Anti-estrogen drug therapy reduces risk of invasive breast cancer in - PhysOrg
New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast cancer preventative for certain cancers. Women who took the drug raloxifene were less likely
Source: www.physorg.com

Cancer-killing viruses influence tumor blood-vessel growth - Genetic Engineering News
COLUMBUS, Ohio Viruses genetically designed to kill cancer cells offer a promising strategy for treating incurable brain tumors such as glioblastoma, but the body’s natural defenses often eliminate the viruses before they can eliminate the tumor. The
Source: www.genengnews.com

Minister Clement Helps Launch Landmark Cancer Study - StreetInsider.com
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - June 11, 2008) - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and Jeff Lozon, Chair of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, are pleased to announce the launch of a landmark cancer study entitled The Canadian
Source: www.streetinsider.com

Ferraro stresses education at event - Reno Gazette
Geraldine Ferraro touched on the two issues that mattered the most to her when she spoke at the Nevada Women’s Fund luncheon on Tuesday afternoon, education and health care. Ferraro, best known for her run as the Democratic vice presidential
Source: www.rgj.com

Microenvironment a main driver of aggressive multi-lineage leukemia - PhysOrg
Research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has revealed new clues into what causes different types of a particularly aggressive group of blood cancers known as mixed lineage leukemias (MLL) and how the disease might
Source: www.physorg.com

Blood Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Lupus - National Womens Health Information Center
SUNDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) — A drug used to treat multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, may also be a treatment for the chronic autoimmune disease lupus, German researchers report. The drug, Velcade (bortezomib), which is a
Source: www.4woman.org

Get your free prostate cancer screening, courtesy of the Daily News - New York Daily News
Prostate cancer screenings are quick and easy - and they could save your life. The Daily News is offering free prostate cancer screenings. Beginning on Father’s Day, New York ’s hometown newspaper offers these free tests every year, because we
Source: www.nydailynews.com

Veridex to buy Immunicon assets for $31M - MSN MoneyCentral
The assets of Immunicon Corp., the struggling maker of cancer diagnostic tests, will be sold to its marketing partner Veridex for $31 million, the companies said Wednesday. As a precursor to the deal, Immunicon has filed for bankruptcy protection
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Microenvironment a main driver of aggressive multi-lineage leukaemia - Science Centric
Research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre has revealed new clues into what causes different types of a particularly aggressive group of blood cancers known as mixed lineage leukaemias (MLL) and how the disease might
Source: www.sciencecentric.com

Cancer delays hit young sufferers - MSN UK News
Young people with cancer are waiting months or even years for a diagnosis, experts have warned. They say the disease should be considered the first possibility than the last in anyone showing symptoms. Three studies are being presented at the Teenage
Source: news.uk.msn.com

Young cancer victims face delays - Manchester Evening News
YOUNG people with cancer are being forced to endure long delays before getting a diagnosis, experts warned today. Cancer should be considered the first possibility in those presenting with symptoms rather than the last resort, they said. Three
Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

School pals pay tribute to Laura - Evening Telegraph
Family, teachers and school friends of a young girl who lost her battle with leukaemia last year met at her former Dundee primary school to receive a framed picture that has been raising funds for Ninewells Hospital cancer and paediatric ward (writes
Source: www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk

Kevin Rudd calls for nuclear disarmament - News.com.au
KEVIN Rudd has used a visit to the site of the Hiroshima atomic blast to launch a new campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons. ”Let the world resolve afresh from the ashes of this city - to work together for the common mission of peace for this
Source: www.news.com.au

Cricketer honoured - West Online
West Aussie Justin Langer has been awarded a Queen’s Birthday Honour. The former Australian cricketer has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to cricket as a player and mentor and for his fundraising and support for
Source: www.thewest.com.au

Shaving Erin, 9, raises 1K for cousin - North West Evening Mail
A BRAVE youngster who had her head shaved to support her cousin suffering from leukaemia has handed over 1,000 to a children s hospital. View more pictures WITH WORDS BY MOLLY LYNCH — Erin Bradbury, nine, (right) who is shaving off her hair
Source: www.nwemail.co.uk

Bikeathon - Picture Special - Rugby Observer
The 14th annual Leukaemia Research Fund Bikeathon took place on Sunday. The sun shone on what was one of the hottest day’s of the years so far as hundreds of cyclists completed either a ten, 26 or 50 miles course around the countryside. Our
Source: www.therugbyobserver.co.uk

