Mother’s Day Mission: Take down breast cancer
For years, Donna Deegan has wanted to stage a race on Mother’s Day. The Players Championship helped her make that happen with the second Players 5K with Donna, a beach run that begins at 8 a.m. today at the Ahern Street beach access in Atlantic Beach. Deegan, a three-time breast cancer survivor, has become the First Coast’s resident expert at staging races to raise funds for breast cancer …
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Dendreon Rises After Winning Approval for Cancer Drug (Update2)
April 29 (Bloomberg) — Dendreon Corp. won approval for its first product, a vaccine to fight prostate cancer, after a three-year battle with U.S. regulators. Shares surged the most in a year in New York trading.
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Penguin Treated At Ky. Aquiarium For Cancer Dies
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) — A penguin that seemed to be responding well to cancer treatments at the Newport Aquarium in northern Kentucky has died. The 16-year-old chinstrap penguin named Tica was put down this month due to complications from degenerative spinal disease.
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