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  • Cancer patients to get help with treatment tripsBangor Daily News, 2/4/09. Cancer patients who live in rural areas often have to travel long distances several times a week for treatment in Bangor or beyond.
  • A wish for better daysKennebec Journal, 1/20/09. The last year has been a roller coaster ride for Zach Pearce.
  • Calais firefighter finds bone marrow donorBangor Daily News, 1/14/09. Billy and Alicia Townsend were so excited when the hospital told them last week that he was in line for a bone marrow transplant that they forgot to ask questions.
  • Relay for Life dinner, ceremony to kick off fundraiserBangor Daily News, 1/10/09. The annual Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is scheduled to take place at the Old Town High School track in May. Organizers are busy planning the event and will hold an informational dinner later this month.
  • County Relay For Life kicks offSun Journal, 1/7/09. The annual Franklin County Relay For Life kicks off will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, in the Roberts Learning Center, University of Maine at Farmington, 246 Main St.
  • FMH offers training for cancer program volunteersSun Journal, 1/2/09. A three-part volunteer training for those interested in becoming volunteer patient navigators is planned for January at Franklin Memorial Hospital.
  • Dr. Krull joins oncology servicesDaily Bulldog, 12/24/08. FARMINGTON - Franklin Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Richard Krull, MD, a medical oncologist and hematologist, who began providing cancer care at Franklin Memorial Hospital on Dec. 17.
  • Pittsfield teacher given surprise award amid cancer battleKennebec Journal, 12/19/08. Teresa "Terri" Kane didn't suspect a thing. Like the hundreds of other families, students and faculty gathered at the Warsaw Middle School gymnasium Wednesday night, the 21-year veteran Warsaw teacher was simply expecting to enjoy the school's annual winter concert.
  • Close to Home: Fighting cancer with jewelryPortland Press Herald, 12/3/08. Sally Johnson is a bright, happy, and courageous 11-year-old girl bursting with enthusiasm.
  • Sick, selfless, inspiringPortland Press Herald, 11/24/08. Ricky Gibson has always been a team player.
  • Tracey Wing a success story of modern cancer treatmentKennebec Journal, 11/16/08. Tracey Wing didn't have a cancer center near her home five years ago when doctors found she had Hodgkin lymphoma.
  • BRIEFSKennebec Journal, 11/13/08. Dr. Andrew Hertler, medical director of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care, has been elected president of the Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society, a collaborative of cancer specialists from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
  • 'Remarkable kid' dreams of lighting up the nightKennebec Journal, 11/12/08. Ricky Gibson lll wants everyone to come to Kents Hill School on Saturday to participate in a flag football game.
  • Siting of Cancer Care Center of York County not biasedThe Current, 11/11/08. The Maine Supreme Court has upheld a Superior Court finding that the state’s approval of an application to build the Cancer Care Center of York County “was not the result of bias or prejudice” by state officials. In a decision made Nov. 4, the state’s highest court also upheld the Superior Court’s decision that the Cancer Care Center project was built within the appropriate time frame.
  • Cancer patients hear messages of hopeBangor Daily News, 11/8/08. The most dreaded words in the English language may be “You have cancer,” but an inspirational survivor assured about 200 people affected by the group of diseases that “there is life after cancer.”
  • 'Beautiful Faces of Cancer' exhibit opens Nov. 21The Current, 11/7/08. On Friday, Nov. 21, 5-7 p.m., "The Beautiful Faces of Cancer" exhibit by local photographer Irvin Serrano will open at Jacobs Chiropractic Acupuncture, located at 138 St. John St. in Portland. Refreshments will be served and all donations will go to the Cancer Community Center in South Portland.
  • Variety show to benefit Corinth teen with cancerBangor Daily News, 11/3/08. Community members and friends are invited to a Benefit Variety Show at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the Central High School gymnasium in Corinth to benefit 19-year-old Justin Hadley and his family of Corinth.
  • Eastport councilor dies of leukemia at 28Bangor Daily News, 10/28/08. There was a sense of loss here Monday as word spread that one of the city’s brightest and youngest leaders died over the weekend.
