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Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now Launches Nationwide
Raleigh, NC The Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now, a campaign to increase screenings and prevent the nations second-leading cancer killer, launched in Raleigh in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March.

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EndoNurse:  Mar 20 2010 4:09AM
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Early prevention saves Heartland woman from Colon Cancer
Heartland News More>> Julia Bruck Doctors often referred to it as the silent killer.

That is because by the time you have symptoms of colon cancer, often it is too late.

Yet with early detection, colon cancer is...

KFVS12:  Mar 20 2010 2:19AM
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Free colorectal cancer screening kits at hospital
Last year, almost 50,000 deaths in the United States were attributed to colon cancer; but despite medical experts recommendations, many people choose to avoid a quick, relatively painless lifesaving test for the dreaded disease.

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Santa Clarita Valley Signal:  Mar 20 2010 5:47AM
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Obesitys role in cancer
Packing on the pounds gets a well-deserved bad rap.

Most Americans understand that excess weight contributes to heart disease and diabetes, not to mention the urge to hide behind the kids in family photos.

But obesity as a risk factor for cancer?

Los Angeles Times:  Mar 20 2010 5:04AM
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New cancer drugs hitting tumors' genetic bull's-eye
When the internal bleeding started, Ellen Pulhamus figured she might die soon.

Then the 60-year-old Denver woman got the call she believes gave her 'the gift of time.' A biopsy of the tumors from Pulhamus' lung cancer, which had spread to her abdomen,...

Denver Post:  Mar 20 2010 6:08AM
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Help Coaches vs. Cancer
Mingle with nationwide, enjoy a dinner and party, and then dance afterward during the 2010 Coaches Huddle on April 2 at the Crowne Plaza at Union Station Downtown.

The event benefits the Coaches vs.

Cancer program, a collaboration between the American...

Indy.com:  Mar 20 2010 5:42AM
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Minnesota Organizations Join Together to Save 500 Lives
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

As part of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, four health organizations have kicked off an initiative to increase screenings for Minnesotans at risk from this disease.

Involved in the effort are the American Cancer...

EndoNurse:  Mar 20 2010 4:09AM
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Salina, KS - Free Screening Kits for Colon Cancer Awareness Month
In recognition of national Colon Cancer Awareness Month in March, the Tammy Walker Cancer Center at Salina Regional Health Center, American Cancer Society and Kansas Department of Health and Environment are making 500 colon ...
Advance for Nurses:  Mar 19 2010 2:31AM
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Tennessee State Legislators Mark National Colon Cancer Month With Briefing On Revolutionary New Colon Cancer T
EDP Biotech, a Knoxville-based company today briefed Tennessee state legislators on its revolutionary ColoMarker colon cancer test which potentially could save 50,000 lives and more than $12 billion in healthcare costs annually in the U.S.
Medical News Today:  Mar 19 2010 1:06AM
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Colon cancer drugs being studied by Huntsman Cancer Institute
SALT LAKE CITY?

Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute are using a new $12.2 million grant to test two medications that may help prevent colon cancer?

The drugs are designed to regress the growth of polyps that lead to the deadly...

Deseret Morning News:  Mar 19 2010 10:50AM
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A Blood Test for Colon Cancer Sounds Great--But It's Short on Proof
It's an eye-catching headline: ' 'Revolutionary' Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening Announced.' The press release goes on to say that EDP Biotech Corp., based in Tennessee, will today brief its home state's legislators on what it calls a ...
Yahoo! News:  Mar 19 2010 1:01AM
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American Cancer Society receives $64,500 Grant from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation for Outreach to A
Richmond - RICHMOND - The Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation has granted the American Cancer Society (ACS) $64,500 for a comprehensive African American Men's Health Initiative in the Greater Richmond and Greater Hampton Roads Areas.

The African...

DBusinessNews.com:  Mar 19 2010 1:52PM
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Older Colon Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Chemo
TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Older colon cancer patients are less likely than younger ones to receive potentially life-prolonging chemotherapy following surgery for their illness, a new study reveals.

