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1. Usage of Sterile Talc
   Sterile talc powder is a medicinal tool often used to treat cancer patients. Doctors treating patients use sterile talc in powder form by inserting it between the lungs and the chest wall to prevent pleural effusions. Patients who suffer from certain types
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2. What You Should Know About Chemotherapy Drug Use
   The use of any chemotherapy drug is to destroy the abnormal cells that are in a person's body, growing out of control and causing cancer. The initial treatment for cancer may be surgery, but it must then be followed up by chemotherapy to prevent continued
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3. Its Okay to Get Help During Chemotherapy Treatments
   Cancer can be a scary word for those who are diagnosed with some form of the illness. But it is not just scary to you; your family must deal with your illness as well. This is true when you are having your chemotherapy treatments as well. You need not stay
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4. Associatiion of Online Cancer Resources
   Features information, treatments, links, and provides online community support for a wide range of different types of cancer.
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5. Ways to Administer Leukemia Chemotherapy
   Leukemia treatment is almost always in the form of leukemia chemotherapy. The best way to fight this kind of cancer is by using strong drugs to kill the cancerous leukemia cells. Since there is more than one type of leukemia which drugs are used, and if mo
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6. What is Carboplatin Chemotherapy
   Different types of chemotherapy are employed in the treatment process for different types of cancer. One of the more common types of chemotherapy treatments is a process that is referred to as carboplatin chemotherapy. Here is some information about the a
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7. The Advantage of Dose Dense chemotherapy
   Dose dense chemotherapy is showing surprising results in the treatment of breast cancer! This new type of treatment shortens the time between doses of chemotherapy and seems to have better results for those women whose cancer has spread from the breast to
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8. NOVA Online: Cancer Warrior
   Tells the story of Dr. Judah Folkman, a researcher who has spent the past 30 years trying to find a way to curb cancer. Includes i 1000 nterview clips, interactive feature that traces the growth of a malignant tumor, and an hour-long PBS feature in QuickTime and RealVideo formats.
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9. Vegetarianism
   Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and especially Jainism, teach that ideally life should always be valued and not willfully destroyed for unnecessary human gratification. Many early Christians were vegetarian, including the Desert Fathers. Since then, the Trappist, Benedictine, and Carthusian orders have encouraged vegetarianism, as have Seventh-Day Adventists. In the nineteenth century, members of the Bible Christian sect established the first vegetarian groups in England and the United States. Rastafarians generally follow a diet called "I-tal," which eschews the eating of food that has been artificially preserved, flavoured, or chemically altered in any way. Many Rastafarians consider it to also forbid the eating
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10. Angel On My Shoulder
    Camp Angel and Camp Teen Angel: cost-free weekend retreats for kids affected by cancer through a loved one. Held at Camp Luther in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, and Camp Manito-Wish YMCA in Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. Dates, photos, forms, and program details.
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11. Cancer - Information from NIH
    Alternate Name(s): Carcinoma; Malignant tumor ...... Cancer involves the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that have mutated from normal tissues. This growth can kill when these cells prevent normal function of vital organs or spread throughout the body, damaging essential systems.
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12. La ligue contre le cancer
    Informations, forum et ressources sur la prévention, le dépistage, les différents aspects de la vie avec un cancer et les activités. France.
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13. Crossroads Cancer Consulting
    Offers strategic planning for oncology programs. Includes trends, articles, and links to oncology related sites.
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14. Pet Cancer Support Group
    An online support group for people who have or have had pets with cancer.
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15. Karin Smith
    Karin Smith Karin Smith died on March 8, 1995, of cervical cancer. After her death, a grand jury found a doctor and laboratory technician to be guilty of negligent homicide. In 1988 and 1989, Smith had received pap smears which were argued to have "unequivocally" shown that she had cancer; however, the lab had not made the diagnosis.
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16. National Cancer Institute - Comprehensive Cancer Information
    Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research. ... Dictionary of Cancer Terms; Cancer-related terms;
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17. Cancer Research Campaign
    Some information about cancer. A UK Charity primarily concerned with raising money to fund research.
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18. Lung Cancer and Women
    FAQ answers questions like: how common is long cancer in women? Can I develop lung cancer if I don't smoke? W 1000 hat is my risk for lung cancer if I smoke?
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19. Karl Wallenda
    in what became the worst circus tragedy ever, a fire broke out in a circus tent in Hartford, Conn., midway through the Wallendas' act; Gunther helped rescue a number of the spectators. When in 1962 the pyramid fell, Gunther was the only one left standing and was able to help rescue three who were clinging to the wire. That summer the troup went to the theme park The Enchanted Forest of the Adirondacks to regroup and heal. While performing at the Enchanted Forest that summer and the summer of 1963, Gunther fell in love with Sheila Monahan. Sheila was a teacher
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20. Dictionary of Cancer Terms - National Cancer Institute
    Glossary offered by the U.S. National Cancer Institute. ... Welcome to the NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, a resource with more than 6,000 terms related to cancer and medicine.
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