Organizers of cancer clinical trials are neglecting teenagers and - Genetic Engineering News
London, UK: Teenagers and young adults with cancer are being failed by medical researchers who are not designing clinical trials with the 13-24 age group in mind and who are not recruiting sufficient numbers of young people to those trials that do
Source: www.genengnews.com

Rudd calls for nuclear disarmament - News.com.au
A SOMBRE Kevin Rudd today urged all countries to work together to rid the world of nuclear weapons, after touring a museum at Hiroshima, Japan. Mr Rudd is the first Australian prime minister to visit Hiroshima, the scene of the first nuclear attack
Source: www.news.com.au

Comedy Helping to Heal: Klaus Biegler Presents ‘Laugh San Diego 2008 - Forbes
SAN DIEGO, June 6 /PRNewswire/ — KXBEVENTS is presenting the inaugural “Laugh San Diego(TM) 2008″ comedy show benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to fund blood cancer research, education and patient services. The event will take place on
Source: www.forbes.com

BioCurex Develops NEW Format For Its RECAF Cancer Blood Test - Results - Medical News Today
BioCurex Inc. announced that it has developed an ELISA blood test using RECAF technology and reports results comparable to its other test formats. The advantage of the ELISA test format is that it is the most commonly used type of immuno-assay and as
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Debbie Frazier - Belief.Net
I not only want to pray for my daughter but for all with cancer. This killer esp overian is hard to detect. I pray that all women know your yearly exam will not find overian cancer you need a blood test.
Source: www.beliefnet.com

New technology enhances therapeutic potential of cord blood stem cells - PhysOrg
A CD26 Inhibitor increases the efficiency and responsiveness of umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplants and may improve care for blood cancer patients according to research from Rush University Medical Center being presented at the 6th
Source: www.physorg.com

Controversial Cancer Treatment in Cancun - ABC News
“What we’re going to do is we’re going to mark off the prostate area that we want to treat,” Suarez said, explaining how he would use the computer to mark grids of 3-millimeter-wide lesions that would cover the entire prostate. “It’ll burn off that
Source: www.abcnews.go.com

Teen Refused Chemo, Beat Cancer With ‘Alternative’ Therapies - FOX News
His latest blood results show no indication of the Hodgkin’s disease he’s battled since 2005, and for the first time in two years he doesn’t have to report those results to the Accomack County court. Cherrix won a court battle against state officials
Source: www.foxnews.com

BioCurex Develops NEW Format For Its RECAF Cancer Blood Test - Results - Medical News Today
BioCurex Inc. announced that it has developed an ELISA blood test using RECAF technology and reports results comparable to its other test formats. The advantage of the ELISA test format is that it is the most commonly used type of immuno-assay and as
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Comedy Helping to Heal: Klaus Biegler Presents ‘Laugh San Diego 2008 - Forbes
SAN DIEGO, June 6 /PRNewswire/ — KXBEVENTS is presenting the inaugural “Laugh San Diego(TM) 2008″ comedy show benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to fund blood cancer research, education and patient services. The event will take place on
Source: www.forbes.com

Cancer Teen Turning 18 - WTVR-TV
FLOYD, Va. (AP) - Starchild Abraham Cherrix had plenty of reason to celebrate his 18th birthday Friday: He says his latest blood results show no signs of the Hodgkin’s disease he’s battled since 2005. And for the first time in two years he doesn’t
Source: www.wtvr.com

Controversial Cancer Treatment in Cancun - ABC News
“What we’re going to do is we’re going to mark off the prostate area that we want to treat,” Suarez said, explaining how he would use the computer to mark grids of 3-millimeter-wide lesions that would cover the entire prostate. “It’ll burn off that
Source: www.abcnews.go.com

New technology enhances therapeutic potential of cord blood stem cells - PhysOrg
A CD26 Inhibitor increases the efficiency and responsiveness of umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplants and may improve care for blood cancer patients according to research from Rush University Medical Center being presented at the 6th
Source: www.physorg.com

Survivor of rare cancer not your average Joe - Minneapolis Star Tribune
What a brave young boy to beat this at such a young age. I think it is wonderful how he is continuing to give back to the people who are read more still battling this cancer. This is a true hero. Even if its something that seems small and
Source: www.startribune.com

Boston groups score prostate cancer research funds - Boston Globe
Four research teams based in Boston are among eight groups that have garnered $19 million in grants from a foundation focused on discovering new treatments for recurrent prostate cancer. The Prostate Cancer Foundation, a philanthropy based in Santa
Source: www.boston.com

