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Armstrong urges Congress to renew war on cancer - San Francisco Gate
Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is calling on Congress to renew the nation’s war on cancer. “It’s time for our country to refocus and relaunch a comprehensive war on this disease,” Armstrong said Thursday. America
Source: www.sfgate.com

Preston to Blackpool bike ride planned for Rosemere Cancer Foundation - This is Preston
A mini-peloton of primary schoolchildren will lead the way in a charity cycle ride tomorrow from a village near Preston to Blackpool in aid of local cancer patients. The annual Rosemere Cancer Foundation Bike Ride will start in Catforth, near Preston
Source: www.prestoncitizen.co.uk

Orlando-area sisters to lead team in triathlon at Walt Disney World - Orlando Sentinel
This is the second Mother’s Day that Kaley and Chloe Crebs don’t have a mom, but they refuse to spend it grieving. On Sunday, the Longwood sisters will lead a team of more than 50 of their mother’s friends, who will swim, sweat and cycle in the
Source: www.orlandosentinel.com

Breast Cancer Grows Faster In Younger Women - WLWT 5
The younger a woman is when she is diagnosed with breast cancer, the faster her tumors will grow, according to a new study. Researchers from the Cancer Registry of Norway were looking to see how tumors grow in order to improve cancer screening and
Source: www.wlwt.com

Skin Flaps Deliver Cancer-Fighting Therapy - eMaxHealth.com
Using gene therapy, plastic surgeons have delivered cancer fighting proteins through skin flaps placed on cancerous tumors on rats with a 79 percent reduction in tumor volume, according to a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive
Source: www.emaxhealth.com

Deaths elsewhere - Baltimore Sun
Paul B. Gordon, who expanded Gordon Food Service Inc. into one of the largest family-owned food distributors in North America, died Tuesday at his home in Ada, Mich., after a brief battle with cancer. The death was confirmed by B. Joseph White
Source: www.baltimoresun.com

Get a Mammogram - National Cancer Institute
In simple language, encourages women ages 40 and older to get a mammogram every 1 to 2 years. Written especially for women of Asian and Pacific Islander groups.
Source: breasthealth.cancer.gov

FGFR2 gene increases susceptibility to breast cancer - News-Medical.Net
A new paper by Kerstin Meyer and colleagues, published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology , shows how specific changes in the FGFR2 gene alter the way regulatory molecules bind to it, leading to increased gene expression, which, in
Source: www.news-medical.net

D-backs’ Davis throws 65 pitches in simulated game, plans to return - ESPN.com
PHOENIX — Only 26 days after surgery for thyroid cancer, Arizona left-hander Doug Davis felt strong during a 65-pitch simulated game on Monday. “I could have gone out there for a couple more innings at least,” said Davis, who had his thyroid and
Source: sports.espn.go.com

Snyder’s wife has breast cancer surgery - The Washington Times
Tanya Snyder, the wife of Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, underwent surgery for breast cancer early last week at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Tanya Snyder, 45, returned to the family’s Potomac home Friday. The aggressive cancer had been
Source: www.washingtontimes.com

EXACT Sciences Announces First Quarter 2008 Results - MSN MoneyCentral
Total revenues for the first quarter of 2008 were $0.1 million, compared to total revenues of $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2007. These revenues primarily reflect amortization of upfront license fees paid by Laboratory Corporation of America
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Man gets dying wish: meets Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders - KUSA-TV
DALLAS, Texas - A terminally ill Texas man recently received his dying wish to meet the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Mark Harris, Jr., a 26-year-old cancer patient, was all smiles as the cheerleaders greeted him. Vistacare, the hospice organization
Source: www.9news.com

Target Your Breasts on Mother’s Day, in Support of Rethink Breast - Market Wire
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - RETHINK BREAST CANCER and Jack Astor’s are teaming up this Mother’s Day to raise awareness and raise some money. “Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate - it’s a busy time for us at Jack’s, with families
Source: www.marketwire.com

New Studies Support Dermatologists’ Recommendation: Self-Exams - Forbes
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 5 /PRNewswire/ — When detected early, most skin cancers can be successfully treated. In fact, melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is highly curable when found and treated early. The five-year survival rate for
Source: www.forbes.com

Ohio project works to educate Amish on breast cancer - Akron Beacon Journal
COLUMBUS: A statewide project to encourage Amish and Mennonite women to undergo regular breast exams is working to overcome cultural and transportation issues to reduce the high number of deaths from breast cancer in the two populations. Researcher
Source: www.ohio.com

cancer@nature.com : Cancer articles, jobs and information
Nature - the world’s best science and medicine on your desktop Focus on prostate cancer and gene therapy. FREE for a limited time only, you can access research and reviews
Source: www.nature.com

Get a Mammogram - National Cancer Institute
In simple language, encourages women ages 40 and older to get a mammogram every 1 to 2 years. Written especially for women of Asian and Pacific Islander groups.
Source: breasthealth.cancer.gov

Geographic Information Systems - Home
A Web site supported by the NCI for use by the public, cancer researchers, and the GIS Special Interest Group.
Source: gis.cancer.gov

Statistical Research & Applications Branch Home
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Home
Source: srab.cancer.gov

Cancer Project / a Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM
The Cancer Project of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine The Cancer Project is a collaborative effort of physicians, researchers, and nutritionists
Source: www.cancerproject.org

Cancer Research UK: the UK’s leading cancer charity
Cancer Research UK, the UK’s leading cancer charity. This site has a wealth of information about the charity and about cancer. We also have many ways for you to make a donation or
Source: www.cancerresearchuk.org

Renee Zellweger producing breast cancer TV movie - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Renee Zellweger is reteaming with her “Chicago” producers to executive produce an original movie for Lifetime. “Living Proof” tells the true story of Denny Slamon (Harry Connick Jr.), a UCLA doctor who developed the
Source: www.reuters.com

Biomarker Spots Which Lesions Likely to Progress to Prostate Cancer - BusinessWeek
FRIDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — Spanish researchers report they may have found a way to tell which suspicious prostate lesions are likely to develop into cancer. The findings, published in the May 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research , show a link
Source: www.businessweek.com

Congress approves genetic-bias ban - Seattle Times
WASHINGTON Congress sent President Bush a bill Thursday forbidding employers and insurance companies from using genetic tests showing people are at risk of developing cancer, heart disease or other ailments to reject their job applications
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

FDA says wider use of Cephalon drug carries risks of misuse - Salon
Shares of the Frazer, Pa. drugmaker fell $2.7, or 4.2 percent, to $60.72 in morning trading. Cephalon’s drug Fentora is already approved to treat severe pain flare-ups in cancer patients. On Tuesday FDA will ask a panel of outside experts whether it
Source: www.salon.com

Scientists clone cancer associated genes - protein kinases - newindpress
WASHINGTON: While the human genome has already been sequenced, researchers have faced a problem when it comes to learning just how genes work as most of them have not been isolated. Now, however, boffins have been able to clone cancer associated
Source: www.newindpress.com

MIT researchers find early treatment of stomach infection may prevent - WebWire
Prompt treatment of a microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other ailments can reverse damage to the lining of the stomach and ultimately prevent one of the most lethal forms of cancer from developing there, MIT researchers have concluded. In the
Source: www.webwire.com

Tennessee basketball star reveals his battle with testicular cancer - Everett Herald
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — University of Tennessee basketball star Chris Lofton didn’t want to make any excuses for his slump the first half of this past season. But cancer isn’t an excuse — it’s a reason. The senior All-American guard told the Knoxville
Source: www.heraldnet.com