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Former Pack player Mancebo dies at 26 Reno Gazette-Journal Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:47 AM PDT Former Nevada women's basketball player Jocelyn Mancebo, 26, died Saturday after a 10-year battle with brain cancer. The Stockton, Calif., native was originally diagnosed with a tumor in high school and was able to play for the Wolf Pack for a season while fighting the disease. Nashville cancer center begins new testing Washington Examiner Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:43 AM PDT The Associated Press The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville has begun a line of mutation testing for breast cancer patients. Such patients will now have their breast tumor tissue tested for gene mutations important for treatment decisions. Information from genetic tests will then be used to match each patient to the best cancer therapies available ... Hairy situation results in cancer awareness fundraiser Waverly News Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:42 AM PDT WAVERLY â€" A hairy situation turned out to be a rewarding one. Chavez says he is fighting cancer Toronto Sun Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:37 AM PDT Venezuela’s flamboyant socialist leader Hugo Chavez said Thursday he had undergone an operation to remove a cancerous tumor, posing a serious challenge to his near-total dominance of national politics. Coachella Relay For Life The Desert Sun Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:29 AM PDT Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back against cancer. The American Cancer Society's Coachella Relay For Life is scheduled for November 5th-6th @ Desert Mirage High School. We are looking for committee volunteers and anyone interested in forming a team for the fundraising event. Heart transplant patients at risk for skin cancers New Kerala Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:28 AM PDT Washington, July 1 : Patients of heart transplants face serious skin cancer risks, a latest study reports. ‘Beginners’: Intimate story filled with heart The Olympian Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:24 AM PDT Losses have left a man named Oliver ( Ewan McGregor ) adrift in “Beginners.” In his late 30s, Oliver still mourns the loss of his mother, who died of cancer five years before the picture starts. He also is mourning the loss of his father, another casualty of cancer whose death is only two months in the past. I have cancer: Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has operation to remove tumour Daily Mail Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:21 AM PDT Venezuela's flamboyant socialist leader Hugo Chavez has confirmed he has undergone an operation to remove a cancerous tumor. Cancer center sought for East Lansing Lansing State Journal Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:16 AM PDT EAST LANSING - A group of area physicians want to open a cancer treatment center in East Lansing. Venezuela's Chavez admits cancer treatment AFP News via Yahoo! Singapore News Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:59 AM PDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has admitted to having had a cancerous tumor removed, following weeks of speculation over the leftist firebrand's condition and unprecedented absence from public life.

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