Motsepe's wife, Precious Moloi-Motsepe, a former head of the Cancer Association of South Africa, is a fixture in the society pages.
Anderson Cancer Center and a former president of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR).
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Dr. Jacks has served on the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute, the Board of Directors of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), and is a past President of the AACR.
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However, most studies focused on lung cancer the most common smoking-related cancer and few examined the association with esophageal cancer or cancers of the mouth and larynx.
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Anand Grover, a lawyer for the Cancer Patients Aid Association, which led the legal fight against Novartis, said the ruling Monday prevented the watering down of India's patent laws.
The importance of immigrants to cancer research is not a recent phenomenon either: The first head of the National Cancer Institute was an immigrant, and 11 immigrants have served as president of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Public health groups have been split about their support, with the American Lung Association taking a skeptical view of the talks, and the American Cancer Society and American Medical Association looking on more favorably.
The findings were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in San Francisco.
Clinical use of Cox-2 drugs in association with cancer is still relatively rare.
The preliminary conclusions of these trials were presented at the 2012 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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And earlier this week, Ursin reported further good news at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Los Angeles.
Andraka is in the process of patenting his invention and will soon be submitting his work for publication through the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Cancer, a charity collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Atomic bomb survivor data shows a significant association between developing cancer and a radiation exposure about 100 mSv.
Mark Matfield, of the Association for International Cancer Research, which funded the study, stressed the research was at an early stage.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers looked at every case of childhood cancer - and found no association whatsoever with EMFs, whether created by power lines or simply by wiring arrangements in the home.
Only two single-illness nonprofits--the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society, both far older--paid for more research.
Today, one of Amgen's (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people ) side-effect drugs, Neulasta, is getting a boost as researchers present data at the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer annual meeting in Miami showing that it can reduce infections brought on by chemotherapy -- and the hospitalizations that result -- by more than 90%.
Following menopause, the main source of estrogen is from fat deposits, and this is believed to explain the association of obesity with postmenopausal breast cancer.
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It does however follow an earlier association made between shift work and breast cancer.
Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, a powerful anti-oxidant which, according to the American Dietic Association, reduces the risk of prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease.
New members included the Antoine Trust, Jersey Fertility Support, Jersey College for Girls Parent Teacher Association, Love Matters and GOSH Jersey Cancer Trust Love Hearts Appeal.
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Lee Kaplan, of Massachusetts General Hospital, stressed that the research in no way proved that consuming fizzy drinks caused gullet cancer - it was just pointing out a possible association.
In December, an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association regarding the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial trial found that neither of the supplements provided a benefit in prostate cancer prevention.
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Professor Stevens told the British Association science festival how a new breast cancer drug called Phortress, developed in his Cancer Research UK Experimental Cancer Chemotherapy Research Group, had been awaiting the start of clinical trials for three years.
Epidemiology has a long list of accomplishments, including most famously identification of the association of smoking with risk of lung cancer, but also encompassing the identification of many other exposures, medications, and infectious agents as risk factors or protective factors for specific diseases.
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We observed a strong inverse association between coffee consumption and risk of lethal prostate cancer.
Dr Clive Peedell, a cancer specialist and co-chair of the NHS Consultants' Association, organised the letter.
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