The research indicates that those...

HealthScout:  Mar 19 2010 2:33AM
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Genetic variations influence statin efficacy for lowering colon cancer risk
Four years ago, at least five years of statin use was found to be associated with a 53% reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer and that association still stands, according to a coauthor of one of the initial studies to make the statin-cancer...
Cancernetwork.com:  Mar 19 2010 5:42PM
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Colorectal cancer deserves discussion, too
Sometimes in the quest for good health, you have to talk about unpleasant things -- such as colorectal cancer.

Talking about unpleasant things could save your life because colorectal cancer is preventable -- and curable, when found at its earliest...

Chillicothe Gazette:  Mar 19 2010 11:13AM
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Roche Increased Avastin Sales Efforts; Doubles Us Force
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Roche Holding AG (RHHBY, ROG.VX) increased its efforts to sell its top-selling Avastin cancer treatment earlier this year, doubling the number of people pushing the drug in the U.S., and said Thursday that it expects the effort to...
Malaysia News.net:  Mar 19 2010 2:21AM
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Roche Increased Avastin Sales Efforts; Doubles US Force
By Thomas Gryta Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Roche Holding AG (RHHBY, ROG.VX) increased its efforts to sell its top-selling Avastin cancer treatment earlier this year, doubling the number of people pushing the drug in the U.S., and said...
Lloyd's:  Mar 19 2010 12:36AM
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Risky Surgery Needed For Some Cancer Patients
Cancer is never an easy diagnosis to accept -- but when it spreads, the prognosis gets worse.

Most patients whose cancer spreads throughout the stomach are given less than a year to live.

There is a group of surgeons taking on what most consider...

KPTV.com:  Mar 19 2010 7:30AM
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Medical News: Tennessee State Legislators Mark National Colon Cancer Month With Briefing On Revolutionary New Colon Cancer Test
EDP Biotech, a Knoxville-based company today briefed Tennessee state legislators on its revolutionary ColoMarker colon cancer test which potentially could save 50,000 lives and more than $12 billion in healthcare costs annually in the U.S.
BioFind:  Mar 19 2010 4:54AM
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March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - No. 3 Killer Of Women Is Preventable, Treatable, And Beatable
In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reminds ob-gyns and women that the best defense against colorectal cancer-the third leading cause of cancer death among women in the...
Medical News Today:  Mar 18 2010 5:02PM
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
3 Killer of Women is Preventable, Treatable, and Beatable Washington, DC -- In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reminds ob-gyns and women that the best defense against colorectal...
Health Canal:  Mar 18 2010 5:14AM
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Cultural Outreach Boosts Cancer Care in Asian Americans (HealthDay)
Play Video Cancer Video:VA Fined $227K For Flawed Cancer Treatments In Pa.

CBS 3 Philadelphia Play Video Cancer Video:Gov't Links Marine's Cancer To Base's Toxic Water WBZ Boston Play Video Cancer Video:IBD Patients Have Higher...

Yahoo! News:  Mar 18 2010 10:17PM
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Neighbors Together Against Cancer: Successes through 2009; challenges for 2010
This article begins our 2010 series of the latest information about the war on cancer for the Fairfield Glade Neighbors Together Against Cancer campaign of the American Cancer Society (ACS).

We should all be relieved that the pace of medical...

Crossville Chronicle:  Mar 18 2010 11:48PM
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Should Colon Cancer Treatment be More Aggressive?
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with a common type of colon cancer -- especially older patients -- often are not treated as aggressively with chemotherapy as research shows is necessary to improve survival.

Led by researchers from the RAND...

Medical Breakthroughs:  Mar 17 2010 11:54PM
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Can chemo prevent colon cancer?
Utah institute to study that question and look for treatment therapies with $12 million grant.

Updated: 03/18/2010 09:17:14 AM MDT Huntsman Cancer Institute has been awarded $12 million to find a drug that everyone can take to lower the risk of colon...

Salt Lake Tribune:  Mar 18 2010 5:46PM
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