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American Cancer Society Turns 100, Cancer Incidents in U.S. Trending Downward

In a bit of good news today, the American Cancer Society reports that as of Wednesday, its 100th birthday, two out of three people who are diagnosed with cancer today will survive for at least five years, and cancer rates in the U.S. are down 20 percent overall since the 1990s.

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2013 Boy of the Year

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2013 Boy of the Year video was provided by: JameMedia, Jamesmedianow.com Piano Bed – Marques Murrey, Fortheonemusic.com.

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Preclinical tests shows agent stops ‘slippery’ proteins from binding, causing Ewing sarcoma

Continuous infusion of a novel agent not only halted the progression of Ewing sarcoma in rats, while some tumors also regressed to the point that cancer cells could not be detected microscopically, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their study, which will be presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, provides pre-clinical evidence necessary to initiate a clinical trial.

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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2013 Girl of the Year

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2013 Girl of the Year video was provided by: JameMedia, Jamesmedianow.com Piano Bed – Marques Murrey, Fortheonemusic.com.

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AIDAN Cole from Rostrevor has just been awarded the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology award from Professor Joe O’Sullivan for his research into High Precision Radiotherapy.

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Fabio Lanzoni – Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business, Part 2 – 4/27/13 Newport Beach Film Festival

For more info & to order the DVD: http://www.burzynskimovie.com The world famous Fabio Lanzoni—who is also a former American Cancer Society spokesperson—atte…

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Logan County Relay to celebrate American Cancer Society’s 100th year

T he Logan County Relay For Life is joining all of America in celebrating 100 years of saving lives and creating more birthdays through the efforts and research of the American Cancer Society, begun in 1913.

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Walgreens Presentation At Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress Examines Therapy Benefits Of Home Nutrition Support For Patients With Cancer

Certain patients with cancer at risk for malnutrition may improve survival rates, response to treatment and quality of life by receiving nutrition therapy at home, according to information in a Walgreens Infusion Services’(NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) presentation today at the Oncology Nursing Society’s 38th Annual Congress in Washington, D.C…

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Treatment Switch For Neuroblastoma Stem Cell Transplants

The stem cell transplant regimen that was commonly used in the United States to treat advanced neuroblastoma in children appears to be more toxic than the equally effective regimen employed in Europe and Egypt, according to a new study being presented at the 26th annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology in Miami April 24-27. The U.S…

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Successful Cancer Treatment Bodes Well For Fukushima, Other Nuclear Disaster Victims: Chernobyl Follow-Up Study

More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)….

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