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National Cancer Institute Defined

NCI. The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research. NCI conducts, coordinates, and funds cancer research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. Access the NCI Web site at http://cancer.gov.

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Lakeville Chamber director battles prostate cancer

Published July 4, 2009, 11:47 pm, Lakeville Sun-Current

"I am sending out this note to inform you that I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and will be undergoing surgery Monday, June 8, at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville."

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Obituary: Dr. O. Carl Simonton / Recognized that positive attitude helped to fight cancer

Published July 4, 2009, 9:25 pm, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who popularized the mind-body connection in fighting cancer and helped push the once-controversial notion into mainstream medicine, has died.

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Mouse Study Shows PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment

Published July 4, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended.

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Improving The Biomarker Pipeline For Early Cancer Detection

Published July 4, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

Several statistical and biological issues need to be addressed in order to improve biomarker identification for early detection of cancer, according to a commentary published online July 2 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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Cost-Effectiveness Of HPV Vaccination In The Netherlands

Published July 4, 2009, 3:07 am, Medical News Today

Even under favorable assumptions, including lifelong protection against 70% of all cervical cancers and no side effects, vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is not cost-effective in the Netherlands, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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Relaxing rules on GPs removing skin cancer will 'put patients at risk'

Published July 4, 2009, 12:30 am, Daily Telegraph

Patients could be put at risk as rules allowing GPs to remove cancerous moles are set to be relaxed despite evidence the treatment fails in almost half of cases experts have warned.

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Cervical cancer: ladies"™ malady

Published July 3, 2009, 2:18 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer

World attention is now focused on A(H1N1), which has already claimed 332 deaths and posted 77,201 cases around the globe as of July 1.

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Need-to-know news and views for UB faculty and staff

Published July 3, 2009, 9:09 am, UB Reporter

Improved communication among patients and primary care physicians increases the chances that those who are due for colorectal cancer screening will follow their doctors’ advice and complete the procedure, a UB study has found.

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Harnessing Nanoparticles To Track Cancer Cell Changes

Published July 3, 2009, 9:03 am, PhysOrg

The more dots there are, the more accurate a picture you get when you connect them. Cancer researchers adopting that philosophy have developed a new imaging technology that could give scientists the ability to simultaneously measure as many as 100 or more distinct features in or on a single cell. In a disease such as cancer, that capability would provide a much better picture of what is going on ...

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Canadian Open loses golf cachet

Published July 3, 2009, 6:29 am, Canada.com

The good folks at the Royal Canadian Golf Association work hard at what they do, but a comment made by executive director and CEO Scott Simmons this week struck a disturbing note.

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