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1930s Drug Slows Tumor Growth: Gonorrhea Medication Might Help Fight Cancer 8 Nov 2009 01:37 GMT
... the growth of new blood vessels. Preliminary tests showed that mice engineered to develop cancer had no tumor growth if treated with daily injections of acriflavine. "As cancer cells rapidly divide, they consume ...
Casualty's Simon MacCorkindale reveals he's got incurable cancer 8 Nov 2009 00:18 GMT
... was keeping a tragic secret: he had cancer and had been given just five years ... told him they had found a malignant tumour in the colon. 'He told me it ...
Mass. father of boy in cancer case dies in crash 8 Nov 2009 00:15 GMT
... Mass. father of boy in cancer case dies in crash SALEM, Mass. -- A ... night. Fraser's son, Jeremy Fraser, died of leukemia in March at age 9. The child's ...
Mass. father of boy in cancer case dies 8 Nov 2009 00:11 GMT
... who died after his mother allegedly withheld cancer medication has died from injuries sustained in a ... night. Fraser's son, Jeremy Fraser, died of leukemia in March at age 9. The child's ...
Crash kills Mass. father of autistic boy who died after mother allegedly withheld cancer meds 8 Nov 2009 00:16 GMT
... SALEM, Mass. (AP) — The father of an autistic ... night. Fraser's son, Jeremy Fraser, died of leukemia in March at age 9. The child's ...

Obesity Causes 100,000 Cancer Cases Yearly 8 Nov 2009 00:17 GMT
... Experts say obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the US every year and that number will rise as rates of obesity ...
For one man, a personal reason to put a focus on male breast cancer 8 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
... wife's advice and got the bump checked out. A biopsy revealed it was breast cancer. Matthews was shocked. "At that point back then I didn't know anything about men ...
Letter to the editor on tea party, Shriners, lung cancer, organ donation, film festival, postal workers, kind strangers 8 Nov 2009 00:52 GMT
... Letter to the editor on tea party, Shriners, lung cancer, organ donation, film festival, postal workers, kind strangers We can't take back what we ...
RMA of New York Joins LIVESTRONG, Assisting Men and Women Affected By Cancer 8 Nov 2009 01:13 GMT
... by the passionate and tireless efforts of Fertile Hope and LAF to support the cancer community and bring the hope of having future families.� Dr. Copperman and LAF will ...
Skin cancer costs NZ $120m a year 8 Nov 2009 01:51 GMT
... A report for the Cancer Society says skin cancer costs the country more than $120 million a year. Treatment ...

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CHEMO: Minnesota teen who fled got chemo, now cancer-free 8 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
... Minnesota teen who fled chemo now cancer-free MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished ...
Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer 8 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
... / Updated: Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 03:34 PM Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday. The ...
Minn. Boy Who Fled Chemo Treatment Now Cancer-Free 8 Nov 2009 00:41 GMT
... - A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. Daniel Hauser of Sleepy Eye underwent his final radiation session Friday, and his ...
Simon MacCorkindale has terminal cancer 8 Nov 2009 01:10 GMT
... complaining of stomach cramps while filming in Bristol. Initially, doctors reassured him that the cancer had been caught in time and that he could expect a full recovery following ...
Minnesota teen who fled chemo now cancer-free 8 Nov 2009 01:31 GMT
... -- A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. Daniel Hauser of Sleepy Eye underwent his final radiation session Friday, and his ...
Teen who fled chemo now cancer-free 8 Nov 2009 02:35 GMT
... PM A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. Daniel Hauser of Sleepy Eye underwent his final radiation session Friday, and his ...
All's 'good right now' despite cancer 8 Nov 2009 02:33 GMT
... ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday. The 73-year-old actor ...
Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer 8 Nov 2009 03:53 GMT
... actor and artist attended the Breeders' Cup in support of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, the official charity of the year-ending thoroughbred championships Saturday at It was revealed ...
American Cancer Society 8 Nov 2009 00:50 GMT
... The American Cancer Society received the following memorials for the months of August and September 2009. In ...
Mass. father of boy in cancer case dies 8 Nov 2009 03:53 GMT
... The father of an autistic Massachusetts boy who died after his mother allegedly withheld cancer medication has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. died Thursday after being ...

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United States - The rise and rise of organic farming 8 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
... and carrots present a greater risk of cancer in people than DDT, DDE, or Alar, ... USA and many other countries (3). Natural carcinogenic and DNA –damaging chemicals present in a ...
Hidden threat from asbestos in our gardens 8 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
... Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) said the cancer-causing material was now being regularly discovered in ... small increased risks of lung cancer and mesothelioma." Officials across Scotland were reluctant to reveal ...
7 storylines as the season approaches 8 Nov 2009 01:52 GMT
... games? . The rare form of pancreatic cancer has been a trial thus far – ... cancer], five get this type of [treatable] tumor. Nobody wants cancer. Everyone has their own ...
Magnetic Nanoparticles To Simultaneously Diagnose, Monitor And Treat 8 Nov 2009 01:37 GMT
... destroy a particularly severe form of brain cancer in 14 patients. The technique, utilising well-tested ... patients. The technique, utilising well-tested knowledge that tumour cells are more sensitive to temperature increases ...
Critics say Marine Corps contract on Camp Lejeune is conflict of interest 8 Nov 2009 02:52 GMT
... was later diagnosed with a rare breast cancer he thinks is linked to bad water. ... 1987 by industrial solvents that are suspected carcinogens. The Marine Corps didn't tell the agency ...