Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: GenomeWeb News, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:33 AM PDT This Week in Modern Pathology http://www.genomeweb.com/blog/week-modern-pathology-16 Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Modern Pathology that immunohistochemistry is better for detecting PTEN loss than gene sequencing in endometrial carcinoma. GenomeWeb News, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:33 AM PDT UBC Team Uses Ion's AmpliSeq Cancer Panel to Find Rare Mutation in Pediatric Brain Tumor http://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/ubc-team-uses-ions-ampliseq-cancer-panel-find-rare-mutation-pediatric-brain-tumo Full-text access for premium subscribers only. Existing premium subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb? Register quickly here . Miragen Therapeutics' Eva van Rooij discusses microRNA-based therapeutics, the challenges associated with chronic microRNA knockdown, therapeutic microRNA antagonists, and more. NPR, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30 AM PDT Kathleen Ferrier: A Voice Not Forgotten http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/05/15/152746398/kathleen-ferrier-a-voice-not-forgotten?ft=1&f=1039 Silenced by breast cancer at the height of her sparkling career, the great English singer Kathleen Ferrier's legacy lives on in a new 14-CD set and documentary. Business Examiner, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:28 AM PDT Chilliwack Ride to Live gets ready to hit the road http://www.bclocalnews.com/lifestyles/151562915.html On May 27, motorcyclists from all over the Fraser Valley will be hitting the roads in support of prostate cancer. Greenwich Time, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT Ground broken for Camden Cancer Institute http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Ground-broken-for-Camden-Cancer-Institute-3559232.php CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) â€" Gov. Chris Christie joined some of southern New Jersey's most prominent Democrats on Tuesday for a ceremonial groundbreaking of a new building for a cancer institute in Camden. New Haven Register, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:16 AM PDT Miss Connecticut Morgan Amarone to discuss children's book, work for American Cancer Society in live video chat at 6 p ... http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/05/15/news/doc4fb2894d99bea939085822.txt Miss Connecticut Morgan Amarone will talk about her children's book and her last month as an ambassador for the American Cancer Society at 6 p.m. today in a live video stream. PharmiWeb, Tue, 15 May 2012 10:09 AM PDT Press Release http://www.pharmiweb.com/PressReleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=58664 Galectin Therapeutics (NASDAQ: GALT) (â€Å"the Company�), the leader in developing carbohydrate-based therapeutic compounds to inhibit galectin proteins for the therapy of liver fibrosis and cancer, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1/2 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a novel treatment combination for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma. EurekAlert!, Tue, 15 May 2012 09:56 AM PDT Cancer vaccine combination therapy shows survival benefit in breast cancer http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uoc--cvc051512.php ( University of California - Davis Health System ) A vaccine that targets cancer cells in combination with the drug letrozole, a standard hormonal therapy against breast cancer, significantly increased survival when tested in mice, a team of UC Davis investigators has found. Reno Gazette-Journal, Tue, 15 May 2012 09:54 AM PDT Gray recognized for community service http://www.rgj.com/article/20120515/BIZ09/305150015/Gray-recognized-community-service?odyssey=nav%7chead Dr. John Gray of Gastroenterology Consultants was selected by the Nevada State Medical Association for its 2012 Community Service Award for his work with the Nevada Colon Cancer Partnership. The award, which was first created in 1961, recognizes physicians for outstanding community service. Wayland Town Crier, Tue, 15 May 2012 09:50 AM PDT Weston and Wayland residents honored as Pacesetters http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/news/x2067076612/Weston-and-Wayland-residents-honored-as-Pacesetters The following local residents were recently honored as Pacesetters for the 2011 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. The Pacesetters collectively raised more than $39,000 of the nearly $7 million in the 2011 Jimmy Fund Walk, which benefits adult and pediatric cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. See more health stories that match your keyword at: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?fr=yalerts-health&c=&p=cancer+%2bcat%3ahealth&ei=utf-8 Visit Yahoo! Health: http://health.yahoo.com/ You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use http://us.rd.yahoo.com/alerts/b/email/unsubscribe/*http://alerts.yahoo.com/unsubscribe.php?id=HrVereYuNLPKoYfZOs_iJt4IzU64UBI1.U5qpXoyoL2X536SjFlinYXz9lddRnBf4reB5Fb7FIsHirOTdpEMPBp4Opg9DbNmR1MM to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.done=http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount . 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