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  • Helen Mirren plays the Queen for Oliver Burton
  • Actress Helen Mirren helped grant the dying wish of a boy who wanted more than anything to meet Queen Elizabeth.
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london, celebrity, facebook, cancer, watercooler
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Brad Pitt says it was important for his partner, Angelina Jolie, to share her story about having her breasts removed to avoid cancer.
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cancer, celebrity, women's health, entertainment
  • Women who have preventative mastectomies are learning there are recent medical advances that make the trauma much less severe.
  • Women who have preventative mastectomies are learning medical advances make the trauma less severe.
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cancer, celebrity, women's health, health
  • Locks Of Love
  • Questions are being raised about how much hair Locks Of Love receives and how many wigs are actually made.
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charities, children, cancer, san francisco news
  • Locks Of Love
  • Questions are being raised about how much hair Locks Of Love receives and how many wigs are actually made.
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charities, cancer, children, news
  • Joelle Burnette is healthy, happy with her decision and hopeful that by sharing her experience, others will benefit.
  • Joelle Burnette is healthy, happy with her decision and hopeful that by sharing her experience, others will benefit.
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cancer, celebrity, women's health, health
  • Joelle Burnette is healthy, happy with her decision and hopeful that by sharing her experience, others will benefit.
  • Joelle Burnette is healthy, happy with her decision and hopeful that by sharing her experience, others will benefit.
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cancer, celebrity, women's health, health, laura anthony
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Angelina Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she had a gene that made it likely she would get cancer.
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cancer, celebrity, women's health, entertainment
  • Women who have preventative mastectomies are learning there are recent medical advances that make the trauma much less severe.
  • Women who have preventative mastectomies are learning medical advances make the trauma less severe.
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cancer, celebrity, women's health, health
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Angelina Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she had a gene that made it likely she would get cancer.
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cancer, celebrity, entertainment
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Angelina Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she had a gene that made it likely she would get cancer.
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cancer, entertainment
  • Dodgers star Matt Kemp gives fan battling cancer shirt off his back
  • A young Dodgers fan is still on Cloud 9 after a selfless gesture by Dodgers superstar Matt Kemp.
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viral video, youtube, los angeles dodgers, los angeles, southern california, san francisco giants, cancer, mlb
  • Dodgers star Matt Kemp gives fan battling cancer shirt off his back
  • A young Dodgers fan is still on Cloud 9 after a selfless gesture by Dodgers superstar Matt Kemp.
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viral video, youtube, los angeles dodgers, los angeles, southern california, san francisco giants, cancer, sports
  • Dodgers star Matt Kemp gives fan battling cancer shirt off his back
  • A recent move by Dodgers star Matt Kemp has even die-hard Giants fans impressed.
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viral video, youtube, los angeles dodgers, los angeles, southern california, san francisco giants, cancer, watercooler
  • Men who have a hard time staying asleep may be at a higher risk of prostate cancer.
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cancer, medical research, health
  • Woman tanning
  • Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to additional regulations, under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Administration.
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FDA, cancer, health
  • Vicky Tran
  • A Bay Area bone marrow drive turned into a success story after a rare meeting between a leukemia survivor and her donor.
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UCSF, cancer, DNA, non-profit, health, carolyn tyler
  • Vicky Tran
  • A Bay Area bone marrow drive turned into a success story after a rare meeting between a leukemia survivor and her donor.
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UCSF, cancer, DNA, non-profit, health
  • Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer in the United States and is responsible for nearly 10,000 deaths a year.
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cancer, health care, UCSF, health, carolyn johnson
  • Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer in the United States and is responsible for nearly 10,000 deaths a year.
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cancer, health care, UCSF, news
  • Nalini Ambady
  • A Stanford professor has seven weeks to find a bone marrow match to fight an aggressive form of leukemia.
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palo alto, stanford university, cancer, sunnyvale, south bay news, lisa amin gulezian
  • Nalini Ambady
  • A Stanford professor has seven weeks to find a bone marrow match to fight an aggressive form of leukemia.
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palo alto, sunnyvale, stanford university, cancer, news
  • Cancer survivor and former Rep. Ellen Tauscher speaking at a meeting
  • Cancer survivor and former Rep. Ellen Tauscher inspired hundreds of participants in a 5K run to raise awareness about the disease in Lafayette.
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lafayette, cancer, east bay news
  • marijuana plant
  • Bay Area researchers are hoping to soon test a cancer-fighting marijuana compound in humans.
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cancer, marijuana, medical marijuana, california pacific medical center, health, carolyn johnson
  • marijuana plant
  • Bay Area researchers are hoping to soon test a cancer-fighting marijuana compound in humans.
