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Former Attorney General Griffin Bell hospitalized

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 23:18 - http://www.ajc.com/

Former United States Attorney General Griffin Bell was being treated at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday for complications due to pancreatic cancer.

I was the first man to be treated by my surgeon for breast cancer

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 22:29 - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

What happens when a man is diagnosed with a disease usually associated with women.

Report: Father of Miami QB has cancer

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 19:39 - http://www.upi.com/

MIAMI, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The father of Miami-Florida quarterback Robert Marve has prostate cancer, The Miami Herald reported Saturday.

FACEOFF POLL: Would you support development of a nuclear power plant in West Virginia?

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 18:47 - http://www.newstribune.info/

As of 2005, nuclear power provided 15 percent of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for 56.5 percent of nuclear-generated electricity. As of 2007, there...

Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalisation to survive

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 17:38 - http://www.sciencecentric.com/

A single tumour-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken years later, researchers at The...

Molecular imaging enables earlier, individualised treatment of thyroid cancer

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 17:38 - http://www.sciencecentric.com/

In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between...

Late Jane McGrath's daughter takes her seat at Sydney's 'pink Test'

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 11:55 - http://www.dailyindia.com/

Sydney Cricket Ground witnessed Glenn McGrath's seven-year-old daughter, Holly, take the seat of her late mother, who passed away suffering from breast cancer six m

Molecular imaging may alter management of over one-third thyroid cancer patients

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 11:55 - http://www.dailyindia.com/

German researchers have for the first time been able to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue dir

Family history of prostate cancer does not affect outcomes of seed implant therapy

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 11:21 - http://www.dailyindia.com/

A new study has revealed that a first-degree family history of prostate cancer does not have any impact on the treatment outcomes of patients treated with brachyther

GTx Submits New Drug Application For Toremifene 80 Mg For Prevention Of Bone Fractures In Men With Prostate Cancer On Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Published on Saturday 03 January 2009 - 10:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/

GTx, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTXI) today announced the submission of a New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for toremifene 80 mg, an oral selective estrogen receptor...