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Development Focus Pays Off For Biotech (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Here's an acronym to add to your biopharma knowledge base: NRDO.

Researchers find direct correlation between diet, prostate cancer (The Ironton Tribune)
Researchers have found that some foods may increase and others may decrease the risks of developing prostate cancer. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and is part of a national effort to help educate men about the disease.

Cancer takes heavy toll on Seattle firefighters (KOMO Seattle)
Under Washington law, seven forms of cancer are assumed to be job-related when they are diagnosed in a firefighter. But there are many other cancers that aren't on the list, forcing some firefighters to prove that their illnesses were job-related to get workers' compensation.

News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, Sept. 9 JNCI (Medical News Today)
Bias Correction of Familial Risk Estimates Increases Estimated Melanoma Risk But Not Risk of Other Common Cancers The relative risk of familial melanoma increases substantially when researchers account for a known potential bias in a large cohort study. The relative risk of familial lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer do not change substantially with the correction.

NSAIDs May Cut Prostate Cancer Markers (CBS News)
Regular use of aspirin, ibuprofen, and other anti-inflammatory pain relievers appears to lower blood levels of the prostate cancer biomarker prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

Cancer takes heavy toll on Seattle firefighters (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
More than a third of Seattle firefighters hired before 1977 have developed cancer, but firefighters say the city is not doing enough to help screen them for cancers. City officials question the effectiveness and cost of health screenings.

New therapy brings precision treatment to prostate cancer (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
WATERLOO --- When Wayne Clough was battling prostate cancer in the late '90s, traditional radiation therapy was considered the most effective form of treatment for the disease.

Free prostate exams Tuesday at Pattie A. Clay (Richmond Register)
In observance of September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center will offer free examinations Tuesday evening.

High School Football Penalty Flags Turn Blue to Honor Coach and Raise Awareness of Prostate Cancer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Starting tonight, penalty flags thrown by referees at high school football games throughout Washington will be blue in color rather than the traditional yellow.

Free Prostate Cancer Screenings Available In West Alabama (Medical News Today)
One in every six men will get prostate cancer some time in his life. The death rate from prostate cancer for African American men in Alabama is higher than in any other state. Late stage identification is a factor in many of these deaths. In Alabama 501 men died from prostate cancer in 2006, a rate of 10.9 deaths per 100,000 men.