  • Candles to shine light on lung cancer battleKennebec Journal, 10/23/08. The battle against lung cancer will move to the Statehouse steps at 6 p.m. Nov. 3.
  • Pittsfield native battles rare leukemiaMorning Sentinel, 10/21/08. Al Bemis, a well-known Pittsfield native with deep roots in town, is fighting back a rare illness and raising awareness about it.
  • Vigil to target lung cancerMaine Today, 10/21/08. The battle against lung cancer will move to the Statehouse steps at 6 p.m. on Nov. 3.
  • MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCERPortland Press Herald, 10/20/08. Participants in the 11th annual American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk proceed along Congress Street in Portland on Sunday.
  • HERE'S TO HOPEKennebec Journal, 10/15/08. Volunteering for the Walk for Hope is one of the most positive things Francia Davis does in her life.
  • Students plant tulips for breast cancerMaine Today, 10/14/08. Sixth graders at Madison Junior High School are participating in the Maine Cancer Foundation's Pink Tulip Project as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
  • Two women with a common cause celebrate 'cancer free day.' '(Cancer) allowed me to go to a whole other place.'Sun Journal, 10/14/08. Diane Marquis Monaghan and Marie Roberge have a lot in common. They each have two grown children and love to play golf. They both raise lots of money for causes they believe in and have reached significant five-year milestones. Both are survivors of breast cancer.
  • Bridgton Hospital to host breast cancer presentationThe Current, 10/13/08. In recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bridgton Hospital will sponsor an educational presentation on digital mammography, breast cancer and breast cancer prevention.
  • Baby girl with tumor still in hospitalMorning Sentinel, 10/10/08. In the month since doctors discovered Faylynn McEwen had a brain tumor, community fundraising has collected almost $10,000 toward her treatment. She is about 4 months old.
  • MaineGeneral to sponsor breast care eventMorning Sentinel, 10/5/08. MaineGeneral will sponsor the fifth annual Walk for Hope on Oct. 18 to raise money for and awareness of MaineGeneral's Breast Care Program.
  • Cancer conference addresses epidemicBangor Daily News, 10/4/08. “Cancer isn’t fair,” former Gov. Angus King told cancer survivors, caregivers and health care providers during a conference on cancer care and treatment Friday.
  • Nutrition, exercise can reduce cancer risks, dietitian advisesSun Journal, 10/3/08. Good nutrition and exercise can affect the recurrence of breast cancer for survivors and reduce cancer risks for everyone.
  • Ceremony in Augusta for breast cancer championsPortland Press Herald, 10/2/08. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Gov. John Baldacci and First Lady Karen Baldacci will make a note of it today in Augusta with a "silver tea", a celebration of women in Maine who have made great strides in breast cancer treatment and awareness.
  • Maine breast cancer plate goes on salePortland Press Herald, 10/1/08. A new specialty license plate with proceeds going to breast cancer research and programs is now on sale in Maine.
  • Purchase bulbs for Millinocket Garden of HopeBangor Daily News, 9/29/08. The Millinocket Community Garden of Hope, wrote Jan Moore, will be a Pink Tulip Garden “in honor of all the women who have touched our lives who have been affected by breast cancer.”
  • Celebration at Alfond center offers hope to participantsKennebec Journal, 9/28/08. More than 300 people, many of them cancer survivors, gathered Saturday at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care to celebrate Cancer Survivors Day.
  • 2 local events target cancerKennebec Journal, 9/23/08. MaineGeneral Health has two upcoming cancer-awareness events.
  • New bridal shop helps cancer fundTimes Record, 9/22/08. Ellie Bowie is getting hitched to the business of her dreams. Today, she's opening a bridal shop at 18 Main St. in an effort to make dreams happen for terminal cancer patients, would-be customers and herself.
  • Rewards of racing for the cureBangor Daily News, 9/22/08. A sea of pink could be seen at the Bangor Waterfront Sunday, and it flowed down Main Street spreading hope and brightening the overcast skies.
