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Archive for July 14th, 2012


Penn researchers enlist dogs in battle against human cancers

Sasha is still spunky at 12 – a white dog with a smattering of black, floppy ears and a sweet face.

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Why Canadian Cancer Society’s Wheels of Hope volunteers matter

One mom explains how volunteers ensured she would be home every night, regardless of where she had to go for cancer treatment Wheels of Hope Cottam family.

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Breast cancer support group Y-Me shuts down

A national breast cancer support organization has gone out of business. The web site for Y-Me is offline and the group’s support hotline is not working.

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Mutation in gene IDH a possible target for AML treatment

Though the IDH gene seems far removed from cancer, mutation in the gene starts a cascade that predicts an aggressive form of AML. Doctors may be able to target this mutation for therapy.

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Researchers hope to use a plant virus to fight cancer cells

Viruses are all around us and chances are the last time you ate your veggies, you ate a virus too.

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Brookstreet’s 2012 Lumiere charity gala takes aim at cancer

There are times when a dictator or militia poses such a threat to regional or global security that an armed international response becomes necessary.

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Banner day for KU Cancer Center bodes well for new Fairway facility

The official announcement Thursday that The University of Kansas Cancer Center has received National Cancer Institute designation means Fairway ‘s recently opened KU Clinical Research Center will be at the heart of one of the top cancer research organizations in the country.

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