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October 9, 2008 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month story ideas

    October 8, 2008 - U-M Cancer Center hosts Dia de la Familia health event

   October 6, 2008 - Health Minute: Breast cancer remains threat for older women

September 26, 2008 - St. Baldrick's Foundation Announces $330,000 funding of St. Baldrick's Scholar at the University of Michigan Health System

September 26, 2008 - U-M researcher receives $1.5M New Innovator Award from NIH

September 15, 2008 - Gene therapy for chronic pain enters first human trial

September 5, 2008 - Computerized reminder system drove up colon cancer screening rates, U-M study found

July 30, 2008 - Health Minute: Minorities less likely to know about breast cancer treatment options, U-M researchers find

July 16, 2008 - Gene panel predicts lung cancer survival, study finds

July 16, 2008 - U-M Breast Oncology Program benefits from televised fund-raiser

July 11, 2008 - Cancer drug shows promise against graft-versus-host disease

July 9, 2008 - Patients unaware of link between smoking and bladder cancer

July 9, 2008 - U-M study: Herceptin targets breast cancer stem cells

July 9, 2008 - Breast asymmetry after cancer treatment affects quality of life, U-M study finds

    July 7, 2008 - Health Minute: Coping with 'chemo brain'

January - March

January 31, 2008 - BRCA1 mutation linked to breast cancer stem cells

February 4, 2008 - U-M researchers identify cells that cause nervous system disease

February 5, 2008 - Black History Month a time to discuss breast cancer risks

February 8, 2008 - New, non-invasive prostate cancer test beats PSA in detecting prostate cancer, researchers report

March 4, 2008 - U-M researchers ID promising new cancer drug

March 5, 2008 - Blayney elected ASCO president for 2009-2010 term

March 12, 2008 - U-M researcher honored for progress in cancer prevention, detection and treatment

March 18, 2008 - Testicular cancer gauge often not used

March 19, 2008 - Type of prostate cancer treatment affects quality of life, multicenter study finds

March 26, 2008 - Colon cancer screening key to prevention, increased survival

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April - June

April 2, 2008 - Childhood leukemia survivors struggle with long-term side effects

April 8, 2008 - Secrets of cellular signaling shed light on new cancer stem cell therapies

April 8, 2008 - U-M named Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers

April 24, 2008 - 2 U-M scientists receive Kimmel Scholar grants for cancer research

May 12, 2008 - HPV linked to better survival in tonsil, tongue cancer, U-M study finds

May 14, 2008 - Register now for U-M's Women's Football Academy

May 14, 2008 - Health Minute: Blacks not receiving chemotherapy for rectal cancer, despite seeing cancer specialists, U-M study finds

May 27, 2008 - 6 health systems already on board for proton beam consortium

May 30, 2008 - Quality of life predicts cancer survival

June 5, 2008 - Mich. proton beam consortium meets first CON deadline

June 10, 2008 - U-M researchers discover traits of aggressive form of prostate cancer

June 12, 2008 - Metro Health, U-Michigan Health System announce joint venture for radiation oncology care

June 20, 2008 - Absence or low function of CHFR gene in breast cells sets stage for abnormal cell division and cancer

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