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Guam Cancer Trust Fund short $2M Pacific Daily News Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:42 PM PDT Patient: Henry Van Meter, a cancer patient at Guam Cancer Care, is photographed outside the company's office at the Villo Trust Building in Tamuning, June 24. The Guam Cancer Trust Fund hasn't been receiving all the money it should be. Dance club drug ecstasy may help treat blood cancer New Kerala Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:41 PM PDT London, August 20 : Scientists have claimed that dance club drug ecstasy could be used to treat cancers of the blood. Dr. Oz brings ovarian cancer awareness campaign to North Texas WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:38 PM PDT GRAPEVINE â€" The host of the "Dr. Oz" TV show came to Grapevine Saturday to tape a program about ovarian cancer. Mehmet Oz wants to raise awareness about the early warning signs and risk factors for this deadly disease. Participants in the taping at Grapevine Mills shopping mall got an education along with a television experience, first filling out a questionnaire. It's all part of Dr. Oz's ... Golf tournament benefits cancer patients WLUC Marquette Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:23 PM PDT A group of ladies teed it up Friday in the fight against cancer. New chemotherapy treatment targets cancer directly WECT 6 Wilmington Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:14 PM PDT AEZS 108 combines a traditional chemotherapy agent, adriamycin, with a synthetic version of a hormone produced by the brain. Living with hope Sampson Independent Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:10 PM PDT For many, when thoughts of cancer arise, they think of an older adult afflicted with the disease. But far too often it is a younger personwho faces that dreadful diagnosis. That is exactly what happened to Dillon Villegas. Salem will limit how many garage sales woman can hold to raise money for medical bills The Oregonian Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:10 PM PDT The mayor and the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce pledge to help Jan Cline, who has terminal bone marrow cancer. Relay event raises $202k to fight cancer Williston Herald Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:44 PM PDT Despite rain, wind, lightning and any other problems that may have surfaced for American Cancer Society Relay for Life teams this year, a record amount of money was raised in the Williston area this year to fight cancer. Reader-submitted content: Hope Lodge supporting cancer patients Clovis News Journal Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:39 PM PDT Cancer patients and their caregivers traveling to Lubbock for cancer treatments have found new hope for the past year. Since the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge in Lubbock opened its doors, the “home away from home” has made great strides in... Leonard Slatkin survives crises with baton in hand Los Angeles Times Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:23 PM PDT The conductor has had a rough couple of years but remains steady. He leads the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl this week. A heart attack on the podium in Rotterdam, an ouster from the Metropolitan Opera, a six-month strike by his Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a diagnosis of breast cancer for his fiancée.

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