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Md. funds tech that brings school to housebound students
Grants will provide $15,000 to each of the state’s 24 school systems. The technology helped one Montgomery County girl keep up with her studies as she battled cancer.
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John McCain’s son on his father: ‘He is very tough to kill’
“He is a tough old person,” the Arizona lawmaker’s son told The Arizona Republic this week. “I usually use the term ‘bastard.’ He’s a tough old bastard. And he has an indomitable spirit. It is impossible to keep the man down.”
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Low-risk prostate cancer is not no-risk prostate cancer
A new study concluded that treating early-stage prostate cancer with either surgery or radiation offers negligible benefits. The concept of prostate cancer risk typing, however, must be factored in.
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Cancer survivors, supporters hit the streets in ‘Race for the Cure’
Thousands walked, jogged and ran in this year’s Race for the Cure, a 5K which raises funds for cancer research and allows participants to show support for those impacted.
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Students raise $11,000 to help teacher battling cancer fulfill her bucket list
“I cried and cried,” said the teacher, Michelle Wistrand. “I feel blessed and I am just so thankful to have them in my life. I could not have taken these trips, there’s no way. They blow me away with their kindness.”
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Photos: Sir Roger Moore, 1927-2017
Former James Bond star Sir Roger Moore has died Tuesday in Switzerland after a battle with cancer, his children said. He was 89.
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Doctor works to create cancer-fighting video game in honor of late patient
“Kate’s Crusade” is a cancer-fighting video game that an 11-year-old’s oncologist is working to create in her honor.
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10 things you didn’t know about breast cancer
One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, and there are nearly 3 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. alone — but even with so many impacted, there is still so much to know. (This post is sponsored by Priority Toyota of Springfield.)
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Va. veteran trains for Marine Corps Marathon while battling life-threatening brain tumor
Samaria Hunter, 47, is fighting for her life. Just days before the marathon kicks off, she will undergo her last radiation treatment for a brain tumor that was discovered just over a year ago. In this fifth installment of WTOP’s Marine Corps Marathon series, she shares how faith and family have supported her on this journey.
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Children battling cancer across world design NASA space suits
Hundreds of children battling cancer from all around the globe are helping design colorful space suits for NASA as part of a project that’s bringing art, healing and science together.
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Cancer-stricken girl in remission after family raises $180K for experimental treatment
A cancer-stricken girl from the U.K. is in remission after her family raised $180,000 via a social media campaign to get her to the U.S. for an experimental treatment.
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Microsoft intiatives treat cancer as a computing problem
Medical research has traditionally treated cancer as a disease to be cured, but Microsoft’s latest efforts to aid the medical professionals treats it as a puzzle to be solved.
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Shannen Doherty Reveals Her Cancer Has Spread: “The Unknown Is Always the Scariest Part”
Shannen Doherty, 45, tells Entertainment Tonight that her breast cancer has spread
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Alcohol consumption linked to 7 types of cancer, a review of research finds
The review, published in the journal Addiction, supports an association between alcohol consumption and cancers located in the oropharynx, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, rectum and female breast.
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Cancer survivor granted wish to meet namesake — former President Jimmy Carter
A 10-year-old New York boy named Carter who beat cancer got to meet another cancer survivor named Carter, former President Jimmy Carter.
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