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• Genes that drive aggressive brain cancers identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  London, Dec 24 (ANI): Scientists have identified two genes that, when simultaneously activated, spur the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer.The discovery, by a team of Columbia scientists led by Antonio Iavarone, associate professor of neurology in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Andrea ...
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• Self-seeding of cancer cells may play a critical role in tumor...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 157
  (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) Cancer progression is commonly thought of as a process involving the growth of a primary tumor followed by metastasis, in which cancer cells leave the primary tumor and spread to distant organs. A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center shows that ...
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• Go easy on glucose to live long, cancer-free life

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): Reducing caloric intake, specifically in the form of glucose, can extend the life of human cells and speed the death of pre-cancerous cells, a new study has found.This discovery by researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham could help lead to drugs and treatments that slow human ...
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• Rocking Chair Therapy Helps Your Constipation

  
  Retirement — Authority: 127
  Good things happen in rocking chairs — grandmothers knit, babies are fed, iced tea is enjoyed on summer afternoons on shady porches… and there’s more. Evidence is mounting that rocking can be an effective therapy for improving numerous physical conditions, including constipation and arthritis, and also can help ...
  6 days ago

• Forty Years’ War: Cancer Center Ads Appeal to Emotions at a Fragile Time

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 169
  Advertisements by leading cancer treatment centers have made bold claims.Advertisements for cancer centers can get away with statements that would be off-limits to drug makers.
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• Forty Years War: Cancer Center Ads Appeal to Emotions at a Fragile Time

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  KEEPING IT PERSONAL Advertisements by leading cancer treatment centers have made bold claims.
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• Forty Years War: Cancer Center Ads Appeal to Emotions at a Frag...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Advertisements for cancer centers can get away with statements that would be off-limits to drug makers.
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• Burholme Park and Fox Chase Cancer Center

  
  The Frankford Gazette — Authority: 129
  The Fox Chase Cancer Center lost another round in their effort to expand the hospital using what is now Burholme Park land.  The city had proposed to lease the park land to the Cancer Center.  Neighborhood groups rallied to oppose that intrusion into the park.  The courts have ruled for the neighbors. The land ...
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• Study finds significantly worse outcomes in cancer patients with cognitive impairment (PhysOrg)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  A new study published by researchers from the University of Georgia and the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has found that cancer patients with dementia have a dramatically lower survival rate than patients with cancer alone, even after controlling for factors such as age, tumor type and tumor stage. (read ...
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• Study finds racial disparities exist in radiation therapy rates ...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 157
  (University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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• On Saying "Yes"

  
  Barbara Shoup — Authority: 111
  I am one of those people who can’t resist saying "Yes" to—well, a lot. Whatever it is I say yes to sounds fascinating, maybe exciting: or it matters to someone I care about. (Sometimes to people I don’t even know.) And there’s the calendar factor, whatever I say yes to isn’t…now. The calendar is more ...
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• Two New Studies Find Lung Cancer Not Just For Smokers

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 530
  New details of the long-term affects of secondhand smoke are detailed in two studies in the December 2009 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (CEBP) , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. read more
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• Hospital takes precautions after bacteria detected

  
  insider - UF College of Medicine News Resource - University of Florida — Authority: 118
  Representatives from the University of Florida College of Medicine and Shands HealthCare confirmed on Tuesday (Dec. 8) the presence of the Legionella bacteria, which can cause pneumonia or lung infections, in a patient room at the Shands Cancer Hospital at UF. Testing was initiated when a patient tested positive with ...
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• The Courage to Speak Out

  
  The Virginia Conservative — Authority: 414
  On Monday, while leafing through the Daily News Record, I came across an advertisement that caught my eye.  It was a public notice about the RMH Regional Cancer Center.  What drew my attention was not the ad itself, but rather the person pictured.  Shortly thereafter, I contacted the hospital and asked for a copy ...
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• Small addition to cancer drug may make big difference

  
  insider - UF College of Medicine News Resource - University of Florida — Authority: 118
  University of Florida researchers have found a way to use just a fraction of the normal dosage of a highly toxic, debilitating chem Satya Narayan, a professor of anatomy and cell biology at the College of Medicine and a member of the UF Shands Cancer Center. otherapy drug to achieve even better results against ...
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• Pistachios ‘can cut lung cancer risk’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): A daily dose of pistachios can help keep lung cancer at bay, concludes a new study.According to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, a diet that incorporates a daily dose of may help reduce the risk of lung and other ...
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• MAGP2 Gene Expression Signature: A Potential Ovarian Cancer Personalized Treatment Target

  
  Libby's H*O*P*E* — Authority: 109
  A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called MAGP2 – not previously associated with any type of cancer – was overexpressed in papillary ...
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• Some complementary mesothelioma therapies can be harmful

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 135
  Dr. Kathleen Wesa of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and New Jersey presented research on complementary therapies used in conjunction with traditional forms of cancer treatment at the International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma . U.S. consumers spend an estimated $40 billion each year on ...
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• MD ANDERSON ADMINISTRATOR COMPENSATION

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 128
  Linked below is the Fiscal Year 2010 Administrative Accountability Report the Blogmeister just obtained from MD Anderson .  It lists administrators and their total compensation: salaries, allowances, bonuses, and all.  President Mendelsohn tops the list at well over $1.2 million.  On this list, youre an absolute ...
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• See You Tomorrow.

  
  Easy and Elegant Life — Authority: 125
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