Graham inspires drive for bone marrow donors - Bedford Today
Friends of a former Kempston man suffering from leukaemia organise a special clinic in Bedford. Friends of a former Bedfordian who is battling a rare form of leukaemia have organised a bone marrow donor clinic. Graham Barnell is currently having life
Source: www.bedfordtoday.co.uk

Cancer patients treated faster than ever - News Wales
New figures published today show that cancer patients in Wales are receiving treatment faster than ever before. Statistics for the first quarter of 2008 show that 98 per cent of patients referred by their GP as urgent suspected cancer cases started
Source: www.newswales.co.uk

Children’s pedalling will save lives - Ilford Recorder
KIND-hearted bike riders have the chance to boost the coffers of one of the best performing charities in Redbridge. Sponsorship is key to next week’s Bikeathon, as organisers aim to raise thousands of pounds for Leukaemia Research UK, which funds
Source: www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk

Robert Lindsay to run in Battersea Park charity event - Hounslow Guardian
Robert Lindsay is taking part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Family Festival of Running on Thursday. The My Family actor, who will play Aristotle Onassis on stage later this year, said he is participating in the Battersea Park run because his
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

I like to buy the whole album on CD - Hounslow Guardian
Robert Lindsay is taking part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Family Festival of Running on Thursday. The My Family actor, who will play Aristotle Onassis on stage later this year, said he is participating in the Battersea Park run because his
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

Why I’m snubbing a second transplant - News and Star
BRAVE teen Brad Reed has decided not to go ahead with his second bone marrow transplant which was due to take place this week. Brad Reed The Penrith 17-year-old, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when he was 11. A first transplant in 2003
Source: www.newsandstar.co.uk

Trinny and Susannah strip naked - Daily Telegraph
The presenters wanted hundreds of people to take part in the stunt for their latest television programme, The Great British Body, creating a 40-metre long human sculpture in the great outdoors in celebration of the male and female form. They held a
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

How tragic error killed war hero - Newham Recorder 24
A 90-YEAR-OLD war hero who went into a Newham Hospital trust-run centre for a routine knee operation died after a nurse’s drug error in an “appalling tragedy” - and the case has ramifications not only for the NHS nationwide, but healthcare around the
Source: www.newhamrecorder.co.uk

Celebrity gangster to back Leukaemia awareness and talk at Tavern - Thurrock Gazette
REFORMED gangster and inspiration for British film ‘Rise of the Footsoldier’ Carlton Leach is set to back a Leukaemia campaign and tell tales of the underworld at a Thurrock venue. The former West Ham hooligan and bouncer will be holding an audience
Source: www.thisisthurrock.co.uk

Celebrity gangster to back Leukaemia awareness and talk at Tavern - Thurrock Gazette
REFORMED gangster and inspiration for British film ‘Rise of the Footsoldier’ Carlton Leach is set to back a Leukaemia campaign and tell tales of the underworld at a Thurrock venue. The former West Ham hooligan and bouncer will be holding an audience
Source: www.thisisthurrock.co.uk

Ipsogen Launches MapQuant Dx(TM) Genomic Grade Test to Identify Breast - Genetic Engineering News
CHICAGO , May 30 /PRNewswire/ — Ipsogen SA ( Marseilles , France and New Haven, CT , USA), a cancer profiler that markets molecular diagnostic assays for leukaemia announced today that it is entering the breast cancer diagnostic market with the
Source: www.genengnews.com

Insights into cancer earn Premier’s Award Commendation - Genetic Engineering News
WEHI’s Dr Priscilla Kelly has been honoured with a Commendation in this year’s Premier’s Award for Medical Research. Dr Kelly is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and was previously a PhD student in WEHI’s Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division. Premier
Source: www.genengnews.com

Cancer patients treated faster than ever - News Wales
New figures published today show that cancer patients in Wales are receiving treatment faster than ever before. Statistics for the first quarter of 2008 show that 98 per cent of patients referred by their GP as urgent suspected cancer cases started
Source: www.newswales.co.uk

Children’s pedalling will save lives - Ilford Recorder
KIND-hearted bike riders have the chance to boost the coffers of one of the best performing charities in Redbridge. Sponsorship is key to next week’s Bikeathon, as organisers aim to raise thousands of pounds for Leukaemia Research UK, which funds
Source: www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk

Robert Lindsay to run in Battersea Park charity event - Hounslow Guardian
Robert Lindsay is taking part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Family Festival of Running on Thursday. The My Family actor, who will play Aristotle Onassis on stage later this year, said he is participating in the Battersea Park run because his
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

