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4 hrs ago | Edmonton Sun

Putting booze and parties first

I basically adopted my younger sister 10 years ago when she was 15, after my dad kicked her out and I was the only stable person for her.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Opinion

8 hrs ago | Science Daily

Discovery In Worms Points To More Targeted Cancer Treatment

The groundbreaking discovery provides a foundation for how tumor-forming genes interact, and may offer a drug target for cancer treatment.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Biology, Science

12 hrs ago | Drugs.com

Breast Cancer May Be Gone, But Pain Lingers

Even three years after finishing treatment for breast cancer, almost 50 percent of women report long-term pain, a new Danish study finds.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Mental Help Net

Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too

Two drugs used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis eliminated cervical cancer in mice, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis, Evista, Raloxifene (generic), Medication, Oncology

Mass High Tech

BioVex boosts Series F to $70M to move cancer treatment forward

Backers have added $30 million in new funding to cap off the Series F round for BioVex Inc.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine

Health News Digest

Leukemia Drug Shows Promising Activity in Ovarian Cancer Cells

The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ovarian Cancer, Leukemia, Food and Drug Administration, Oncology, Breast Cancer

MediLexicon

ASCO Releases Annual Progress Report On Top Cancer Research Advances

The American Society of Clinical Oncology released its report, Clinical Cancer Advances 2009: Major Research Advances in Cancer Treatment, Prevention and Screening, an independent assessment of the most significant clinical cancer research studies of the past year, including 15 major advances.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Oncology, Healthcare Law, Law, Lung Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Prostate Cancer

HON

Breast Cancer Drugs May Fight Cervical Cancer, Too

Two drugs used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis eliminated cervical cancer in mice, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis, Evista, Raloxifene (generic), Medication, Oncology

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Newswise

For Young Boys with Cancer, A Possible Option to Preserve Fertility

For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades.

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Related Topix: Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Oncology, University of Pennsylvania

The Arizona Daily Star

Sen. Al Melvin discloses treatment for cancer

A freshman legislator from southern Arizona is receiving treatment for a form of cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Metro, Lymphoma, Pinal County, AZ

Manufacturing.net

Enzon Sells Specialty Drug Unit For $300M

Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday it is selling most of its business to Italian drugmaker sigma-tau Group and will focus on its experimental cancer drugs and technologies.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Health

Regina Leader Post

Dentists your first defence in fight against oral cancer

Edmonton dentist Harbuksh Sekhon uses a VELscope to check a patient for oral cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Oral Cancer, Dentistry, Cervical Cancer, Smoking

Daily Express

Jab 'seeks and destroys' ca...

BREAST cancer sufferers have been given fresh hope as trials begin on a new anti-cancer vaccine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer

Sun Nov 08, 2009

PR-inside.com

Breast Cancer Patients Have Greater Chance Of Recurrence, Especially After Certain Treatments

Previous studies have shown that younger breast cancer patients consistently have poorer outcomes than patients who develop the disease later in life, which can translate into lower rates of overall survival.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Energy, Oil & Gas, Physics, Science, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NewsTarget.com

Breast Cancer Deception Month: Hiding the Truth beneath a Sea of Pink, Part V

As we near the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, once again our country has been awash from shore to shore in a sea of pink - from pink ribbons and donation boxes to pink products, charity promotions, celebrities by the score and even pink cleats on NFL players.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, University of Connecticut

The Signal

COC presentation to focus on the fight against cancer

With a goal to inform audiences about cancer and cancer treatments, while providing a sense of hope for the future of such treatments, the College of the Canyons scholarly presentation "New Hope in the 40 Year Fight Against Cancer" will take place 7 p.m., Wednesday Nov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Valencia, CA, Biology, Science, University of Washington

Sat Nov 07, 2009

ABC News

Teen Who Fled Chemo Now Cancer-Free

The Associated Press 5 comments Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen are shown during an interview with the Associated Press at the... Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen are shown during an interview with the Associated Press at the family farm in this June 2009 file photo in Sleepy Eye, Minn.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Sleepy Eye, MN, Lymphoma

TheNational

Sharp rise in cancer deaths predicted

Abu Dhabi // Deaths from cancer in the region could almost triple over the next 10 years unless early detection and treatment measures are improved, according to the World Health Organisation.

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Newkerala.com

Suzanne Somers Clarifies Swayze Chemo Comments

Actress SUZANNE SOMERS has backtracked over remarks she made about the late PATRICK SWAYZE's cancer treatment, insisting her comments were misconstrued in the press.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ghost, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Automotive

The 'Lexus' of Cancer Treatment - One Man's Inspiring Drive to Survive

It's not very uncommon for a fundraising event to raffle a luxury car, but the Lexus being raffled Saturday night at the 23rd annual Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Gala has a story behind it that exemplifies the drive to survive.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Washington, DC, Automakers

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