  • 'Our girl, she's a fighter'Morning Sentinel, 9/17/08. Faylynn McEwen is three and a half months old. Two weeks ago, during an unrelated test for a urinary tract infection, doctors discovered a 2-inch tumor in her brain. About 80 percent of it was successfully removed during surgery a few days later.
  • FMH to host cancer symposiumDaily Bulldog, 9/16/08. Health care clinicians should mark their calendars now for a Cancer Symposium taking place on Friday, October 3, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Ben Franklin Center at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington.
  • Dinner tonight to help infant cancer patientBangor Daily News, 9/12/08. The parents of Nicolas LaPlante knew there was something wrong with their baby boy, and after months of testing they recently found out he has a rare type of brain cancer that required surgery at Boston’s Children’s Hospital.
  • Racing toward a curePortland Press Herald, 9/10/08. Jeff Bennett is a rare individual – a breast cancer survivor, advocate and energetic promoter of the upcoming Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
  • FMH hosting best nutrition for cancer survivorsDaily Bulldog, 9/2/08. The Bass Room at Franklin Memorial Hospital will be the setting for a free nutrition presentation for cancer survivors and a healthy meal on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5-6 p.m. This special program is being offered by the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center at Franklin Memorial Hospital in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
  • Funeral set Sunday for cancer victimBangor Daily News, 8/29/08. The funeral for Sonya Barclay, the Old Town woman whose battle with cancer inspired residents and businesses in the area to build a new home for her family, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Old Town United Methodist Church.
  • Thieves take veggies, blueberries from charity gardenMorning Sentinel, 8/29/08. Sam Shapiro usually is heartened by the generosity of people who stop by his vegetable stand to give money for cancer care and children's activities.
  • Mother, cancer patient whose wish for new house was granted, dies at 35Bangor Daily News, 8/28/08. Sonya Barclay, the Old Town mother of four whose struggle with cancer sparked a community-wide movement to grant her wish for a new house for her family, died early Wednesday.
  • Center gets $25,000 from 1984 OlympianPortland Press Herald, 8/25/08. The curtains fell on the Olympics in Beijing on Sunday, but officials and employees of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care are probably still in the Olympic spirit.
  • Lawmaker: Foundation should free cancer fundsPortland Press Herald, 8/22/08. Rep. Janet Mills pressed the president of the Maine Health Access Foundation on Thursday about why the foundation cannot fund a new cancer-prevention program in Maine.
  • Northern Maine cancer rate studiedBangor Daily News, 8/21/08. A medical researcher from Maine is in New Brunswick this week hunting for clues about why people living in counties along the border have higher than average rates of cancer.
  • Golf tournament raises $8,200 for Jimmy FundBangor Daily News, 8/18/08. Tim Richardson had been worried he might not reach his $5,000 goal for the Jimmy Fund during the first Friends Fighting for the Cure Golf Classic held earlier this month, but his worries were unfounded.
  • 6-year-old boy treated for cancerous brain tumorBangor Daily News, 8/15/08. Jonathan Mullis, 6, is fighting cancer, but his early medical treatment, his positive attitude, and the love extended to him from his family and community appear to have sucker-punched the disease.
  • WATERVILLE Weekend walk to fight cancer Pleasant Street United group has raised $31K so farMorning Sentinel, 8/14/08. The women walk, they wear pink, and they've raised $31,000 to help prevent breast cancer.
  • Doctor honored by cancer study's publicationVillage Soup, 8/12/08. Dr. Lars Ellison said it was a hunch and serendipity that led to the massive study of more than 13,000 veterans that found a link between exposure to Agent Orange and a much greater risk of prostate cancer.
  • Cafe chain helps families find SunshineThe Current, 8/7/08. Having a daughter with cancer puts life in perspective, Shirley Larson said.
  • The 10% solution: Augusta woman beats lung cancerKennebec Journal, 8/6/08. A decade ago, Debbie Violette, of Augusta, was diagnosed with lung cancer and told she had a 10 percent chance of surviving the next two years.
