Posts tagged "Cancer"

Clinical Trials Network Aims to Strengthen Cancer Immunotherapy Pipeline

Later this year, the first clinical trials will be launched under a new NCI-funded initiative to spur the development of cancer treatments that work by revving up the immune system’s response to tumors. The Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network (CITN) includes the foremost researchers in cancer immunotherapy from 27 top U.S. cancer centers and universities who are working collectively to identify promising agents and to formulate and run the trials in which they will be tested.
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NCI Cancer Bulletin for February 21, 2012

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FDA Efforts Reversal of Critical Cancer Drug Shortage – ABC News

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FDA Efforts Reversal of Critical Cancer Drug Shortage ABC News The US Food and Drug Administration approved new suppliers for two cancer drugs today in an effort to curb the largest nationwide drug shortage in nearly a decade. The FDA said its approval of a new supply method would increase production of the … To Ease Shortage, FDA Lets 2 Cancer Drugs Be ImportedNew York Times Cancer-Drug Suppliers ApprovedWall Street Journal FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages The Associated Press BusinessWeek -CBS News all 540 news articles »

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Drug Combo Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Combining gemcitabine with MRK003, an experimental drug, triggers a chain of events leading to pancreatic cancer cell death, researchers from Cambridge reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The researchers explained that when the two drugs are combined, the effect of each one is multiplied, thus intensifying the destruction of pancreatic cancer cells…
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Cancer Society releases 2012 cancer outlook and statistics – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The print version of Cancer Facts & Figures 2012 has been released by the American Cancer Society. It’s the same version as the online edition which is free and can be downloaded. Highlights of the report say that Cancer rates have declined by 1.8 percent …
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Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), Burkitt, B-Cell, Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: Pediatric Cancer Guide to Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis, Clinical Trials (DVD-ROM)
This up-to-date and comprehensive DVD-ROM disc provides a superb collection of authoritative documents from the nation’s cancer ex…

The Official Patient’s Sourcebook on Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age
This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process….

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): Pediatric Cancer Guide to Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Testing and Diagnosis, Treatment Options, Prognosis, Clinical Trials and Research (DVD-ROM)
This up-to-date and comprehensive DVD-ROM disc provides a superb collection of authoritative documents from the nation’s cancer ex…

Myriad Genetics’ Australia Cancer Gene Patents Face Sydney Court Challenge – Bloomberg

Myriad Genetics Inc. (MYGN) and other biotechnology companies can’t monopolize treatment for diseases by patenting human genetic material, an Australian trial is to be told today in the first challenge in the country over the ownership of DNA …
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Why God Gave Me Pain (Campion Book)

Can We Cure the Common Leukemias?

Central Nervous System Leukemia: Prevention and Treatment (Developments in Oncology)

Rothman Specialty patients could qualify for national cancer studies – msnbc.com

BENSALEM — Patients of the Rothman Specialty Hospital will be able to take part in national studies for the treatment of many types of cancer, due to the hospital’s recently announced affiliation with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, a cooperative …
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2011 Pediatric Cancer Toolkit: Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), Burkitt, B-Cell, Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (Ringbound Book and DVD-ROM)
This up-to-date and comprehensive ringbound book and DVD-ROM disc set provides a superb collection of authoritative documents from…

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…

Cancer Screening Rates Lag Behind National Target Levels

Screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer remained lower in 2010 than national objectives set forth in Healthy People 2020, measures set by the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the health of Americans and gauge the impact of prevention activities. The findings appeared in the January 27 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
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UC-Davis Cancer Center designing patient-specific treatments – Calgary Herald

UC-Davis Cancer Center designing patient-specific treatments Calgary Herald He has stage four lung cancer — the deadliest of cancers — and for a moment he sat quietly, taking in the doctor's words. Gandara continued, saying the tumour was responding to the targeted treatment. He held a paper with more test results, … and more »

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Cancer activists lament dust-up – Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Cancer activists lament dust-up Atlanta Journal Constitution Phil Skinner pskinner@ajc.com Marguerite Lewis (left) accompanies her daughter, Jennifer Lewis, as she gets a shot from medical assistant LaDonna Simpson at Georgia Cancer Specialists' Northside office in Sandy Springs on Friday. Test for Komen charity looms at next Race for the CureReuters all 168 news articles »

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