Trinny and Susannah strip naked - Daily Telegraph
The presenters wanted hundreds of people to take part in the stunt for their latest television programme, The Great British Body, creating a 40-metre long human sculpture in the great outdoors in celebration of the male and female form. They held a
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

I like to buy the whole album on CD - Hounslow Guardian
Robert Lindsay is taking part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Family Festival of Running on Thursday. The My Family actor, who will play Aristotle Onassis on stage later this year, said he is participating in the Battersea Park run because his
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

Graham inspires drive for bone marrow donors - Bedford Today
Friends of a former Kempston man suffering from leukaemia organise a special clinic in Bedford. Friends of a former Bedfordian who is battling a rare form of leukaemia have organised a bone marrow donor clinic. Graham Barnell is currently having life
Source: www.bedfordtoday.co.uk

Australian cancer breakthrough will save women’s lives - News.com.au
HUNDREDS of women could be saved by a world-first blood test developed in Melbourne to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. The test, proving 94 per cent accurate in clinical trials, will be available from September for $200. It allows cancers
Source: www.news.com.au

Corel Reef High counselor finds new calling in battle with cancer - Miami Herald
Robin Sarantos, a counselor at Coral Reef High School, is retiring as her cancer has come back. Robin is seen here feeding the chickens in the school’s animal farm which is part of the science department. IF YOU GO What: Luncheon for retiring
Source: www.miamiherald.com

Update on cheesesteak guru s cancer fight - Philadelphia Inquirer
Today is Day Three in the countdown to a potential cancer cure for John Bucci Jr., the cheesesteak king of John’s Roast Pork, who awaits a bone-marrow transplant on Friday to eliminate his preleukemia. “I’m ready to beat the crap out of this thing
Source: www.philly.com

Robert Lindsay to run in Battersea Park charity event - Hounslow Guardian
Robert Lindsay is taking part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Family Festival of Running on Thursday. The My Family actor, who will play Aristotle Onassis on stage later this year, said he is participating in the Battersea Park run because his
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

Celebrity gangster to back Leukaemia awareness and talk at Tavern - Thurrock Gazette
REFORMED gangster and inspiration for British film ‘Rise of the Footsoldier’ Carlton Leach is set to back a Leukaemia campaign and tell tales of the underworld at a Thurrock venue. The former West Ham hooligan and bouncer will be holding an audience
Source: www.thisisthurrock.co.uk

Ipsogen Launches MapQuant Dx(TM) Genomic Grade Test to Identify Breast - Genetic Engineering News
CHICAGO , May 30 /PRNewswire/ — Ipsogen SA ( Marseilles , France and New Haven, CT , USA), a cancer profiler that markets molecular diagnostic assays for leukaemia announced today that it is entering the breast cancer diagnostic market with the
Source: www.genengnews.com

Insights into cancer earn Premier’s Award Commendation - Genetic Engineering News
WEHI’s Dr Priscilla Kelly has been honoured with a Commendation in this year’s Premier’s Award for Medical Research. Dr Kelly is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and was previously a PhD student in WEHI’s Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division. Premier
Source: www.genengnews.com

Why I’m snubbing a second transplant - News and Star
BRAVE teen Brad Reed has decided not to go ahead with his second bone marrow transplant which was due to take place this week. Brad Reed The Penrith 17-year-old, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when he was 11. A first transplant in 2003
Source: www.newsandstar.co.uk

I like to buy the whole album on CD - Hounslow Guardian
Robert Lindsay is taking part in the Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Family Festival of Running on Thursday. The My Family actor, who will play Aristotle Onassis on stage later this year, said he is participating in the Battersea Park run because his
Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

Trinny and Susannah strip naked - Daily Telegraph
The presenters wanted hundreds of people to take part in the stunt for their latest television programme, The Great British Body, creating a 40-metre long human sculpture in the great outdoors in celebration of the male and female form. They held a
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Graham inspires drive for bone marrow donors - Bedford Today
Friends of a former Kempston man suffering from leukaemia organise a special clinic in Bedford. Friends of a former Bedfordian who is battling a rare form of leukaemia have organised a bone marrow donor clinic. Graham Barnell is currently having life
Source: www.bedfordtoday.co.uk

Cancer patients treated faster than ever - News Wales
New figures published today show that cancer patients in Wales are receiving treatment faster than ever before. Statistics for the first quarter of 2008 show that 98 per cent of patients referred by their GP as urgent suspected cancer cases started
Source: www.newswales.co.uk