Three Sports Legends Team Up to Help Fight Lung Cancer

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 16 No 3
Volume 16
Issue 3

Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman (shown talking to the media at Super Bowl XLI) has joined Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., Emmy-award winning sportscaster Joe Buck, and the Lung Cancer Alliance (lungcanceralliance.org) for the lung cancer awareness campaign "A Face in the Fight."

Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman (shown talking to the media at Super Bowl XLI) has joined Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., Emmy-award winning sportscaster Joe Buck, and the Lung Cancer Alliance (lungcanceralliance.org) for the lung cancer awareness campaign "A Face in the Fight."

Articles in this issue
Peptide-Based Breast Ca Vaccines Promising in Early Trials
Diagnostic Dilemma: GI Disease
Imatinib Responses in CML May Take Time
IV Vidaza Approved; Oral Formulation to Be Tested
Study Confirms Avastin Advantage in Advanced NSCLC
Legal Services Should Be a Component of Standard Cancer Care
Mouse Virus Evidence Suggests Viral Basis for Breast Ca
Groups Oppose Ruling on Access to Experimental Drugs
Satellite Allows Digital Mammography Screening for Rural Native Americans
Nexavar Effective in Advanced HCC: Phase III Trial Stopped
H&N Ca Patients With CR to CRT May Not Need Surgery
Two Sets of Researchers Find Herceptin Cost Effective
Family-Based Testing Strategy May Better Detect HNPCC
More 'Promacs,' Worse Outcome
Brachytherapy Balloon Can Be Placed After Final Pathology
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