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• DeGeneres Joins Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Thursday With Phone Messages

  Posted: September 30th, 2008, 1:00pm CDT

  Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday helped kick off a breast cancer awareness campaign led by vitamin maker One A Day that allows women to request a phone message of DeGeneres sent to someone they know reminding that person to take steps to check for breast cancer, the AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

• Women Born As Big Babies More Susceptible To Breast Cancer

  Posted: September 30th, 2008, 12:00pm CDT

  Women who were born as big babies, particularly if they were longer in length, are more susceptible to breast cancer said UK researchers after re-analysing data from published and unpublished studies. The analysis was the work of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and is published in PLoS Medicine.

• Join Scrubs & Beyond(R) In Supporting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  Posted: September 30th, 2008, 12:00pm CDT

  Scrubs & Beyond is doing more than recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- they are supporting it by donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of specific items to the American Cancer Society. If you need a new set of

• Antisoma Starts Phase II Trial Of AS1402 In Breast Cancer

  Posted: September 30th, 2008, 8:00am CDT

  Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) announced that it has started a phase II trial evaluating the addition of AS1402 to the endocrine (hormonal) therapy letrozole in post-menopausal women receiving first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer. Approximately 110 patients will be randomly assigned to receive either letrozole plus AS1402 or standard treatment with letrozole alone.

• Cancer Research UK's New Video Puts A Fun Twist On Being Breast Aware

  Posted: September 30th, 2008, 6:00am CDT

  Cancer Research UK is today releasing a viral video aimed at educating women on how to be breast aware. The comedic video features a woman explaining how best to check breasts, the twist being that her assistant is a beautiful and obliging male model. The video features Tommy, the

• AICR Study: Walnuts Slow Growth Of Breast Cancer Tumors

  Posted: September 30th, 2008, 6:00am CDT

  New research funded by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) has found evidence that a daily dose of walnuts - equal to two servings a day in humans - reduces the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice. The study is the first to investigate the effect of walnut consumption on cancer. "This is an intriguing finding that needs to be repeated, and ultimately confirmed in humans," said Karen Collins, M.S., R.D., Nutrition Advisor for AICR.