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	<title>PSA Rising Prostate Cancer Blog &#187; Cancer</title>
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		<title>FDA Approves PROVENGE &#174; for the Treatment of Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2010/04/fda-approves-provenger-for-the-treatment-of-men-with-advanced-prostate-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE, April 29, 2010 &#8211;Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PROVENGE(&#174;) (sipuleucel-T), an autologous cellular immunotherapy for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic, castrate-resistant (hormone-refractory) prostate cancer (CRPC). Provenge is designed to induce an immune response against Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP), an antigen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. cancer trials near state of crisis, report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government’s cancer research network is in severe disarray according to a report by the Institute of Medicine. Waste and inefficiency cause 40% of all late-stage government funded cancer trials to be abandoned before completion, the report found. Shannon Pettypiece at Bloomberg.com and Liz Jones at FierceBiotech say the report paints a doomladen picture. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phase 3 Trial Underway for MDV 3100 for Advanced Prostate Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2010/04/mdv3100-trial-phase3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinical trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDV 3100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metastatic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial results]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In light of favorable results from the Phase 1-2 trial of MDV 3100 for advanced prostate cancer, a Phase 3 trial is enrolling at sites in the US, Canada, South America, UK, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Results from the earlier trial are published online by the UK medical journal The Lancet. Phase 3 Trial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mural for a Cancer Patient Tells a Story of Broken Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/11/a-mural-for-a-cancer-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/11/a-mural-for-a-cancer-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regina Holliday has painted a mural on the side of a gas station in Washington DC to tell the story of a day in her husband Fred&#8217;s struggle with broken healthcare. At ge 39, Fred was diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer. Fred and Regina&#8217;s story has been covered by AOL, local ABC TV and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Orders Medical Marijuana Use Allowed Where State Law Makes it Legal</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/feds-halt-medical-marijuana-prosectutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/feds-halt-medical-marijuana-prosectutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pres. Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has changed Federal policies on regulation of medical marijuana use under state law. During his presidential race last year, Barack Obama said that he intended to halt raids of medical marijuana facilities operating legally under state laws. Today, new Justice Department guidelines brought this change about. The new guidelines order federal drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gavin Rodden, age 8, fights a rare childhood cancer that began in his prostate</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/gavin-rodden-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/gavin-rodden-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Rodden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rhabdomyosarcoma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eight-year-old Gavin Rodden was diagnosed recently with a rare childhood cancer, which began in his prostate. Rhabdomyosarcoma (Rhab-do-my-o-sarcoma) is an aggressive form of cancer that starts in a muscle cell and may spread quite rapidly. In Gavin&#8217;s case the cancer has already spread from the prostate to his lungs. Possible treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Genetic Variants Linked with Risk of Prostate Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/researchers-link-multiple-new-snps-with-risk-of-prostate-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/researchers-link-multiple-new-snps-with-risk-of-prostate-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chromosome 8q24]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have identified seven new genetic variants that appear to be linked with increase risk of prostate cancer. Among these are four new &#8220;single-letter&#8221; genetic variants on one particular chromosome, called 8q24. This chromosomal region has previously been associated with breast, colon, and bladder cancer. The discoveries identifying the four new genetic locations associated with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sick for Profit Says Insurance Companies Get Rich By Denying Care</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/sick-for-profit-says-insurance-companies-get-rich-by-denying-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/sick-for-profit-says-insurance-companies-get-rich-by-denying-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/?p=1891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brave New Films&#8217; video Sick for Profit opens with a clip of a woman, Jo Joshua Godfrey, who says Cigna cut off her coverage by telling her she had nothing wrong with her, when they knew &#8212; as she did not &#8212; that her scans showed she had lung cancer. I would go to CIGNA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Urologists to Huddle With Drug Companies in Montreal Canada Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/urologists-huddle-with-drug-companies-in-montreal-canada-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/urologists-huddle-with-drug-companies-in-montreal-canada-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[the 4th C2 Academic Retreat (C2R) being organized jointly by the Canadian Urologic Oncology Group (CUOG) and the Canadian Urology Research Consortium (CURC) is scheduled for the weekend of September 25 to 27, 2009 at the fashionable hotel called W in Montreal. According to UroToday, &#8220;this three-day educational event will include provocative &#8216;Town Hall&#8217; sessions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Removal Coal and Toxic Water Supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/mountaintop-removal-coal-and-toxic-water-supplies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/mountaintop-removal-coal-and-toxic-water-supplies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appalachia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sago mine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA should not permit mining operations based on regulatory loopholes and lax enforcement practices that have allowed mountain waterways to be treated as waste dumps. The people in Appalachia, like all Americans, have a right to clean streams, rivers, and drinking water &#8212; and it&#8217;s up to the EPA to look out for their [...]]]></description>
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