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	"CURE" for minority under-representation in cancer sciences
	Blood test for breast cancer?
	Fred Meyers named master of American College of Physicians
	Screen yourself, vaccinate your daughter
	Triumph in 2007
	Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Advisory Board formed
	Colleges to tackle rural tobacco use, colorectal and cervical cancer

	Bright and luminescent

	Land gift will expand cancer services in Placer County

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NEWS IN BRIEF

"CURE" for minority under-representation in cancer sciences
Nationally, fewer than 5 percent of all doctorates awarded in the biological sciences go to African Americans. Hispanics, American Indians and some Asian and Pacific Islander groups are similarly under-represented in the ranks of Ph.D. medical researchers ...
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Blood test for breast cancer?
In a recent article in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, UC Davis researchers report a promising strategy for discovering biomarkers that could be used to detect breast cancer ...
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Fred Meyers named master of American College of Physicians
In recognition of his pioneering role in the hospice movement in the United States and his research to improve end-of-life care for cancer patients, Frederick Meyers, professor of medicine and pathology and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, has been elected a Master of the American College of Physicians ...
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Screen yourself, vaccinate your daughter
A statewide campaign to increase awareness and prevention of cervical cancer and its primary cause, the human papillomavirus, had its kickoff at a January press conference at UC Davis Cancer Center ...
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Triumph in 2007
UC Davis Cancer Center will offer a 10-week Triumph strength-and-fitness program for cancer survivors July 9 through Sept. 14. Classes are held twice a week during the day at 650 FIT Fitness Center, 985 Enterprise Drive, Sacramento. There is no cost to participants ...
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Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Advisory Board formed
To better meet the special needs of young cancer patients and survivors, UC Davis Cancer Center has established its first Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Advisory Board ...
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Colleges to tackle rural tobacco use, colorectal and cervical cancer
The UC Davis Cancer Center/Sacramento State Partnership to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities through Education, Research and Training hosted its first Community-Campus Collaborative Conference ...
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Bright and luminescent
Alexandra Courtis, a senior at Davis Senior High School, won $5,000, a laptop computer and an all-expenses- paid trip to Washington, D.C., as a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search ...
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Land gift will expand cancer services in Placer County
A real estate development firm whose major partners include five prominent local families donated 15 acres of undeveloped land valued at $8.17 million to UC Davis Health System, the single largest private donation in the health system's history ...
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Best wishes
A delegation of second- through eighth-grade students visited UC Davis Children's Hospital as part of a school project on cancer, bringing with them more than 100 handmade cards and posters to distribute to pediatric cancer patients ...
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