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Relay for Life to be an all-night event Texarkana Gazette Wed, 04 May 2011 22:02 PM PDT Participants will put their best foot forward in the dusk-till-dawn American Cancer Society Relay for Life on Friday at Pleasant Grove Middle School track. Former Big Sky commissioner, Stephenson dies KTVB Boise Wed, 04 May 2011 22:00 PM PDT BOISE -- Idaho State alum and former Big Sky Commissioner Ron Stephenson has died.  Stephenson lost his battle with cancer around 3:00 p.m. local time Wednesday afternoon, he was 67.  The Boise native was the commissioner of the Big Sky Conference from 1982 until 1995.  Before taking the helm for the Big Sky he worked for two years as an assistant athletic director at the University of Idaho and ... TGen licenses ONCO-101 cancer drug to Syracuse News-Medical-Net Wed, 04 May 2011 21:58 PM PDT The Translational Genomics Research Institute has licensed its first drug, a unique compound that targets cancer tumors by modifying the actions of proteins. Joy prevails on bumpy path Hutchinson News Wed, 04 May 2011 21:54 PM PDT Back with another episode of "The Unplanned Journey," with breast cancer following a pattern of chuc ... New Braunfels star making a mother's day San Antonio Express-News Wed, 04 May 2011 21:52 PM PDT share: digg facebook twitter Lupita Garza has endured a three-year battle with cancer, handling three brutal rounds of chemotherapy and two stem-cell transplants. Submandibular gland transfer can help prevent dry mouth in cancer patients News-Medical-Net Wed, 04 May 2011 21:43 PM PDT For patients suffering from cancer in the mouth or throat, a recent study shows that a treatment called submandibular gland transfer will assist in preventing a radiation-induced condition called xerostomia. Australian dog whelk in cancer fight Sky News Australia Wed, 04 May 2011 21:43 PM PDT New research shows, a predatory Australian mollusc could be used to kill off human cancer cells. Minot Students Fundraising to Fight Cancer | Video KFYR-TV Bismarck Wed, 04 May 2011 21:38 PM PDT When it comes to students, ice cream can be a great motivator. Erik Ramstad Middle School in Minot took a different approach. Faculty made a deal with students that if they could raise $600 the school`s student council would be turned into human ice cream sundaes. Minot Students Fundraising to Fight Cancer KQCD-TV Dickinson Wed, 04 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT When it comes to students, ice cream can be a great motivator. Erik Ramstad Middle School in Minot took a different approach. Faculty made a deal with students that if they could raise $600 the school`s student council would be turned into human ice cream sundaes. Play will focus on breast-cancer patients, families The Tribune-Democrat Wed, 04 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT The experiences of breast-cancer patients and their families will be the focus of a locally written and produced play taking the stage this fall at the Arcadia Theater. Windber Research Institute and Arcadia Performing Arts have joined forces to expand both the awareness of breast cancer and the understanding of how individuals with the disease and their loved ones are affected.

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