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Dad


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Sadly my dad passed away on the evening of Friday 22nd September 2006 from complications brought about by treatment for lung cancer. He was 65 years old. Read more...

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HITN Expands Health Education and Awareness Programming
Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network, Inc. , President and CEO Jose Luis Rodriguez today announced a cancer awareness and education initiative in partnership with the National Cancer Institute specifically for the Spanish-speaking community.
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In Memory of Lucy


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Lucy’s struggle with cancer is finally over. She was a real trooper through the last two and eight months. When Lucy was originally diagnosed with cancer, we put her through surgery, chemo and other treatments which seemed to help for a while. About a year into the course of the disease, her cancer moved into her lungs and the subsequent treatments began to fail. The vet told us back in June that this version of lung cancer was very aggressive and not responding to treatment so, we stopped the chemo and waited knowing that her time with us was probably going to be short. The fact that she made it another 8 months has to be solely due to Lucy’s internal drive to be with us and to be loved. This past week was really tough for her. There were new signs that told us she needed to be relieved from her discomfort and suffering. My wife and I had numerous discussions about when we’d know that it was time. Like most dogs, Lucy’s always been stoic and always hid her discomfort. When she stopped eating (like most English Cocker Spaniels, the thing she loved most in life), we knew how she really felt. Even with the signs present, it’s impossibly difficult to make such a decision. Even with two and a half year to prepare, there’s still isn’t enough time to say goodbye. It’s amazing how much dogs become a part of your life. While they’re with us they offer undying love and devotion asking nothing in return. We were lucky to be part of Lucy’s pack! I’m sure she’s in dog heaven eating steak (and never gaining weight), chasing squirrels, getting scratched behind her ears, dozing on sofas, following her nose on long walks and sleeping in the warm sun on cold winter days. Read more...

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Bayer HealthCare Expand Cancer Stem Cell Collaboration with Clinical Manufacturing Agreement
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company developing novel therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells, today announced it has expanded its collaboration with Bayer HealthCare. Bayer’s U.S. affiliate will manufacture clinical supplies of a second Wnt inhibitor in the alliance. Bayer will manufacture the bulk drug substance at its Berkeley …
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Eastday-Cancer rates revealed
THERE are about 210,000 people living with cancer in Shanghai.
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Precision Therapeutics’ ChemoFx® Demonstrates Significant Role in Selection of Chemotherapy Doublets in Non Small Cell …
PITTSBURGH, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Drs. Rodney Landreneau and Matthew Schuchert from the University of Pittsburgh presented a new non small cell lung cancer study at the 2011 Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) conference in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Landreneau is Director of the Lung Center at UPMC Shady Side Hospital as well as the Head of Thoracic Surgery at UPMC Passavant Medical Center …
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