interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the period ending June 30, 2010 and Interim MD&A to accurately reflect the stock-based compensation for 67,692,821 stock ... Irving Schwartz The Globe and Mail Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:56 PM PDT Humanitarian, workaholic, entrepreneur, officer of the Order of Canada, fiercely loyal Cape Bretoner. Born Aug. 17, 1929, in New Waterford, N.S. Died Sept. 18 in Sydney, N.S., of cancer, aged 81. UCI non-small cell lung cancer study highlights advances in targeted drug therapy EurekAlert! Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:54 PM PDT A UC Irvine oncologist's work with a targeted therapy is showing great promise in patients with a deadly form of lung cancer. The results were published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Management science guru, surviving cancer, offers hope to fellow sufferers, doctors EurekAlert! Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:54 PM PDT When Stephen Barrager was diagnosed in 2007 with acute multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer, he endured the same anxiety that troubles all those who receive an upsetting diagnosis. Barrager drew upon his engineering and management science background to help him make difficult decisions. Now he is sharing his research with hospitals and doctors in his native Bay Area and with colleagues ... Prostate cancer screening may help healthy men only Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:52 PM PDT Screening men for prostate cancer makes sense only if they are generally healthy, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Pitt study finds NSAIDs cause stem cells to self-destruct, preventing colon cancer PhysOrg Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:50 PM PDT Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) prevent colon cancer by triggering diseased stem cells to self-destruct, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings, reported in the early online version of this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to new strategies ... Former Portland Trailblazer, Maurice Lucas Dies of Cancer At 58 Hip-Hop Wired Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:50 PM PDT Five time NBA all-star Maurice “The Enforcer” Lucas , the intimidating power forward who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title, has died of bladder cancer. NC man seeks world record status for giant tumor doctors removed from abdomen Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:46 PM PDT PIKEVILLE, N.C. - A North Carolina man is celebrating successful cancer surgery in an unusual way: by seeking world record status for the tumor doctors removed from his abdomen. NC man pursues world record for kidney tumor Boston Globe Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:45 PM PDT A North Carolina man is celebrating successful cancer surgery in an unusual way: by seeking world record status for the tumor doctors removed from his abdomen. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Eugene Tyner of Pikeville has applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for the status of heaviest cancerous kidney ever removed. Cancer awareness volleyball match between the Bearcats and Lakers nets over $2,000 Huron Daily Tribune Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:44 PM PDT UBLY â€" Tuesday, Ubly and Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port turned in their school colors in exchange for pink shirts.

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