By Shari Roan Pancreatic cancer has a dismal survival rate, surely one reason the business world has been abuzz in recent weeks over the gaunt appearance of Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs.Mac fans wish Steve Jobs well BBC NewsWhy Jobs' health woes go to the core of Apple Financial Times (news.google.com)

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, US researchers said on Monday.Breast Cancer Metastasis Gene Identified MedPage TodayGene tied to spread of breast cancer is found, study says Ba... (news.google.com)

By Amanda Gardner MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study suggests.Study: Obesity Increases Ovarian Cancer Risk cbs4denver.comStudy: Obesity linked to ovarian cancer NECN (news.google.com)

Former President Jimmy Carter's attorney general, Griffin B. Bell, has died in an Atlanta hospital at age 90. (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)

In a Jan. 1 story about Dr. Trevor Banka, who became a colleague of a doctor who once treated his bone cancer, The Associated Press erroneously reported Banka's specialty. He is a resident in orthopedics, not oncology. (www.newsvine.com)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.Breast Cancer Vaccine Clinical Trials MSNBCArkansas Group Fights Cancer KNWA (news.google.com)