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What do you do, where do you turn, how do you go on once you learn you have it? Personal accounts of those who have done so, as well as professional guidance from those who help people afflicted or otherwise affected.
Up-lifting event raises $7,000 for Edmond girl
EDMOND — They may have the strength of an ox, but they showed they can have a heart of gold.
Oklahoma City cancer patient, mom to seek research funds
An Oklahoma City boy and his mother will travel to Washington this weekend to ask Congress to appropriate $150 million in pediatric cancer research.
Golf Classic to raise money for pancreatic cancer research
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It is tee time for Ford Audio-Video and the University of Oklahoma’s Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation. The AV company will host their Fifth Annual David Schultz Memorial Golf Classic on Wednesday, July 29.
Up-lifting event raises $7,000 for Edmond girl
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
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EDMOND — They may have the strength of an ox, but they showed they can have a heart of gold. More than 60 police officers and recruits, and some firefighters and serious weightlifters, were...
Private funeral services planned Tuesday for Farrah Fawcett
Sun, Jun 28, 2009
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LOS ANGELES — A private funeral service will be held Tuesday for Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Church officials say the service is set for...
"Charlie's Angel" Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Farrah Fawcett has died in a Los Angeles hospital. She was 62.
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Golf Classic to raise money for pancreatic cancer research
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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OKLAHOMA CITY— It is tee time for Ford Audio-Video and the University of Oklahoma’s Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation. The AV company will host their Fifth Annual David Schultz Memorial...
Glover: A steady hand
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — In a final hour packed with emotion, Lucas Glover played a steady hand to win the U.S. Open. So many amazing stories belonged to contenders all around him Monday at...
Fans give Lefty support
Sat, Jun 20, 2009
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Phil Mickelson was walking toward the 11th tee late Friday evening, his 29th and final hole of the day, when he looked at the wooden scoreboard bearing the names of his...
Camp offers special something for the kids
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
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Brylea Lind nearly sprinted to the front of the room, her curly hair bouncing all the way. The cancer survivor just had to see for herself how tall Zac Robinson and Brandon Weeden were. "Oh,...
Oklahoma City cancer patient, mom to seek research funds
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
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An Oklahoma City boy and his mother will travel to Washington this weekend to ask Congress to appropriate $150 million in pediatric cancer research. Ian Black and his mother, Carrie Black, hope to...
Tulsa company hopes device can ease cancer screenings
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
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A breast-imaging company with manufacturing operations in Tulsa is trying to get more women interested in screening for cancer. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, only 67...
Oklahoma man loses cancer fight, but keeps hope alive
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
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Years ago Reader’s Digest had a feature "My Most Memorable Character.” Different authors would write about people, famous and not, who made an impact on their lives. In my job, I...
Oklahoma City lab program opens doors for scholars
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
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Destry Elms could be spending the summer on a tractor in Boise City. While that might not be too bad, working in the lab at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is better, he said. Elms, 18, is...
Kids get in on the action at Edmond market
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
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EDMOND — Several young people this summer are selling goods at the Junior Market at Festival Market Place. While some are hoping to earn spending money, others are raising money to help...
Oklahoma City tennis tournament raises breast cancer awareness
Sat, Jun 6, 2009
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A tennis tournament designed to raise awareness about breast cancer wrapped up Wednesday, and officials said the event served up an ace. "My grandma died of breast cancer and that inspired me...
Girl, 10, begins battle against ‘adult’ disease
Thu, Jun 4, 2009
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LA MIRADA, Calif. — Ten-year-old Hannah Powell-Auslam is trying to remain brave as she battles what was initially diagnosed as breast cancer. "I feel like a kid inside but sometimes I...
Edmond cancer patient earns honor by fundraising
Thu, Jun 4, 2009
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EDMOND — An Edmond man is losing his fight against blood cancer but has been honored for helping in the fight to find a cure. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Oklahoma Chapter chose...
WCWS notebook: Cancer survivors honored before game
Tue, Jun 2, 2009
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Cancer survivors honored before game Cancer survivor Haley Hubbard threw out the first pitch at the Women’s College World Series Monday night. As part of the American Cancer Society’s...
Terry Harper continues cancer battle
Mon, Jun 1, 2009
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Oklahoma State University grad Terry Harper went under the knife for a second time in two years Oct. 16 to try and remove a malignant glioma, one of the deadliest cancers out there.
Faith-healing discussion urged
Sat, May 30, 2009
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An expert on faith healing said a recent case involving a 13-year-old cancer patient whose mother shunned chemotherapy demonstrates how these cases can get out of hand and the need to prevent such...
Web site to help sick boy
Thu, May 28, 2009
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MINNEAPOLIS — The family of a 13-year-old cancer patient who fled Minnesota with his mother because they objected to chemotherapy are using the Internet to raise money for expenses that could...
In brief: Nation
Wed, May 27, 2009
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PARENTS AGREE TO CHEMOTHERAPY NEW ULM, Minn. — The parents of a Minnesota boy who refused chemotherapy for his cancer told a judge Tuesday they now agree to the medical treatment, and the...
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Tulsa company hopes device can ease cancer screenings
Sandra, Yukon: TULSA COMPANY and not available in OK? WHY NOT? Surely diagnostic imaging places in OKC and...
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Yisroel, Novato: The fact that the mother and her son tried to flee and were forced to come back and accept the...
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