fundraiser comes up short; woman hoping to give cancer-striken …
Foster’s Daily Democrat, NH

By LESLIE MODICA ROCHESTER — Pamela Bond is wishing upon a star to find a way to send her brother, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer, and his two children on a "Disney Adventure." Bond held a penny sale Saturday at the Rochester Community Center …

'You inspire us with your strength, and we celebrate you'
Daily Kent Stater, OH

Montgomery, a 1990 Kent State graduate, said she in part came to Relay for Life in remembrance of her son, Brian, who passed away in 2006 from brain cancer. She said doctors diagnosed Brian when he was 7. He went through chemotherapy and radiation …

Survivors stand tall after cancer
The Banner-Graphic, IN

She is a survivor of breast, bone and brain cancer. Her diagnosis of breast cancer in the lymph nodes came in 2003. It was stage four. In 2005, she was told she had bone cancer, which took one of her ribs. Three years later, Taylor received news she …
Celebrating Hope and Heroes Salisbury Post
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Mom's the Word: 5111 days and counting
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CA

By Anissa V. Rivera, Correspondent He had been sick for a year, from what his fellow doctors first diagnosed as brain cancer. It was actually lung cancer that had metastasized to his brain. When he heard the disease was in his head, he was actually …

Hundreds Play In Rain For Young Cancer Patient
KCCI.com, IA

URBANDALE, Iowa — Thirty-five softball teams played in the rain on Friday and Saturday for a little girl with brain cancer. 3-year-old Ava Hutchinson was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in January. She is undergoing high-dose chemotherapy and …

Family sues Rohm & Haas over cancer death
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA

The suit was filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court by Anne Snizavich, whose husband, Joseph Snizavich, a father of two, died in September at age 63 of brain cancer. "He was a great dad," said Aaron Freiwald, the family's attorney. …
CHARITY GIANTS Philadelphia Inquirer
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Family, students pulling together for third-grader suffering from …
Canon City Daily Record,  United States

On Thursday, I volunteered at Harrison School for its annual spring picture day, and I couldn't help but notice one little face would be missing from her class photo this year. Instead of primping for her third-grade photo and worrying about finding …

Huntley community helps boy with cancer
The Courier News, IL

The diagnosis was unthinkable: inoperable malignant brain cancer. Carter Kettner, 5, of Huntley, has inoperable malignant brain cancer. As word got around the neighborhood about Carter, the community rallied behind the Kettners, staging fund-raisers …

Promising Early Results for Rare Childhood Brain Cancer Drug
Attorney at Law

It's still early in the process, but researchers say a new drug being developed appears to dramatically slow the growth of a rare and deadly form of childhood brain cancer. The drug, called 3-BrOP, is being developed by scientists at the Children's …

'Grey's Anatomy' Recap: Coming to Terms With Things
Entertainment Weekly

Oh, right, the fact that she has possibly terminal brain cancer. Well, Derek got that stuff out of her brain, but there's still a ways to go. Meredith wanted something simple, dress-wise, somewhere between ''naked'' and pretty-pretty princess bride; …