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• More cancer treatments, but do they work?
  With nearly 400 cancer drugs in clinical trials, researchers are putting new focus on targeted therapies and shedding old theories on treatment.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Doug Yee: Professor of medicine and pharmacology. He heads the breast cancer program at the University of Minnesota cancer center.
  Edith Perez: Professor of medicine and director of the breast cancer program at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. She's also a clinical oncologist.
  Resources
  University of Minnesota Cancer Center
  About Doug Yee
  About Edith Perez
  Minnesota Cancer Alliance
• The call of the farm
  A technical writer turned sheep farmer describes the challenges of starting a new agrarian life, a life that was not completely her choice.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Catherine Friend: Author of "Hit By a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn." She farms near Zumbrota, Minnesota.
  Resources
  About "Hit by a Farm"

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