  • Women's Triathlon Will Raise Money To Fight CancerMPBN, 8/6/08. This Saturday more than 500 women of all ages and from all across Maine and beyond will don wet suits and running shoes, hop on bicycles and push, peddle and hurl themselves across a finish line in South Portland.
  • USM Researcher Taps Cancer Prevention Powers Of Beets And BerriesMPBN, 8/1/08. There's been a lot of attention given in recent years to the health benefits of blueberries, one of Maine's most important crops. A researcher at the University of Southern Maine believes that certain compounds found in fruits and vegetables can help to prevent certain cancers
  • Midcoast Resource Center For Cancer PatientsWCSH 6, Portland, Maine, 7/28/08. It wasn't long ago that the new Cancer Center was built at the Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick; now there's a new addition.
  • Cancer patients gain new resourceTimes Record, 7/25/08. Patients diagnosed with cancer, their families, friends and caregivers have a new partner in their effort to learn more about the disease.
  • Cancer resource center opens todayPortland Press Herald, 7/24/08. Midcoast Hospital and the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine will celebrate the opening of its new Cancer Resource Center today with a ribbon cutting.
  • Retired educator continues to teach -- about breast cancerVillage Soup, 7/20/08. “Life has been good," said Bill Hanscom of Belfast. "I’ve been a very lucky person.”
  • Cancer Care Center to be highlighted in magazineThe Current, 7/16/08. The Cancer Care Center of York County has been selected for the 2008 Architectural Review Showcase issue of Healthcare Design magazine, to be published in September. Designed by JSA, Inc, the state-of-the-art chemotherapy and radiation treatment center opened in 2006.
  • Maine Cancer Foundation announces ’08 grantsBangor Daily News, 7/15/08. The Maine Cancer Foundation has announced $480,000 in cancer research grants for the 2008 funding cycle.
  • Florida red tide toxin may contribute to cancerPortland Press Herald, 7/9/08. Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they've found evidence that a type of red-tide toxin that gets into the air from sea spray attacks and damages DNA in the lungs of laboratory rats. The finding suggests that the toxin, when inhaled, could contribute to cancer, although more study is needed.
  • Treating cancer with competence, compassion and laughterBill Nemitz, Portland Press Herald, 7/9/08. Few places conjure up a more depressing image than a cancer treatment center. Yet in reality, few medical settings are more uplifting than the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders in Scarborough.
  • 'Chemo brain' survey reportBangor Daily News, 7/4/08. A 2007 survey of more than 470 cancer patients found that "cognitive impairment resulting from cancer treatment greatly diminishes quality of life for cancer patients-survivors, and has far-reaching implications for individuals and society."
  • CLOSE TO HOME: Riding to help cure cancerPortland Press Herald, 7/2/08. A Hollis teen is competing to raise money for Maine Medical Center's Research Institute.
  • Camp Rainbow: A Camp Experience for Children with CancerEllsworth American, 6/26/08. For 16-year-old Michael Atherton of Bucksport, Camp Rainbow holds all the traditional appeal of summer camp. He can play ball, take canoe rides and do crafts. He is just another kid at camp.
  • Garden planned for cancer awarenessSun Journal, 6/24/08. Just over three years ago, Rita Porter planted about 100 tulips around her home. Before they came up in the spring, she was diagnosed with brain cancer.
  • Stephens adds oncology servicesSun Journal, 6/23/08. Timothy Churchill, president and CEO of Western Maine Multi Medical Specialists, announces the addition of oncology services at the Stephens Memorial Specialty Clinic, 199 Main St.
  • Fundraiser gears up for cancer patientsMaine Today, 6/20/08. A fundraising effort tied to NASCAR is revving up to help cancer patients and their families pay for transportation to appointments, lodging or costly medications.
  • Winter beach ball benefits CancerCare of MaineBangor Daily News, 1/5/08. The penguin in the sunglasses and Hawaiian shirt is sure to get your attention if you spot the poster for the Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary’s third annual winter beach ball, 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at Bangor Civic Center.
  • Area pink tulip gardens aim to fight cancerBangor Daily News, 10/30/07

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