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    Study Aims To Find Link Between Caffeine Use And Childhood Leukemia – Redorbit.com

    Saturday, January 31st, 2009

    Study Aims To Find Link Between Caffeine Use And Childhood Leukemia – Redorbit.comA study led by Dr Marcus Cooke at the University of Leicester and funded by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) UK is looking at whether consuming caffeine during pregnancy might affect the unborn baby’s risk of developing leukemia in childhood. Dr [...]

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    Valentine’s Gala tickets on sale to support Leukemia and Lymphoma – South Coast Today

    Saturday, January 31st, 2009

    Valentine’s Gala tickets on sale to support Leukemia and Lymphoma – South Coast TodaySecond tragedy follows death of Swansea soldier in Iraq (10:35 p.m.) Second tragedy follows death of Swansea serviceman in Iraq Umass Dartmouth senior killed by wrong-way driver New Bedford man charged with breaks into railroad cars in Dartmouth Man [...]

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    Cured meats tied to childhood leukemia risk – MSNBC

    Saturday, January 31st, 2009

    Cured meats tied to childhood leukemia risk – MSNBC

    Cured meats tied to childhood leukemia riskMSNBC - Jan 29, 2009By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who regularly eat cured meats like bacon and hot dogs may have a heightened risk of leukemia, …Processed Meats Linked to 74 Percent Higher Risk of Leukemia Natural [...]

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    Lymphoma Association | Facebook

    Friday, January 30th, 2009

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    Life-threatening illness helps couple get money smart – CNN

    Thursday, January 29th, 2009

    Life-threatening illness helps couple get money smart – CNNCNN) — At age 23 and fresh out of college, Eliot Kohan was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. He was told he had four months to live. He survived. But the disease left him and his wife, Lindsay De Vore, who live in St. Paul, [...]

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    New and Novel Agents for the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma … – Cancer Consultants

    Thursday, January 29th, 2009

    New and Novel Agents for the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma …Cancer Consultants, ID - Jan 26, 2009The 2008 ASH meeting featured several reports of new agents that are showing promise in the treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL). …

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    More casual affair promises fun at annual fund-raiserTheDoings-ClarendonHills.com, IL - 5 hours agoThe Saturday before Valentine's Day is traditionally the [...]

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    Geneva letter carrier donates bone marrow – Courier News

    Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

    Geneva letter carrier donates bone marrow – Courier NewsA local letter carrier this week took part in special delivery that could literally change a life. Amy Wisdom, 25, of St. Charles, donated her bone marrow Monday for someone she has never met. A day later, her gift was en route from Loyola University [...]

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    Seattle Genetics Receives Special Protocol Assessment For SGN-35 – Medical News Today

    Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

    Seattle Genetics Receives Special Protocol Assessment For SGN-35 – Medical News TodaySeattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN) today announced that it has reached agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for a pivotal trial of SGN-35, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), for patients
    In [...]

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    The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Commits $3.7M to Celator – Genetic Engineering News

    Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

    The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Commits $3.7M to Celator – Genetic Engineering NewsThe Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will give Celator Pharmaceuticals $3.7 million to fund a Phase IIb trial with CPX-351 liposome injection for treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Celator expects to start patient enrollment in
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    Antisoma to Sell US Rights to Leukemia Drug by June – Bloomberg

    Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

    Antisoma to Sell US Rights to Leukemia Drug by June – Bloomberg

    Antisoma to Sell US Rights to Leukemia Drug by JuneBloomberg - 15 hours agoIncome from selling the US rights to the oral leukemia medicine, as well as cash of 66.9 million pounds ($91 million) at the end of June, …

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