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Featured Clinical Trial: First-in-Humans Study of New Immunotherapy Agent

The name of the trial is Phase I Study of Intravenous Recombinant Human IL-15 in Adults with Refractory Metastatic Malignant Melanoma and Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer (NCI-10-C-0021). See the protocol summary.
NCI Cancer Bulletin

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Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging…
Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today

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Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer, study suggests

Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens.
ScienceDaily: Cancer News

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Treating Brain Injuries With Stem Cell Transplants – Promising Results

The February edition of Neurosurgery reports that animal experiments in brain-injured rats have shown that stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, greatly enhancing functional recovery…
Health News from Medical News Today

Posted by admin - February 4, 2012 at 7:23 pm

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Cancer patients can preserve their fertility – Mid Day.com

Since one of the side effects of chemotherapy is infertility, the Tata hospital’s Tissue Bank Department is planning to create facilities to preserve eggs embryos and sperm of patients, so they have the option of having children after treatment For years …
cancer – Bing News

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Contemporary Hematology)
Remarkable developments in the field of transplantation have created opportunities to address the formidable challenges of transpl…
Chromosomes and Genes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Medical Intelligence Unit)
G. Landes). Royal Free Hospital, London, U.K. Research describing the large number of chromosome changes reported in acute lympho…
Why God Gave Me Pain (Campion Book)

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Six-Organ Transplant Girl Goes Home Today

After 100 days in hospital and undergoing a complicated 6-organ transplant, 9-year-old Alannah Shevenell, from Maine, leaves Boston Children’s Hospital today and goes home. Alannah has been treated for a rare form of cancer; an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor continued to grow after all possible treatments failed, and was compromising her internal organs. A team of surgeons, led by Dr…
Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today

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Chaos In The Cell’s Command Center

A defective operating system is never a good thing. Like computers, our cells depend on operating systems to drive normal functions. Gene expression programs comprise the software code our cells rely on, with each cell type controlled by its own program. Corrupted programs can trigger disease…
Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today

Posted by admin - February 3, 2012 at 7:02 pm

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Device Provides A Platform For Viewing Cancer Cells And Other Macromolecules In Dynamic, Life-Sustaining Liquid Environments

A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even more elusive…
Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today

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Norway to bring cancer-gene tests to the clinic – Nature.com

Norway is set to become the first country to incorporate genome sequencing into its national health-care system. The Scandinavian nation, which has a population of 4.8 million, will use ‘next-generation’ DNA sequencers to trawl for mutations in tumours …
cancer – Bing News

New Agents for the Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
The majority of cancers present at a relatively advanced stage in which invasion within the primary organ is well established and …
Adult Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Biology and Treatment (Contemporary Hematology)
The current explosion of new areas of controversy in the treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia in adults and young adults makes …
What You Always Wanted To Know About Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Medical Basic Guides)
“What You Always Wanted To Know About…” are fully researched, straight-to-the-point, easily understandable and most comprehensiv…
Essential Series: Lymphoma
Essential Series: Lymphoma A collection of selected reports – All You Need to Know About Lymphoma Asking Your Doctor about Lympho…

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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 1, 2012

ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen. It was shown almost 20 years ago to be characterized by a chromosomal change that generates a fusion protein known as TLS:CHOP…
Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today

Posted by admin - February 2, 2012 at 7:04 pm

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