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marijuana, medical marijuana, cancer, california pacific medical center, health
  • Jack Hoffman with a 69 yard touchdown in the 2013 Nebraska Spring Game
  • Seven-year-old Jack Hoffman is a lifelong Nebraska Cornhuskers fan. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2011.
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viral video, youtube, children, cancer, watercooler
  • Documentary film director Les Blank
  • Independent film director Les Blank died Sunday from bladder cancer at his home in the Berkeley hills.
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celebrity, cancer, east bay news
  • Oakland police and firefighters take part in cancer foundation fundraiser
  • On Saturday afternoon Oakland police and fire employees had their heads shaved to raise money to help kids fight cancer.
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oakland, OPD, fundraiser, cancer, children, east bay news
  • John Cardinale.
  • Sonoma Raceway's John Cardinale passed away last Wednesday night after a two year battle with gastric cancer.
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sonoma, cancer, racing
  • Patient with leukemia
  • Researchers discovered a treatment that genetically modifies a patient's immune cells to fight a specific type of leukemia.
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cancer, health, lyanne melendez
  • Patient with leukemia
  • In a clinical study, researchers discovered a treatment that genetically modifies a patient's immune cells to fight a specific type of leukemia.
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cancer, health
  • Doctor looking inside of someones esophagus with microscope
  • A group of Bay Area doctors is fighting cancer with the help of the world's smallest medical microscope called Cellvizio.
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cancer, health, carolyn johnson
  • Doctor looks inside a patients esophagus
  • A group of Bay Area doctors is fighting cancer with the help of the world's smallest medical microscope called Cellvizio.
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cancer, health
  • Woman undergoing mammogram (AP)
  • A medical study released Monday has new guidelines for women and mammograms.
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UCSF, medical research, cancer, women's health, health
  • A new study is once again stirring up the debate of how often should women get routine mammograms.
  • A medical study released Monday has new guidelines for women and mammograms.
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UCSF, medical research, cancer, women's health, health, carolyn tyler
  • Boy with autism wearing a superhero cape
  • A Danville mom found a unique way to bring joy to sick children around the country, by giving them their very own superhero cape.
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children, movies, television, palo alto, stanford university, non-profit, charities, volunteerism, cancer, autism, assignment 7, wayne freedman
  • Boy with autism wearing a superhero cape
  • A Danville mom found a unique way to bring joy to sick children around the country, by giving them their very own superhero cape.
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children, movies, television, palo alto, stanford university, non-profit, charities, volunteerism, cancer, autism, news
  • aspirin, colon cancer, risk, health
  • A new Stanford University study suggests taking aspirin may reduce the risk of melanoma in women.
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stanford university, cancer, medical research, health
  • The 'Huck Cancer' fundraiser being held in San Francisco Saturday will have an impact on the fight against cancer across the country.
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cancer, san francisco news
  • water from a faucet
  • The ABC7 News I-Team looked into what it may cost to clean up California's water supply.
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water, cancer, san jose, livermore, i-team video
  • The ABC7 News I-Team sampled water in four Bay Area locations chosen for their histories of hexavalent chromium levels.
  • The I-Team sampled water in four Bay Area locations chosen for their histories of hexavalent chromium levels.
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water, cancer, san jose, livermore, i-team video
  • The FDA says it has approved a new form of a best-selling breast cancer drug that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.
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cancer, health
  • water from a faucet
  • The ABC7 News I-Team looked into what it may cost to clean up California's water supply.
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water, cancer, san jose, livermore, i-team, dan noyes
  • The ABC7 News I-Team sampled water in four Bay Area locations chosen for their histories of hexavalent chromium levels.
  • The ABC7 News I-Team sampled water in four Bay Area locations chosen for their histories of hexavalent chromium levels.
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water, cancer, san jose, livermore, i-team, dan noyes
  • SF opera singer Zheng Cao
  • Zheng Cao, a beloved San Francisco opera singer, lost her four-year battle with lung cancer.
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cancer, san francisco news
  • Robin Roberts returns to Good Morning America
  • Five months after undergoing a bone marrow transplant, Robin Roberts is back on television in the morning.
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good morning america, television, ABC, celebrity, cancer, entertainment
  • CT scans
  • The use of computed tomography, or CT scans, has increased more than 20 times since 1980.
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cancer, medical research, i-team, dan noyes
  • CT scans
  • The use of computed tomography, or CT scans, has increased more than 20 times since 1980.
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cancer, medical research, i-team video
  • Bone marrow drive for man with rare leukemia
  • Attorney General Kamala Harris set aside state business Monday to help a Bay Area man desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant.
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kamala harris, cancer, charities, medical research, stanford university, news
  • Bone marrow drive for man with rare leukemia
  • Attorney General Kamala Harris set aside state business Monday to help a Bay Area man desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant.
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kamala harris, cancer, charities, medical research, stanford university, san francisco news, carolyn tyler