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Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo Hits the Airwaves in Fight ... - PR Newswire
DENVER, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Superstar quarterback Tony Romo found himself on the sidelines for one of the most important fights in his life last fall -- his father's battle against prostate cancer. Ramiro Romo had shown no signs or ...

UNC spin-off company receives $2 million grant to market cancer ... - Genetic Engineering News
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spin-off company has been awarded a $2 million grant to commercialize a new technology to improve radiation treatment of prostate cancer. The grant from the National Cancer Institute, as part of its Small ...

Study Links Serum Calcium, Prostate Cancer Death - BusinessWeek
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Men whose serum calcium levels fall within the high end of the normal range are three times more likely to develop fatal prostate cancer, a new report shows. The results suggest the possibility of a new ...

EPPING FOREST: Self help group goes from strength to strength - Epping Forest Guardian
A SELF help group for prostate cancer patients is going from strength to strength. And now it is setting up its own helpline to support others who have also been diagnosed. It all began 18 months ago when prostate cancer patients were invited to a ...

Research Foundation Salutes Stand Up to Cancer, Urges Improved ... - Forbes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Faina Shtern, President and CEO of the non-profit AdMeTech Foundation and Director of Research at the Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston (CHB), Harvard Medical School, today issued ...

Height May Boost Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests - BusinessWeek
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Taller men are at greater risk for prostate cancer and more likely to have cancer that progresses quickly, a new British study suggests. The researchers doubt that height itself is the reason for the increased ...

UNC spinoff lands $2 million grant - Triangle Business Journal
A spinoff from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won a $2 million federal grant to help it commercialize its medical technology. The company, Morphormics Inc. , will use the grant from the National Cancer Institute to market the ...

Height Linked To Risk Of Prostate Cancer Development And Progression - Medical News Today
A man's height is a modest marker for risk of prostate cancer development, but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say British researchers who conducted their own study on the connection and also reviewed 58 published studies. In ...

LETTER: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - Register Citizen
Prostate cancer strikes more than 3,500 men every week in the United States. But it doesn't have to be this way. September, which is prostate cancer Awareness month is the perfect opportunity for men to learn about reducing the risk of this life ...

Bostwick Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Novel Phase I/II ... - Forbes
Bostwick Therapeutics announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Institutional Review Board of Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA., to initiate the CRITICAL (CRyotherapy and IntraTumoral ...

 

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