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Daily Targum - Wire Date: 11/30/06 12:45 PM EST AP - Luciano Pavarotti will make his first public appearance since undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer last summer to receive a prize next week at a music festival in the northern Italian city of Bergamo
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Black Women and Breast Cancer
MSNBC - Dec. 1, 2006 - A recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that African-American women experience the longest delays in getting diagnosed with breast cancer. The study also found that they begin treatment later despite the fact that
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Math model predicts cancer behavior
EurekAlert - Vito Quaranta clicks on a small black dot on his computer screen. The dot which represents about a thousand cancer cells begins to “grow,” morphing into a mass with finger-like projections that looks like an invasive tumor. The Vanderbilt
Source: www.eurekalert.org

Cause of Leukemia Cluster Still Unknown
CBS News - At least a dozen Sierra Vista children have developed this cancer of the blood and bone-marrow system since 1997 and two have died of it. That’s nearly triple the childhood leukemia rate expected in a town of 40,000 during that time period. “We find
Source: www.cbsnews.com

Cancer Survivor Gives Husband Dream Trip
KEYE Austin - (CBS) NEW YORK (CBS) Erica Boaz was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Coping with the disease has been difficult for her, but she says it’s also been hard on the whole family especially her husband, Steve. “Definitively the ‘in sickness and
Source: keyetv.com

Macmillan support with rent
Kingston Guardian - Macmillan Cancer Support wants to hear from cancer patients in London who have been struggling with mortgage payments or rent. We know what a huge impact the additional costs of cancer has on patients and their families at a time when their income
Source: www.kingstonguardian.co.uk

Abortion Drug RU-486 vs. Breast Cancer
CBS News - (WebMD) The abortion drug RU-486 prevents breast cancer in mice carrying a dangerous “cancer gene” mutation, new studies show. RU-486 itself will not be the answer for women; the potent drug is not meant for long-term uses such as cancer prevention
Source: www.cbsnews.com

Amateur leads Australian Masters
GolfWeek - The 24-year-old Dougherty was on a hot streak early in the year and looked likely to make his Ryder Cup debut in September, but a number of personal problems, including the death of his grandfather and his mother being diagnosed with cancer, resulted
Source: www.golfweek.com

Kylie back on stage after cancer fight
CNN - SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australian pop star Kylie Minogue returned to stage on Saturday for the first time since recovering from breast cancer, energetically belting out her trademark hits in front of a cheering, screaming crowd of thousands
Source: www.cnn.com