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Breast surgeon is fit to practiseMon, 01 Dec 2008 10:31:03 -0600A breast surgeon found to have committed serious breaches in his care of three women can continue to practise, the GMC rules.

1991 UI shooting survivor battling cancerMon, 01 Dec 2008 12:56:18 -0600Miya Rodolpho-Sioson, the lone survivor of the infamous University of Iowa Nov. 1, 1991, Gang Lu shootings, is battling breast cancer.KGO television in San Francisco reports in a copyright story that Rodolfo-Sioson, 40, who has been working in Berkeley, Calif., since her rehabilitation from the shootings, is in stage four breast cancer and putting work and activist work she's done on hold for ...

Biking for Breast CancerFri, 28 Nov 2008 17:13:42 -0600This past Tuesday memebers of the Alberta Ski Academy completed a 24 hour Bikeathon in support of The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The atheletes in teams of 4 biked for 24 hours in order to raise funds for this great cause. So Far over $6000.00 has been raised and more expected to come.

New Phase III Study Of Avastin In Advanced Breast Cancer Meets Its Primary Endpoint Of Increasing The Time Patients LiveFri, 28 Nov 2008 07:13:08 -0600Third study confirming the benefit of Avastin in breast cancer shows that Avastin can be effectively combined with commonly used chemotherapies Roche announced that the Avastin study RIBBON-1 met its primary endpoint of increasing the time women with breast cancer lived without their disease advan

IU Simon Cancer Center Researchers' Breast Cancer Trials Offer Recognized Potential To Improve Treatment, SurvivalFri, 28 Nov 2008 05:12:17 -0600Two breast cancer clinical trials led by Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center researchers are among 13 selected by a national panel as having the greatest potential to improve treatment and survival. The Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups (CCCG) recently convened a panel of breast cancer experts who included clinical trials led by Kathy Miller, M.D.