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  Terminal cancer can’t shake Supreme Court Justice’s spirit

  February 12, 2012 in Features on Page D1 Mary Fairhurst, a Washington state Supreme Court Justice with deep Spokane roots, is living with terminal colon cancer. It could take her life in six months or a year – … 3

• Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants

  February 3, 2012 in News, Nation/World After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. 68

• Cancer charity halts grants to Planned Parenthood

  February 1, 2012 in News, Region The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between … 54

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  Former principal battles lymphoma at 90, feels ‘not afraid’

  January 26, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 John Rodkey was born in 1921 and lived his first years in the infamous Dust Bowl that blew away farmers’ futures at the same time the Great Depression hit. His … 3

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  Memorial honors basketball player Talley’s zest for life

  January 26, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S5 It’s 155 days until Hoopfest 2012, and if things had worked out differently, Jerry Talley would be on the basketball court in Peaceful Valley getting ready – snow or no …

• Cancer impacts all parts of life

  January 3, 2012 in Features on Page C1 As a cancer survivor it is sometimes difficult to go a day without thinking about how life has changed. For me, there are still daily reminders such as medications, doctor …

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  Long fight against cancer draws two sisters closer

  November 3, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The year was 1996, the day after ice storm hit. Libby McGrory Hodges had a lot on her mind while she finished up clients at the hair salon where she …

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  Justice Fairhurst battling lung cancer with radiation

  October 9, 2011 in Region on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Washington state Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst is being treated for lung cancer. She has been going to a radiation clinic every day for the past seven weeks …

• Motorcycle ride cancer fundraiser

  July 21, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V12 The Inland Empire Motorcycle Coalition will hold its 10th annual ride on Saturday to benefit the American Childhood Cancer Organization of the Inland Northwest, formerly Candlelighters of the Inland Northwest. …

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  Cancer survivor prepares for first triathlon

  July 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The day before Thanksgiving 2006, Susie Leonard Weller had a colonoscopy to check out a few troubling symptoms. When she woke up to the words “colorectal cancer” she was stunned …

• Trike races help cancer organizations

  June 9, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Bill Heitner was just stopping in for a beer on his way home from work a couple of years ago. He had just moved to the Minnehaha neighborhood, and a …

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  Getting There: Indoor relay ride to raise funds for cancer fight

  February 14, 2011 in City on Page A1 Mike Larsen, who runs a small business in Post Falls and teaches fitness part time, still hurts inside when he thinks about losing his father to cancer. “He was my …

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  Care close to home

  January 18, 2011 in City on Page A1 Tony Lamanna has taken a break from fighting crime in Hillyard to take on something tougher: a rare form of plasma cancer threatening his life. The disease, a multiple myeloma … 4

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  ‘Go, stop, rest’

  December 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 A life’s chapter can be filled with heights a person will never forget and lows they’d rather never existed. That was 2010 for Carissa Outen and her mother, Gwen Ashcraft, …

• Elizabeth Edwards gravely ill with cancer

  December 7, 2010 in Nation/World Elizabeth Edwards over the past six years has seen her husband’s presidential ambitions thwarted, retreated from public life as their marriage disintegrated over his affair, then emerged to advocate for … 3

• How to pay for cancer treatments a growing concern

  November 2, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Soon after Valerie Berry was diagnosed with breast cancer, her thoughts turned to money. Even with private health insurance covering 80 percent of her costs, the bills soon stacked up. … 5

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  Assessor discusses recovery from eye cancer

  September 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 People who look closely might notice that one of Spokane County Assessor Ralph Baker’s eyes doesn’t move with the other. They might even figure out that his left eye is …

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  Son’s cancer motivates mom to plan walk event

  August 26, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 In 2006, Shelley Schneider noticed what she thought was a bug bite on her son’s stomach – but the bite didn’t go away. When she took 8-year-old Clayton to the …

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  Cancer makes event even more meaningful for Rose

  August 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Brigham Young University men’s basketball coach Dave Rose has always given his time generously to support cancer-stricken patients and assist fundraising for cancer research, but it’s taken on new meaning …

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  Cancer makes event even more meaningful for coach

  August 24, 2010 in Sports Brigham Young University men’s basketball coach Dave Rose has always given his time generously to support cancer-stricken patients and assist fundraising for cancer research, but it’s taken on new meaning …

• Radiation enhances prostate cancer treatment

  June 7, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 CHICAGO – Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: Survival is significantly better if radiation is added to …

• Melanoma drug promising

  June 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Researchers have scored the first big win against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An experimental drug significantly improved survival in a major study of people with …

• Ovarian cancer tests show promise

  May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Researchers may finally be closing in on a way to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer – a disease that rarely shows symptoms until it’s too late to cure. A …

• Prostate cancer therapy OK’d by FDA

  April 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – The Food and Drug Administration approved a new immune-boosting therapy for prostate cancer on Thursday, the first therapeutic vaccine for cancer ever approved by the agency. The … 1

• Study affirms colon cancer screenings

  April 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 A single sigmoidoscopy between ages 55 and 64 can reduce deaths from colorectal cancer by at least 43 percent, British researchers reported Tuesday. The results from the first large randomized …

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  Study finds psychedelics benefit cancer patients

  April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She’d already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her wishes for what it …

• Study backs 2 drugs in breast cancer fight

  April 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Older women at higher risk for breast cancer now have two good drug options for preventing the disease, but they will have to weigh the trade-offs, a major study shows. …

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  Pink to reign as Race for the Cure continues cancer fight

  April 18, 2010 in City on Page B1 Some days the drugs she takes to treat her stage one breast cancer keep Heather McDonnell in bed. But on Saturday, the 32-year-old Spokane woman felt strong enough for an …

• Test may hold key to determine lung cancer risk

  April 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes. A test …

• Drug may shrink risk of prostate cancer

  April 1, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Men at an above-normal risk of prostate cancer may be able to reduce their risk of developing the disease by taking a drug already on the market. … 1

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